NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VI. 
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A widely distributed endemic species, correctly identified by Bentbam with 
Blanco’s Mimosa scutifera and transferred by him to Pithecolobium, but later 1 
considered by him to be the same as Pithecolobium lobatum Benth., and reduced 
to that species. It is, however, very distinct from Pithecolobium lobatum Benth., 
both in its very deeply lobed pods and in the venation of the leaflets. Univer- 
sally known in the Philippines as Anagap. 
Pithecolobium pauciflorum Benth. in Loud. Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 212. 
This species was based on flowering specimens, Cuming 1854, collected in the 
Philippines, without locality given, and like the preceding species later reduced 
by Bentham to Pithecolobium lobatum Benth. It does not, however, appear to be 
the same as that species. Cuming’s specimen is well matched by Bolster 286, 
Surigao, Mindanao, April, 1906, in fruit. I have seen no typical Pithecolobium 
lobatum Benth. from the Philippines. 
ENTADA Adans. 
Entada parvifolia sp. nov. 
Seandens, subglabra ; foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 2-j ugatis ; foliolis utrin- 
que 8, oblongis, mucronatis, ca. 1.5 cm longis, 3 ad 5 mm latis; spicis 
ca. 15 cm longis, plus minus hirsutis; leguminibus glabris, 10 ad 25 cm 
longis, -1 ad 5.5 cm latis, seminibus nitidis, 2 cm diam. 
Scandent, the branches slender, terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves 
bipinnate, the rachis about 6 cm long, slightly pubescent when young, 
the terminal tendril 6 cm long or more ; pinnae 5 to 8 cm long, the 
rachis slightly pubescent; leaflets oblong, chartaceous, about 8 pairs, 
about 1.5 cm long, 3 to 5 mm wide, the apex obtuse, strongly mucronate, 
margins revolute, nerves obscure ; petiolules very short. Spikes about 
15 cm long, many flowered, the rachis somewhat ferruginous-hirsute, the 
bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.5 mm long. Flowers subsessile, 
the calyx glabrous, small, campanulate, about 1.8 mm in diameter, 
obscurely 5-toothed. Petals 5, glabrous, oblong, equal, 3.5 mm long, 1 
mm wide. Stamens 10; filaments about 5 mm long ; anthers 0.8 mm 
long. Ovary glabrous, narrowly oblong, 2 mm long; style about 4 mm 
long. Pod narrowly oblong, compressed, 10 to 25 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm 
wide, somewhat acuminate at both ends, the valves shining, firmly coria- 
ceous, dark-brown, glabrous; seeds, shining, round, compressed, about 
2 cm in diameter. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Bur. Bci. 4810, 5067 .Ramos, December, 1907 ; 
Hallier, January, 1904. 
A species well characterized by its small leaflets and comparatively small 
pods; very distinct from the widely distributed Entada seandens Benth. Like 
Entada seandens Benth., the stem of this species yields a substitute for soap 
which is used hy the natives of Zambales, Z., Hinagui. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. 3 0 (1875) 575. 
