172 46. leguminos^:: papilionace.*:. 



chow (Hancock ! Lamont ! Forbes !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Cochin China ; Java; Philippines. 



3. Desmodium floribundum, G. Bon, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 297; 

 Baker in HooJc.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 167. 



Desmodium multiflorum, DC Prodr. ii. p. 335. 



Desmodium dubium, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 967; Bot. Mag. t. 2960, fide 

 Baker. 



Hupeh : Patung (A. Henry?). Herb. Kew. 



India, from the Punjab to Khasia, ascending to 7000 feet. 



The Chinese plant is a very fine variety with blue flowers, and 

 the strongly veined under surface of the leaflets is pubescent. 



4. Desmodium formosum, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. 

 (1843), Suppl. i. p. 29; Walp. Hep. i. p. 740. 



Kwangtung : meadows around Macao (Meyer ex Vogel). 

 The description of this species does not accord with any Desmo- 

 dium we have seen from China. 



5. Desmodium gangeticum, BO. Prodr. ii. p. 327 ; Bcnth. Fl. 

 HongJc. p. 84 ; Baker in Hook.f. M.Brit. Ind. ii. p. 168 ; Maxim. 

 in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 443 ; Wight, Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 271. 



Hedysarum gangeticum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. /46 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 448. 



South China : without locality (Millett !) ; Kwangtung : 

 near Canton (ex Loureiro) ; Hongkong (Hancel Lamontl). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely diffused in tropical Asia and Africa, and colonized in 

 the West Indies. It is singularly variable in foliage. 



6. Desmodium Gardneri, Benth. Fl. Jungh. i. p. 226 ; Baker 

 in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 165 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol, xii- 

 p. 441. 



Desmodium podocarpum, Miq.Ann.Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. p. 46, non 

 DC, fide Baker, loc. cit. 



Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 159, 160!) ; Hupeh : Ichang (A. 

 Henry !) ; Kwakgtung : Lofaushan (Ford !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Western Peninsula of India, Ceylon, and Japan. 



Most of the Chinese specimens are young, and doubtfully 

 referred to this species. 



