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LEGUMINOS.E. CLV. Desmodium. 



leaflets ovate, obtuse, rough above, but soft and hoary beneath ; beset with rough villi ; leaflets roundish-obovate, pale, and 

 panicle terminal, diflTuse ; joints of legume small, ovate- globose, clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath; stipulas subulate; 

 pubescent. — Native country unknown. Hedys. asperum, Poir. peduncles long, loose-flowered. ^. S. Native of Sierra Leone, 



on the Bullam shore. Flowers purple (v. s. herb. Lamb.). 

 Bullam Desmodiura. Shrub creeping. 

 91 D. linearifolium; stem erect, branched ; branches very 

 villous ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse at both ends, clothed 



diet. 6. p. 408. 



Rough Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



•j" Species natives of the same countries^ hut are 7iot sufficiently 

 known. 



81 D. ? gla'buum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stems herbaceous, 

 erect, panicled ; leaflets obcordate ; legumes lunulate, 1 -seeded, 

 glabrous. ©. H. Native of Campeachy. Hedys. glabrum, Mill, 

 diet. no. 12. Flowers pale purple. 



Glabrous Desmodium. PI. 1 foot. 



82 D. Portorice'kse (Spreng. syst, 3. p. 314. under Hedys.) 

 plant herbaceous, erect ; leaflets oblong, obtuse ; stipulas subu* 

 late, short ; pnnicle terminal, bractless ; joints of legume reti- 

 culated and pubescent. 11 . S. Native of Porto Rico. 



Porto Rico Desmodium. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



S3 D. tene'llum (Spreng. syst. 3. p, 314. under Hedys.) 

 plant herbaceous, procumbent ; branches filiform, smooth, as 

 well as the leaves ; leaflets ovate, glabrous ; stipulas setaceous ; 

 racemes terminal. %. S. Native of St. Domingo. 



Tender Desmodium. PI. procumbent. 



84 D. leioca'rpum ; shrubby ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 pubescent beneath ; panicle terminal ; legumes glabrous, com- 

 pressed, moniliform. Tj • S. Native of Brazil. Hedys. leio- 

 carpum, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 31C. 



Smooth-fruited Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



85 D. ? viLLosuM (D. C. prod. 2, p. 338.) stems herbaceous, 



paniekd 

 legumes with 4-6 smooth joints. T? . S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone. 



T2. S. 



Flowers purple (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Linear -leafletted Desmodium. Shrub 1 foot. 



92 D. si'mplex ; stem erect, simple, clothed with adpressed 

 villi, as well as the under side of the leaves; leaflets of the 

 lower leaves roundish-obovate, emarginate, of the upper ones 

 obovate, mucronate ; raceme terminal, on a long naked pedun- 

 cle, ^i . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers purple (v. i. 



herb. Lamb.), 



Simple-Stemmed. Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



93 D. OXALIDIFOLIUM ; plant suffruticose, branched, pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate-roundish, membranous, glabrous, mucro- 

 nate, small ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles elongated, few-flowered; 



Native of the Island of St. 



legume wMth rough joints. 

 Thomas. 



h. S. 



Flowers small, flesh-coloured. 



Sorrel-leaved Desmodium. Shrub prostrate. 



94 D. RAMOsissiMUM ; plant shrubby, erect, much branched; 

 leaflets obovate, glabrous, rounded at the apex and mucronu- 

 late ; racemes spiked, terminal, few-flowered ; legumes articu- 

 lated. T2 . S. Native of the Island of St. Thomas. Flowers 



diffuse, branched, villous; leaflets oval, rather hispid ; racemes small, flesh-coloured. 



terminal, rather spicate ; calyxes rather villous ; joints of legume 

 numerous, usually somewhat 4-horned. 0. S. Native of Vera 

 Cruz. Hedys. villosum. Mill. diet. no. 9. but not of Willd. 

 Flowers small, pale purple. 



Villous Desmodium. PL diffuse. 



