LEGUMINOS^. CLV. Desmodium. 



293 



L= 



terminal ; pedicels solitary ; legumes nearly erect, pubescent, with 73 D. oblokgifolium (D, C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stems herba- 



semi-ovate joints. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, Santa 

 Cruz, among grass, and of the Spanish Main, about Bordones 

 and Cumana. Hedys. supinum, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 1264, 

 H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6, p. 524. but not of Vill. nor 

 Pall, ^schynomene spicata, Poir. 4, p. 452. ex herb. mus. par. 

 D. Cumanense, Willd. herb. — Sloane, hist. jam. 1. t. 118. f. 2. 



Flowers small, bluish purple, 

 distinct from that of Swartz. 



Perhaps the plant of Kunth is 



Supine Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. trail. 



&1 D. TORTuosuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem erect, her- 

 baceous, terete, pubescent, suffrutescent at the base ; leaflets 

 elliptic, smoothish ; stipulas much acuminated; racemes axil- 

 lary, elongated, loose ; legumes erectish, pubescent, with round- 

 ish twisted joints. T^ . S. "" * ' ' 



Native among bushes on the moun- 



ceous, diffuse, terete, and are as well as the petioles clothed 

 with rough viUi ; stipulas scarious, ovate, acuminated ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, villously pubescent ; peduncles almost 

 radical, elongated, loosely racemose at the apex ; lower pedicels 

 twin. 1/ . ^. S. Native of Jamaica, on the higher mountains. 

 Hedys. oblongifolium, Bert. ined. Flowers purphsh-violet. 

 Ovary puberulous, 2-3-jointed. 



Oblong-leaved Desmodium. PL diff'use. 



74 D. spira'le (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.)" stem herbaceous, 

 climbing, rooting at the base, angular, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, 

 glabrous ; stipulas subulate ; racemes terminal, elongated ; pe- 

 dicels twin or tern ; legumes pubescent, spirally twisted. ^ . 

 ^. S. Native of the south of Jamaica, in shady, arid, bushy 

 places. Hedys. spirale, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. p. 1273. H. 



tains of Jamaica, Porto Rico, and on the banks of the river procumbens, Mill. diet. Flowers small, greenish yellow. Leaflets 

 Magdalena, near Honda. Hedys. tortuosum, Swartz, fl. ind. marked with a shining spot above, sometimes obtuse and some- 



occid. 1271. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen, amer. 6. p. 521. 

 Sloan, jam. 1. t. 116. f. 9. Flowers pale blue. 

 ■ Var. /J, hirlellum (D. C. prod. 2. p. S32.) stem beset with 

 short hooked hairs ; leaves rather villous on both surfaces. 



J2.S. 



Native of Guadaloupe. 

 Twisted Desmodium. 



Perhaps a proper species. 



Clt. 1781. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



Fl. Jul. Aug. 



68 D. MOLLE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem erect, terete, 



glabrous; leaflets ovate, attenuated, clothed with soft villi 



beneath ; 



leaflets ovate, attenuated, 



terminal 



young legumes 

 the ultimate one 



racemes terminal ; pedicels tern ; 

 twisted, puberulous, with rhomboid joints, 

 largest and somewhat orbicular, at length all glabrous. ^ . 

 Native of the islands of Santa Cruz, St. Thomas, and St. Do- 



S. 



mjngo. 



Hedys. molle^Vahl. symb. 2. p. 83. 

 Soft Desmodium. 



Flowers purple. 



69 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



times acuminated, according to Swartz. 



Var. (3. stoloni/ernm (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) leaflets acumi- 

 nated ; stipulas ovate, acute, striated. If . ? T? . ? S. Native of 

 Porto Rico. Hedys. stoloniferum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 421. Per- 

 haps a proper species. Plant creeping and rooting. 



*Sj3ira/-podded Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1700. Pl.cl. 



75 D. TENUi'cuLUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stems herbaceous, 

 difflise, slender, smoothish ; leaflets ovate, acute, glabrous, the 

 terminal one twice the size of the rest; stipulas spreading, su- 

 bulate ; racemes terminal; pedicels twin, spreading. %. S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Hedys. tcnellum, Spreng. in herb. 



Balb. Flowers small, purple. 



Fery ^ma/Z Desmodium. PI. difflise. 



