LEGUMINOSyE. CLV. Desmodium. 



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haps of Madagascar. Hedys. Scalpe, Comm. herb. Hedys. re- 

 pandum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 408. but not of Vahl. -^schynomene 

 remota, Poir. diet. 4. p. 452. Petioles nodose at the base. 

 Stems pubescent at the apex, as well as the under side of the 

 leaves. Legume unknown. Perhaps this and the following 

 species would constitute a new genus. Scalpe is the vernacular 

 name of the plant. 



Scalpe Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



100 D. repa'ndum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem shrubby, 



107 D. heterophy'llum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem her- 

 baceous, ascending, rather pilose ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous above, and clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; 

 pediqels axillary, 1-flowered, 2-3 together; legumes ciliated, 

 with the joints semi-orbicular. %, S. Native of Ceylon. 

 Burm. zeyl. t. 54. f. 2. Hedys. heterophyllum, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1201. Flowers red. 



Variable-leaved Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 



1 foot, ascending. 



erect ; stipulas lanceolate, ciliated ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, ob- 108 D. parvifolium (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. 1825. p. 100.) 



tuse, with repandly-crenated margins ; raceme terminal, elon- -*— — ^—^ i.^^u««^^.,c k K.0...1.0.I w^^lr an,l nrln. 



.111 ^ r. . .1 Ml „ '^^ G. Native of 



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gated ; pedicels 2-3 together, capillary 

 Arabia Fehx. Hedys. repandum, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 82 

 7?6';)and-leaved Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



101 D. oxybra'cteum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem frutes- 

 cent, terete, glabrous ; leaflets oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 stipulas and bracteas lanceolate, and very much acuminated ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal ; legumes deflexed, depressed, 

 smoothisb, coriaceous. T2 . S. Native of the Mauritius, spon- 

 taneous or cultivated. Flowers purple. 



Sharp-bracted Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



102 D. mvERsiFOLiuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem shrubby, 

 terete, glabrous ; leaves simple and trifoliate ; leaflets oval, gla- 

 brous, but puberulous on the middle nerve beneath, the terminal 



leaflets always twice or thrice the size of the lateral ones; ^ ^- c 



racemes almost terminal ; legumes villous, compressed, nearly Flowers rose-coloured. 



stems procumbent, herbaceous, much branched, weak, and gla- 

 brous ; leaflets small, obovate or roundish, emarginate or 

 mucronate, covered beneath with adpressed hairs, but glabrous 

 above; racemes panicled, axillary, 5-6-flowered, mucli longer 

 than the leaves ; pedicels capillary, diverging ; legumes glabrous. 

 with 3-4 semi-orbicular joints. %. G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Hedys. tenellum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 243. but not of 

 Kunth. Hedys. parviflorum, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 318. Flowers 



small, purple. Calycme segments lanceolate, awned. 



AS'ma//-/eai;^d Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. PI. procumbent. 



109 D. du'bium (Lindl. bot. reg. 967.) leaflets obovate, rather 

 retuse, mucronate, pubescently-pilose, paler beneath; racemes 

 elongated, many-flowered, terminal ; bracteas subulate, equal in 

 length to the pedicels ; stems angular, and are as well as the 



pedicels hairy. .T2 



linear. Ij . S. Native of Madagascar. Hedys- diversifolium 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 403. 



Doubtfi 



Native of the Hipaalaya mountains. 

 Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 feet. 



_. ^. 110 i). LAXiFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) Stem frutescent, erect, terete, 



Diverse-lea'ved Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. glabrous; branches pubescent; stipulas lanceolate ; leaflets el- 

 ite 2 feet. ^ O , " ■ ' ' ' 1 -•..- -J ^A 



103 D. Abyssi'nicum (D.C. prod. 2. p. 338.) 'stems twining; 

 leaflets ovate, shining, rather pubescent, lateral ones sessile ; 

 racemes terminal, loose; stamens monadelphous. It- ^- S. 



Native of Abyssinia. Hedys. Abyssinicura, Hoffmanns, verz 



1821. p. 217. Legumes unknown. 

 Abyssinian Desmodium. PI. cl. 



liptic, acuminated, glabrous above, and clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence beneath ; racemes terminal, loose ; pedicels hairy, 

 filiform, much longer than the calyx ; joints of legume oblong, 

 compressed, hardly puberulous, usually 4-5. T?. G. Native 

 of Nipaul. Flowers purple. Perhaps not distinct from the fol- 



lowing. 



