46. LEGTTMINOS.ffi : PAPILIONACE.E. 175 



An exceedingly variable species, of which Maximowicz defines 

 three varieties, whose extreme forms are very different from each 

 other in foliage. We have not critically examined the specimens 

 indicated above ; but most of them want fruit. Franchet (PI. 

 David, p. 94) records D. japonicum, Miq., a variety of this, 

 according to Maximowicz's view, from the Lychan Mountains in 

 Kiangsi. 



17. Desmodium polycarpum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 334; Hook, 

 et Am. Bot. Beech. Yoy. p. 180; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 84 ; Miq. 

 in Journ. Bot. Ne'erl. i. p. 122 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. p. 171 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 433 ; Wight, 1c. Fl. 

 Ind. Or. t. 406. 



Desmodium purpureum, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 62. 



Desmodium nervosum, Vogel in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. 

 p. 28 ; Waif. Rep. i. p. 739. 



Desmodium heterocarpum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 337. 



Desmodium Buergeri, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i\i. p. 45. 



South China : without locality {Millett !) ; Formosa : Tamsui 

 {Oldham, 163 !) ; Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry !) ; Kwangtung : 

 Whampoa {Robertson !) ; Hongkong {Wright ! Champion !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia ; Polynesia ; Zanzibar ; Japan. 



Var. trichocaulon, Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 172 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 444 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 335 (species) ; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 260. 



Fokien : Amoy {Swinhoe !) ; Kwangtung : Saichushan {Parry 

 ex Hance). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. . 



Widely spread in India. 



18. Desmodium pulchellum, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 83 ; Baker 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 162 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. 

 p. 438. 



Dicerma pulchellum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 339 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 418. 



Phyllodium pulchellum, Desv. Journ. de Bot. iii. p. 123, t. 5. 

 fig. 24. 



Hedysarum pulchellum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 747 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 449. 



China : without locality {Millett ! Parkes ! Fortune, 15 !) ; 

 Fokien: Amoy {Swinhoe !) ; Formosa: Tamsui {Oldham, 164 !); 

 Kwangtung : Swatow {Phillips I), Macao {Tate !), Pakhoi {Play 