7C D. tene'llum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) branches ascending, 



D. AuscE NDENs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem sufFrutes- glabrous; floral leaves simple, the rest trifoliate ; leaflets clothed 



terete, pilose; leaflets roundish, pubescent with adpressed pubescence on both surfaces, glaucesent beneath, 



stipulas lanceolate, falcate ; racemes erect, axillary, terminal one ovate-oblong, lateral ones elliptic, acyte^; racemes 



simple; pedicels solitary ; legumes declinate, pubescent, h .S. ^ 

 Native of the West Indies. 



cent, ascending, 

 beneath ; 



Hedys. adscendens, Swartz, fl. ind, 

 occid. 1263. but not of Sieb. ~ ' 



Flowers small, red. 

 many species are confused under this name. 



Perhaps 



^^^^' /3, Orinocense (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



5-0. t. 597.) legumes with 1-3 joints. 

 Ascending Desmodium. 



stem terete 



, 70 D. CCERU'LEUM 



»ng, pilose; leaflets roundish. 



Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt.1818. Sh. lto2ft. 



branches declinate, ascend- 



, pubescent beneath, mucronate, 

 somewhat emarginate ; stipulas rather falcate ; racemes simple, 

 <^rect, axillary, many-flowered. T? . S. Native of Brazil. D. 



adscendens var. ]3, coeruleum, Lindl. bot. reg. 815. D. C. prod, joints 

 2. p. 332. '" ■ 



loose, rather flexuous ; legumes with 2-5 joints, spirally twisted, 

 glabrous, the joints rhomboid. ©. S. Native of shady humid 

 places near Caraccas. Hedys. tenellum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 522. Nearly allied to D. tortuosum and D. 



spirale. Flowers purple. 



Slender Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



77 D, AxiLLA^RE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem herbaceous, 

 creeping, and rooting at the joints, rather pubescent ; leaflets 

 rhomboid-roundish, pubescent beneath, and reticulately veined ; 

 racemes axillary, much longer than the leaves; pedicels 1-3- 

 together ; legumes declinate, pubescent, with 2-4 semj-ovate 



S. "' " ' ' 



% 



Flowers large, blue. 

 >ng to the figure. 



^/ue-flowered Desmodium. 

 ' to 2 feet. - 



Stamens monadelphous accord- 

 Fl. June, Aug. Clt.1818. Sh. 



^ /I D Lime'nse (Hook, bot. misc. 2. p. 215.) stem erect, 



urrowed, hairy ; leaves on long stalks ; leaflets smoothish above, 



covered with adpressed hairs beneath ; racemes long, ter- 



<nai, and axillary ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, silky ; legumes 



«exuous, with 5-8 oval, hairy, scabrous joints. 

 0*^ Peru, near Lima, 



h 



S. Native 



Lima Desmod 

 72 D. 



ium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Native of Jamaica, St. Domingo, and Guada- 

 loupe. Hedys. axillare, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1274. Flowers 

 small, of a purplish blood- colour. • _ 



^j:j7/ar7/-flowered Desmodium. PI. creeping. 



78 D. re'i'TAns (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stems creeping ; 

 leaflets obovate-roundish, lateral ones unequal-sided, rounded 

 at both ends, glabrous above, but clothed with canescent pubes- 

 cence beneath ; racemes ascending, on very long poduncles ; 

 joints of legume 2, semi-orbicular, hispid. T? . S. Native of 

 St. Domingo and of New Granada, in very hot places, on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena, near Nares. Hedys. reptans, 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 422. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



Flowers flesh-coloured. 



'2 u. TRiGONUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem herbaceous, 518. Howcrs flesh-coloured, 

 scandent, triquetrous, hairy ; leaflets ovate, acute, hairy ; ra- Creeping Desniodium^ Shrub creeping. 



mes terminal, very long ; legumes twisted, hispid, and inflexed. ~" '^ * /t^ 



trl ^'^' Native of Jamaica, in shady bushy places. Hedys. 



'gonum, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1267. Hedvs. triphy'llum, P. 

 ,J,°^"*''J''»"^-301. f. 7. Hedys. intortum, MUl. diet. 

 bluUh*^'^*' ^^^^' ^y"^^' 2. p. 82. Flowers large, pale 



I)l5'j!^''"'^'-stemmed Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1733. 



Hedys. 

 red or 



79 D. scoRPiu Rus (Desv. 1. c.) stems herbaceous, procum- 

 bent, rather pilose ; stipulas ovate-falcate, apiculated ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, pubescent beneath ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves, elongated; joints of legume 4-5, ovate. %.. S. 

 NativeofJamaicaandSt. Domingo. Hedys. scorpirtrus, Swartz, 

 fl. ind. occid. p. 1268. Flowers parole. 



^corpion-faiZ-likc-racemcd Desmodium. PI. procumbent. 



80 D. a'sperum (Desv. 1. c) stems tetragonal, hispid, fistular ; 



