94 
MERRILL. 
2. Lourea reniformis (Lour.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324. 
Hedysarum reniforme Lour. El. Cochinch. (1790) 447, excl. syn. fide DC. • 
Hedysarum obcordatum Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 425. 
Lourea obcordata DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 324; Baker in Hook. f. El. Brit. Ind. 
2 (1876) 154; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 60; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 178; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 20. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 5119, For. Bur. 16221 Curran, Merritt, & 
Zschokke: Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7890 Ramos: Province of Abra, Bur. 
Sci. 721/5 Ramos. 
Burma to southern China, Formosa, the Malay Archipelago to New Guinea 
and northern Australia; not reported from the Malay Peninsula. 
54. PHYLACIUM Benn. 
1. Phylacium bracteosum Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. (1840) 159, t. 33; Benth. PI. 
Jungh. (1852) 231; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 228; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes 
U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 423; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Prain 
ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 129, 387; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, For. Bur. 11/01/1 Merritt <_£ Darling: Province of 
Benguet, For. Bur. 16222 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke, Bur. Sci. 3513 Means, 
Elmer 6051: Province of Tarlac, Merrill 3631: Province of Bulacan, Yoder 158: 
Province of Rizal, Merrill 1331 : Province of Bataan, Merrill 1563, 3777, Bur. Sci. 
1.893 Foxworthy, For. Bur. 2731/ Borden, Elmer 6701, Copeland 295: Province of 
Tayabas, For. Bur. 9655 Curran. Mindoro, Fori Bur. 11373, It '/l I Merritt, 
McGregor 136. Negros, For. Bur. 11225 Everett. Mindanao, District of Davao, 
Williams 2080, Copeland 61,1/. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, in the thickets at low and medium alti- 
tudes; Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Amboina, the Bismarck Archipelago and 
New Guinea. 
Native names: Malasincamas (Bataan) ; papuraena (Rizal) ; taquilis (Ne- 
gros) . 
55. LESPEDEZA Michx. 
1. Lespedeza juncea Pers. var. sericea (Thunb.) Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 181; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 104. 
Hedysarum sericeum Thunb. FI. Jap. (1784) 287. 
Lespedeza sericea Miq. Ann. Mus. Ludg.-Bat. 3 (1867) 49. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 2336, Williams 11/20 : District of Bontoc, 
Bur. Sci. 5991 Ramos. 
In the Philippines apparently confined to the high tableland of north central 
Luzon; northern India to China, Formosa, and Japan) also in Australia. 
[To be continued .] 
