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MERRILL. 
He adopts the name Atylosia crassa, based on the nomen nudum, Dolichos crassus 
Grab., for the Indo-Malayan form referred by most authors to Atylosia mollis 
Benth. 
2. Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (Linn.) Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 
1 (1883) 384 [scarabaeoideum) . 
Dolichos scarabaeoides Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 726. 
Bhnychosia scarabaeoides DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 387. 
Atylosia scarabaeoides Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 245; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 
(1855) 173; Baker in Hook.- f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 215; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 
(1880) 66; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 109; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. 
(1904) 88. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 18613 Klemme: District of Abra, Bur. 
Sci. 7118 Ramos: Province of Benguet, Williams 1418 : Province of Union, Elmer 
5703: Province of Pampanga, Merrill 1J/31 : Province of Bulaean, Yoder 11/0 : 
Province of Rizal, Cuzner 28. Mindoro, Bur. Sci. 6659 Robinson. Masbate, 
Merrill 3397. Mindanao, Lake Ldnao, Mrs. Clemens 774: District of Davao, 
DeVore d Hoover 10 4. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes in open grass-lands ; 
India, Indo-China, southern China, Malaya, Mariannes and Mascarene Islands. 
The generic name Cantharospermum W. & A. has only page preference over 
Atylosia W. & A., and the latter is by far the more commonly used one. The 
fact that Atylosia was not included in the list of nomina conservanda of the 
Vienna Botanical Congress is an excellent illustration of the inconsistency of that 
list. 
83. RHYNCHOSIA Lour. 
1. Rhynchosia calosperma Warb. in Engl. . Bot. Jahrb. 12 (1891) 314; 
Schum. & Lauterb. FI. Deutscli. Schutzgeb. Siidsee (1901) 370; Perk. Frag. FI. 
Philip. (1904) 88. 
Luzon, Province of Pampanga, Merrill 1446, locally known as balabalatungan. 
New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Key Islands. 
I have followed Perkins in this identification; the type of the species has not 
been seen by me. 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
Rhynchosia fridericiana (Weinm.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 387; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 67. 
Glycine fridericiana Weinm. in Flora 4 (1821) 29. 
This species was described from specimens cultivated in Russia from seeds 
said to have been received from the Philippines, and I have been unable to deter- 
mine its status from the short description available here. M. C. DeCandolle 
informs me that there is no specimen in the DeCandolle Herbarium, and Dr. A. 
Fischer von Waldheim, Director of the Botanical Garden at St. Petersburg, in- 
forms me that it is unrepresented in the Herbarium of that Institution. 
Rhynchosia viscosa DC.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 66. 
Rhynchosia densiflora DC.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 67. 
Rhynchosia minima DC.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 66. 
The above three species were credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar, but no 
Philippine material has been seen by me, and accordingly they are not admitted 
here. 
The oldest name for the genus is Dolicholus Medic. (1787), but Rhynchosia 
Lour. (1790) is here retained in accordance with the list of nomina conservanda 
of the Vienna Botanical Congress. 
