296 



LEGUMlNOSiE. CLV. Desmodium. 



pitate 



^ 



— — m H ^p — "- — — — ^ 



fines of the valley. Flowers purple. 



: Pendulous-racemed Desmodium. Shrub 3-4 feet. 



115 D. ? MULTiFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) Stem shrubbv, terete, 



glabrous; branches hairy, trigonal ; stipulas lanceolate, subulate; ^ „ ^, ^,„ ,^„^^ 



leaflets ovate, mucronate, pubescent above, and villous beneath ; glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Java. 

 racemes axillary and terminal, hairy, longer than the leaves. 

 ^ . G. Native of Nipaul. Hedys. floribundum, D. Don, prod. 

 fl. nep. 244. ? Flowers purple. Calyx nearly smooth. Young 

 legume with 5-6 ovate pubescent joints. 



Many-flowered Desmodium. Fl. July, Aurr. Clt. 1823. Sh. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



123 D. vi'sciDUM (D. C. prcd. 2. p. SBQ.) stems suffruticose* 

 branches terete, covered with adpressed villi ; leaflets smoothish' 

 terminal one obovate and larger than the lateral ones, which are 

 ovate and acutish ; racemes almost terminal, villous ; stipulas 

 and bracteas scabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, striated, 



Burm. zeyl. t. 84. f. 1. 

 Flow^ers blue. 



Hedys. viscosum, Burm. ind. 167. 



Viscid Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet, ■ 



. 124 D. paucine'rvium (D. C. 1. c.) stem shrubby, erect, 



branched, terete, smoothish ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, pubescent 



and veiny beneath ; stipulas membranous, acuminately-awned; 



, ^ ^ ^ ^ /T-k i-. 1 N bracteas conforming to the stipulas, somewhat cihated ; racemes 



1 lb U. ANGULA TUM (D. C. 1. c.) Stem suffruticose ; branches terminal ; pedicels solitary or twin. ^ . S. Native of the East 



angular, pubescent, but villous along the angles ; leaflets ovate, Indies. 



acutish, clothed with adpressed villi on both surfaces ; racemes s. .^^.^^ ^^owi^^.^n.. .^muL. x tu ^ iccl. 



axillary and terminal almost spicate ; bracteas villous, very 125 'ii .ljls7nill^^^^^^ 



Very like /). concinnum, 

 Few-nerved-lesived Desmodium. 



Flowers violaceous. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



much acuminated, deciduous, longer than the flowers. T2 , _. 

 Native of Nipaul. Hedys. reti!lsum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 243 ? 



Hedys.Wallichianum,Spreng.syst. append. 293. Flowers purple, 

 ^w^w/ntr-stemmed Desmodium. Shrub 2 feet. 

 117 D. pilosiu'sculum(D, C. prod. 2. p. 335.) stem angular, 



\ — — / — *^-.-^*wj ^^^^- J 



suffruticose ; leaflets rhomboid, mucronate, puberulous on both 



rather pilose ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, 1 to 2 feet. 



surfaces ; racemes axillary, slender ; stipulas and bracteas de- 

 ciduous, acuminated, and rather pilose ; pedicels 2-3-together, 



Native of the East Indies, blowers purplei 



Sh. 



Tj.S. 



spreading. 



Leschenaidt's Desmodium. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. 



and puberulous beneath ; racemes terminal, somewhat spicate; - 126 D. 'capita^tum (D. C prod. 2. p. 336.) stem shrubby, 



bracteas deciduous, villous, somewhat acuminated ; legumes a erect ; leaflets roundish-obovate^ obtuse^ tomentose beneath ; 



little incurved, with oval scabrous joints. Tj , S. Native of " " " 



the Philippine islands. 



Pilose Desmodium; Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



118 D. confe'rtum (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. 1825. p. 100.) 

 stem shrubby, nearly terete, villous; leaflets ovate, acutish, 

 rather coriaceous, glabrous above, and villous beneath ; racemes 

 crowded, short, terminal; bracteas ovate, acutish, glabrous, 

 cihated. ^ . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers purple. 



Crowded Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



119 D. Suembue'n 



stipulas lanceolate, dry ; racemes axillary, bracteate before the 

 flowers expand, and of a capitate, conical figure ; legumes pen- 

 dulous. ^ . S. Native of Ceylon. Hedys. capitatum, Burm. 

 ind. 167. t. 54. f. 1. Hedys. conicum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 419. 

 According to the legume this species belongs to section Pleuro- 

 Idbium, Flowers purple. 



Cap7«^e-flowered Desmodium. Fl. July. Clt.? Sh.lto2ft. 



