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MERRILL AND ROLFE. 
A tree, glabrous throughout, (inflorescence unknown). Branches te- 
rete, glabrous, light-grayish-brown, lenticellate. Leaves about 25 cm 
long, odd pinnate, 3- or 4-jugate, the rachis about 15 cm long; leaflets 
elliptical-ovate to elliptical-oblong, 8 to 9 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, sub- 
coriaceous, somewhat shining, paler beneath, entire, base acute, apex 
short-acuminate, the acumen blunt; nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, not prominent, the reticulations rather obscure; petiolules 5 
mm long. Inflorescence terminal. Pods lanceolate, 18 to 20 cm long, 2 
to 2.5 cm wide, thick, woody, glabrous, flattened, somewhat narrowed at 
the base, the apex acute, sometimes slightly curved. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3373 Ahern’s collector, Septem- 
ber, 1905. 
A species allied to Millettia Merrillii Perk., differing from that species in its 
larger leaves and very much larger and more woody pods. 
PITHECOLOBI UM Mart. 
Pithecolobium ellipticum (Blume) Hassle, in Retzia 1 (1855) 225; Prain in 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66" (1897) 270. 
Inga elliptica Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 88; Walp. Repert. 1 (1842) 
930. 
Pithecolobium fasciculatum Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 208 ?; 
Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 304. 
Palawan, For. Bur. 7/144 Curran. 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago; new to the Philippines and here recorded 
from the Archipelago for the first time, and under its oldest specific name as 
shown by Prain 1. c. 
LESPEDEZA Michx. 
Lespedeza juncea Pers. var. sericea (Tliunb.) Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 181. 
Hedysarum sericeum Thunb. FI. Jap. (1784) 287. 
Lespedeza sericea Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 49. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 2336, February, 1894. 
Northern India to China, Japan, Formosa, and also in Australia; the genus 
new to the Philippines. 
SIMARUBACEiE. 
BRUCEA J. S. Mill. 
Brucea mollis Wall. Cat. (1828) no. 8483; Benn. in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 
1 (1875) 521. 
Brucea lusoniensis Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 19, t. 26, f. B Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 70. 
After an examination of a full series of the Luzon form, and comparison with 
the Indian material at Kew, we are of the opinion that Brucea luzoniensis Vidal, 
although sufficiently distinct from B. sumatrana Roxb., can not be maintained as 
a species distinct from B. mollis. The type of Vidal’s species is no longer extant, 
and the species is not represented in his Philippine collection at Kew, although 
it was secured by Loher. 
Himalaya and Silhet. 
