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MERRILL. 
I have examined the flowers are pedicelled. Prain 53 asserts that with the 
abundant material now available for study it is imposible to distinguish Pueraria 
thompsoni Benth. from P. thunbergiana Benth., even as a variety. 
4. Pueraria warburg ii Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 87. 
Glycine warburgii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 231. 
Luzon, Province of Albay, For. Bur. 12392 Curran. Mindanao, District of 
Davao, Baganga, Merrill 51)30 ; Santa Cruz, Williams 2953; Taumo, Warburg 
Hf661) (type in herb. Berol.!) ; DeVore & Hoover 368. 
This species was previously transferred by me to Glycine, but I am now of' 
the opinion that it belongs properly in the genus Pueraria ; *in young specimens 
the swollen nodes of the inflorescence are not very evident, but are distinct in 
more mature material. The same species, or a closely allied one, is also found 
in Celebes; see Perkins 1. c. 
79. CAN AVALI A DC. ( Canavali Adans. ) . 
Pod turgid, often nearly flat along the dorsal suture, 10 cm long or less, about 
4.5 cm wide; leaflets acuminate..'. 1. C. turgida 
Pod usually flat, if turgid then usually less than 3 cm wide, or if 4.5 cm wide, 
then exceeding 20 cm in length. 
Leaflets broad and rounded at the apex, or even retuse ; a littoral species. 
2. C. lineata 
Leaflets acuminate; inland species, wild and cultivated. 
Pod less than 20 cm in length and 3 cm in width 3. C. ensiformis 
Pod 25 to 30 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide 4. C. gladiata 
1. Canavalia turgida Grah. in Wall. Cat. (1832) no. 5534; Miq. FI. Ind. 
Bat. 1 1 (1855) 215; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66" (1897) 417; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 410. 
Canavalia ensiformis var. turgida Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 
196; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 64. 
* Canavalia virosa Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, pi. 319, non W. & A. 
Canavalia obtusifolia Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 63; Perk. 
Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 88; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 67, 
non DC. 
Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3189 M earns: Babuyanes Islands, Cami- 
guin, Bur. Sci. 1)011 Fenix. Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 11(23 Ramos: 
Province of Zambales, Hallier s. n. : Province of Pampanga, Merrill 11(21): Prov- 
ince of Bataan, For. Bur. 5931 Curran, Williams 311, Merrill 3172 : Province of 
Tayabas, Whitford 101, Gregory 88. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 9238 Robinson. Min- 
doro, Merrill 1292. Palawan, Merrill 100, Bur. Sci. 331 Bermejos. Balabac, 
Bur. Sci. 1)91) Mangubat. Ticao, For. Bur. 1051 Clark. Negros, For. Bur. 5618 
Everett. Panay, Copeland 109. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
Native names: Daluyduy (Masbate) ; damglin (Mindoro). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, usually in thickets near the seashore, 
but scarcely growing on the beach; also on the borders of Lake Lanao, Mindanao 
(altitude about 800 m). Near the coast from India to southern China and 
Formosa through Malaya. 
The synonymy of this species has been discussed by- Prain, 00 who considers it 
under the name of Canavalia turgida Grah., but states that it' is the plant to 
which the name Canavalia obtusifolia properly belongs. In this last conclusion 
I do not concur, for Dolichos obtusifolius Lam. was based primarily on the 
08 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 419. 
60 L. c. 418. 
