176 46. leguminos^; : papilionace^;. 



fair I); Whampoa (Hance I) ; Hongkong (Champion] Wright ! 

 JJrquhart ! Wilford ! Hance !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Tropical Asia and the Philippine Islands. 



19. Desmodium reticulatum, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. 

 Bot. iv. p. 46 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 84 ; Miq. Journ. Bot. Neerl. 

 i. p. 122 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 414 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 

 1879, p. 10 (forma foliis omnibus unifoliolatis). 



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

 Macao {Gomez da Silva ex Henriques), Whampoa (Hance I); 

 Pakhoi (Playfair ?) ; Hongkong (Champion ! Wright !); Hainan 

 (Bullock !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



There is a little doubt about Playf air's Pakhoi specimen belong- 

 ing to the unifoliolate form of this species, as the material is 

 insufficient to decide the question. 



20. Desmodium retroflexum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 336 ; Baker in 

 Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 170; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1880, 

 p. 260 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 443. 



Kwangtung : hills around Whampoa (Krone ! Hance, 3883 !). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Himalayas to Tenasserim. 



21. Desmodium rufescens, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 335 ; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 171 ; Kanitz in Math, und Natur. 

 Ber. TJngarn, reprint, p. 12. 



Szechuen (Loczy ex Kanitz). 

 Ceylon and the Nilghiris. 



22. Desmodium triflomm, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 334 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 83 ; Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 173 ; Maxim. 

 in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 441. 



Hedysarum triflomm, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. p. 749 ; Lour. Fl. C'ochinch. 

 p. 450 ; Retzius, Observ. iv. p. 29. 



Kwangtung : Pakhoi (Playfair !), Macao (Tate !) ; Hongkong 

 (Wright \ Lamont !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Almost throughout the tropics. 



23. Desmodium triquetrum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 326; Benth. 

 Fl. Hongk. p. 83 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 163 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 439 ; Miq. Journ, de Bot. Neerl. i. 

 p. 122. 