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Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



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111 D. DiFFu'suM (D. C. I.e.) Stem shrubby, nearly erect, 

 of the East Indies, Nipaul, %c. terete, glabrous ; branches pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate ; leaf- 

 104 D. polyca'rpum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem terete, lets elliptic, acuminated, glabrous above, but clothed with ad - 

 erect, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; leaves trifoliate, with pressed pubescence beneath ; racemes termuial, elongated ; pe- 

 obovate obtuse leaflets, terminal one the largest ; racemes ter- dicels twice the length of the calyx, m fascicles ; young legumes 



jninal and axillary, crowded ; legumes with 6-8 semi-orbicular 

 joints. F? . S. Native of the East Indies. Lam. ill. t. 628. 

 '•4- Hedys. polycarpum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 413. Flowers pur- 

 ple* Said to be allied to Z). latifblh'"" ^^'^ ^- fnsinrnrnum.. 



^yany.fruhed Besmodmm. 



105 D. Pryoni (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem almost terete 

 smoothisb, erect ; leaflets oval, acute, glabrous above, but elothec 

 '^'th silky pubescence beneath, the terminal leaflet thrice th( 



villous, h 



Native of the East Indies. Hedys. diff 'lisum, 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



hardly puberulous, with 6 semi-orbicular ioints. h 



. ind. 



^^ative of the East Indies. Hedys. viridiflorum, Burm. in 

 ' • exclusive of the synonymes. Hedysarum spicatum fol 

 acuminatis, Pryon in herb. Burm. Hedys. Pryoni, Spreng. syi 



us 



ippend. 292. 



^ The legumes are like those of D. GangSticum 



Ift^n* ^^sraodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



lUb D. xRiFLORUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stems herbaceous, late 



Roxb. hort. beng. p. 57. but not of Willd. Hedys. Roxburghii, 

 Spreng. syst. append. 292. Flowers purple. 



Diffuse Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



112 D.? e'legans (D. C. I. c.) stem shrubby, branched, 

 terete; branches angular, pubescent; stipulas linear, acumi- 

 nated ; leaflets roundish-ovate, acuminated, pubescent beneath ; 

 racemes terminal, panicled ; pedicels hispid, filiform ; calyx ob- 

 soletely 5-toothed. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul, on Shreenagur. 



Elegant Desmodium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



113 D, NUTANS (Wall. mss. Graham in edinb. phil. journ. 

 Hook. bot. mag. 2867.) shrubby, branched ; racemes compound, 

 terminal, and axillary, and are, as well as the branches, pendu- 

 lous ; flowers twin ; bracteas acute ; leaves pendulous ; leaflets 

 roundish-rhomboid, tomentose on both surfaces ; stipulas subu- 



Native of the East Indies. Corolla bluish lilac. 



ab^*^""!!*^"*' ^^''^'^'^"™» puberulous ; leaflets obcordate, glabrous 



^ ve, but puberulous on the nerves beneath ; pedicels axillary, 



- owered, 2-3 together ; legumes puberulous, with 3-4 semi- 



.["'^"'"JO'nts. l/.S. Native of China, Malabar, the Mauritius, 



s^^'in?^ West Indies and Guiana. Hedys. triflorum, Lin. 

 IW«L • I' Swartz, obs. 288. t. 6. f. 1. Hedys. stipulJkceum, 

 f"T^- 'nd. t. 54. - - - — ^ - ^ — 



'ileoi. niaur. 49. ? 



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zeyl. t. 54. f. 2. 

 Flowers red. 

 ■Jtonered Desmodium. Shrub procumbent 



Stamens monadelphous. _ 



Nodding-leaved Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Ut. 182 J. 



Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



114 D. pe'ndulum (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 81. t. 94.) erect, 



twiggy ; branches villous ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse, cus- 

 uv.. »t.uu,a..u..„ pidate, villous and many-nerved beneath ; stipulas and bracteas 

 Hedys. biflorum, large and dry, membranous, arlstately mucronate ; racemes soli- 



tary, terminal, pendulous; flowers twm ; legumes compressed, 

 moniliform on one side; joints 4, reniform, lower one sti- 



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