Much-branched Desmodium. Shrub 2 feet. 



95 D. SPARSIFLORUM ; shrubby, branched, erect, pilose; leat- 

 lets broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather cordate at the base, 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal and axillary, long^" 



Native of the Island ot bt. 



_ _ slender, few-flowered. 1^. S. 



86 r).'GuiANE'Ns'E"(D. C. prodTs. p. 338 ) stem frutescent ; Thomas. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



leaflets hoary beneath ; flowers crowded, racemose ; legumes 

 hairy. — Native of French Guiana. Hedys. Guianense, Aubl. 

 guian. 774. without a description. 



Guiana Desmodium. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Scattered'Jl 



Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



96 D. te'nue ; stems shrubby, ascending, simple, weak^; 

 leaflets small, obovate, mucronate; racemes spiked, sl^^^^"* 

 ,b. "S. -Native of Sierra Leone. Joints of legume hairj. 



87 ? D. EMARGiNA^UM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stem herba- Flowers rose-coloured. 



ceous, angular, and rather villous ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate ; racemes axillary, simple ; le- 

 gumes glabrous, having only one joint, which is emarginate on 

 one side. 1/ . S. Native of Martinico. Hedys. emarginatum, 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 412. Flowers small, yellow. 



Emarginate-]omteA Desmodium. PI. 1 to 2 feet." 



Speciesy native of the Cape of Good Hope, Hedy- 



Slender Desmodium. Shrub ascending. 



•****♦ Species, natives of the Mauritius, Madagascar. 

 and Arabia, 



97 D, cjESPiTosuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stems creep 

 ing, tufted, and smoothish ; stipulas lanceolate, ^^""\'"^.jj 

 scarious; leaflets obovate-roundish ; racemes erect, ^^^"".^?j gj 



cQ r\ 7 * /r\ n j n nnn \ . a- the branches ; pedicels solitary ; legumes pubescent, ^^^ , ■ 



SS D ? CILIA TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 33^:) stem suffrutescent, semi-ovate joints. 1/ . S. Native of the Mauritius. Hedyi- 



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'iiviy Thunb.fl, cap, 594. 



erect, villous ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, pilose on the margins 



and midrib; stipulas spreading, lanceolate, glabrous; pedicels 



axillary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calyx 5-parted. 



^2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in grassy fields. 



Hedys. ciliatum, Thunb. nov. act. ups. G. p. 43. t. 2. fl. cap. 



594. Perhaps tlie plant belongs to a different genus : the le- 

 gume is unknown. 



Ci/irt^eJ-leafletted Desmodium. Shrub 1 foot, 



SOD. sQUARKosUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem suffruticose, 



erect, hairy; leaflets ovate, obtuse, pubescent above, but tomen- 



tose and nerved beneath ; stipulas lanceolate ; flowers disposed 



in spikes? reflexed ; legume 2-jointed, hairy. Ij . G. Native 



of the Cape of Good Hope, among grass. Hedys. squarrosum, 



Thunb. 1. c. 



Squarrose Desmodium. Shrub 1 foot. 



csespitosum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 421. 



Tufted 



Mai; 



PI. creeping. 



erect, 



terete, pubescent; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, sc 



clothed with adpressed down, as well as the stems, petiole j^_^^ 

 pedicels; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse; raceme terminal,^ 

 ^^'^ ' legumes drooping, with semi-orbicular joints, when y -^ 



tianum, Willd. spec. 3, p. 1185- iEschynon 

 pi. maur. cxsic. no. 155. and perhaps of Lin 

 ing. Roots creeping 



pubescent, h 



Mauritius 



Flowers 



Mauritian Desmodium. Shrub ^ to 1 fooL 



cose 



prod 



luffru" 



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Species natives of Guinea, 



ovate or rhomboid, acuminated, mucronate, with s'""^\^ %^,v 



90 D. ButLAME^NSE ; stems creeping and rooting ; branches capillary. Ij 



d ; peoi 

 Bourbon 