127 D. siLiQUosuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336) stem shrubby, 

 erect, clothed with adpressed silky pubescence above; stipulas 



M. i 1 ^''''^''''',^ """^ ,iP' <^- P^^^- ^- P- 335.) leaflets round- dry, lanceolate-linear, setaceously acuminated ; leaflets elliptic- 

 i.h-o al, mucronulate, villous, canescent beneath ; stipulas Ian- obovate, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, but clothed ^ith 

 ceolate, mucronate; racemes secund: ca vcine tppth nv^t^ «^,ifo a;it„ ,.:ii; i ^i. . f^...- .i i n j u-«.*oatP. 



ceolate, mucronate ; racemes secund ; calycine teeth ovate, acute, 

 upper one broader and emarginate. ^2 • G. Native of Upper 

 Nipaul at Suembu. Hedys. Suembuense, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 

 243. Flowers flesh-coloured. Legume with 5 joints. 



Suembu Desmodium. Fl. July. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



120 D. rufe'scens (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. 1825. p. 100.) 

 branches and peduncles terete, covered with rufous villi ; leaflets 

 ovate-elhptic, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, and pubescent 

 beneath ; racemes terminal, panicled ; bracteas deciduous, vil- 

 lous, very much acuminated. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Hedys, rufescens, Spreng. syst. append. 292. Upper leaves 

 wuli one leaflet. Stipulas broad at the base, but elongated and 

 subulate at the apex. 



silky villi beneath ; racemes terminal, dense-flowered, bracteate. 

 ^. S. . Native of Java.. Hedys. siliquosum, Burm. fl. io*^ 



169. t. 55. f. 2. 



Perhaps a species of Lespedeza 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



AS'/Vi^'wo^e-podded Desmodium. k^muu a lu ^ iccw 

 128 D. RETROFLExuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaflets roundish-ovate, clothed with silky tomentura be- 

 neath ; racemes axillary, erect, elongated ; legumes reflexed. 

 Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Hedys. retroflexuni, l^^' 

 mant. 103. Allied to Flemingia linedta, hnt the legume w 

 many-jointed. It differs from i). concinnum in the leaflets being 

 roundish, not elliptic, and in the racemes being axillary, &c. 



Retroflexed 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



(/i 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



te- 



121 D. CONCINNUM (D. C. 1. c.) stem shrubby, branched- 

 branches terete, pubescent ; leaflets elliptic-obovate, mucronate, 

 pubescent beneath, with rather prominent nerves ; stipulas Ian- 

 ceolate-lmear, acuminated; racemes terminal; pedicels twin, 

 hairy ; bracteas deciduous, ovate, acuminated, villous. Pj . G. 



otfo'''%''ir^'P^"l: "^"^y'- concinnum, Spreng. syst. append. 

 292. Allied to the preceding species, but diflfers in the leaflets 

 being \\ inch long, not 2-3, and in having fewer nerves. Flowers 

 violaceous. 



Neat Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



122 D. triciiocau'lon (D. C. 1. c.) stems procumbent, suf- 

 fruticose at the base, terete, hairy ; leaflets obovate, roundish, 

 obtuse, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; stipulas scarlous, 

 lanceolate-linear, acuminated, glabrous ; bracteas conforming to 

 the stipulas, ciliated ; racemes terminal ; pedicels twin. % , G. 

 Native of Nipaul. Flowers violaceous. 



129 D. BiFLORUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem twining, 

 rete, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, tomentose ; peduncles axillary* 

 2-flowered, length of petioles; legumes hairy, 5-6-jointed. 

 I? . ^. S. Native of the East Indies. Hedvs. biflorum, WiIW. 

 spec. 3. p. 1200. but not of Willem. 



Two-flowered 



Sh. tw. 



130 D. la'xum (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 102.) stems twin- 

 - -• ^ - — " - ^ ^ " - the 



cu- 



minated, glabrous, but pubescent on the nerves beneath, middle 

 one acuminated at thp hasp l^fovol r^r^oe nn^rtnoiit/ spmicoruatf 



^xj\j iy. UA JLUM ^u. \j. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. iv%,) sitfiii» i-- 



ing, trigonal, and are either pilose or glabrous, as well as the 



petioles ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaflets elliptic, acu- 

 — .•-- _ ^ _ 1 1 1 , - _ _ , idfllc 



h 



one acuminated at the base, lateral ones unequally semic 

 at the base ; panicle terminal, very loose ; pedicels twin. 

 '^. G. Native of Nipaul. Hedys. laxum, Spreng. syst. append- 

 292. Young legume smooth and repand. 



Zoo*e-flowered Desmodium. Shrub tw. 



131 D. WiLLDfiNown ; stems ascending, triquetrous ; stlpu'^s 



obliquely cordate ; leaflets oblong-ovate, obtuse, hoary beneath; 



Hairy'Stemmed 



PI. procumbent. 



with 4 roundish, hairy joints. Tj 



., deciduous; legaron 

 Native of Tranquebar. 



