LEGUMINOSiE. GLV. Desmodium. 



297 



^ 



Hedys. difFusum, Willd. spec, 3. p. 1180. D.diffilsum, D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 336 



Willdenow^s Desmodium, 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet, diffuse. 



132 D. DicHOTOMUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem erect, tri- 

 quetrous ; pubescent ; stipulas and bracteas ovate ; leaflets el- 

 liptic, obtuse, pubescent, hoary beneath ; racemes elongated ; 



species in having a ^i-toothed calyx instead of being 5- 

 ioothed. 



140 D. retu'sum; leaflets oblong, retuse, mucronulate, vil- 

 lous, canescent beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; 



cemes many-flowered ; bracteas ovate, mucronate, 

 imbricated : 



ra- 



villous. 



legumes haify, with 6 joints. ^ . S. Native of Tranquebar. truncate at the apex. 



calycine teeth ovate, cuspidate ; keel of corolla 



G. 



h- 



Native of Nipaul, at Narain- 



Hedys. dichotoraura, Willd. spec. 1180. This species is like hetty. Hedys. retusum, Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 



243. Leaflets nearly 2 inches long and half an inch broad. 

 Betuse-lcaRetted Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 



the preceding. 

 Z)/cAo/omow5-stemmed Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet, t 



133 D. oxyphy'llum (D. C, in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 102.) stem - Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



erect, terete, branched, and is rather angular and smooth, as 

 well as the branchlets ; stipulas subulate ; leaflets elliptic, acu- 

 minated, glabrous, pale white beneath ; panicle terminal, loose ; 

 pedicels 2-3-together, in fascicles. 



h 



Hedys. oxyphyllum, Spreng. syst. append. 292. 

 Sharp-leaved Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



141 D. floribu'ndum ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, and are as 



well as the branches pilosely tomentose ; stipulas lanceolate, 



falcate ; racemes many-flowered : pedicels capillary, aggregate ; 



G. Native of Nipaul. calycine segments ovate, acute, upper one broader and emar- 



gmate 



T2.G. 



Native of Nipaul, at Gosaingsthan. Hedys. 

 floribundum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 244. Flowers reddish. 



134 D. podoca'rpum (D. C. 1. c.) stem ascending, terete ; Perhaps the same as D. multijldrum of D. C. 



branches rather angular, and are as well as the petioles and pe- 



Bundle-Jlowered Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



duncles pilose ; stipulas subulate; leaflets broad-ovate, rather 142 D. tili^folium ; leaflets roundish-ovate, acuminated, 



rhomboid, pale beneath, but rather puberulous above; racemes 

 terminal, elongated, slender; pedicels twin; legume with 1-3 

 triangular, puberulous, distant joints, lower joint stipitate. ^ . G. 

 Native of Nipaul. Flowers purple. 

 Foot-frtdted Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



pubescent; racemes terminal, panicled; calyx bluntly 4-lobed. 



T?. G. 



Native of Nipaul, on Shreenagur. 

 1. c- 



Hedys. tiliaef olium, 

 D. Don, 1. c- Leaflets almost 3 inches long. 



Lime-treeAeavei Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



143 D. DioicuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) leaflets oval, obtuse, 



135 D. heteroca'rpum (D. C. prod, 2. p. 337.) stem shrubby, coriaceous, glaucous, and pilose beneath ; stipulas ovate, acute ; 

 erect, and is as well as the petioles scabrous; stipulas setaceous; racemes many-flowered ; bracteas ovate, acute, ciliated, imbri- 

 cated : calvcine teeth ovate, acute, h . G. 



leaflets elliptic, obtuse, glabrous ; racemes axillary and termi- 

 nal ; legumes puberulous, erect, lower ones with only 1 joint, 

 the rest having 5-7 orbicular joints. Ij . S. Native of Ceylon. 

 Burm. zeyl. 117. t. 53. f, 1. Hedys. heterocarpum, Lin. spec. 

 1054. but not of Thunb. Flowers pale purple. 



Varions-fruited Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



136 D. SE^QUAX (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 46. t. 157.) plant 

 shrubby, erect, twiggy, and branched ; branches terete, and are 

 villous, as well as the petioles ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, 

 clothed with adpressed pili above, and villous beneath, interme- 

 diate one double the size of the lateral ones ; stipulas linear ; 

 racemes axillary, about equal in length to the leaves ; flowers 

 ysually twin, on villous pedicels ; legumes slender, linear, many- 



Jojnted, many-toothed on both edsjes, and covered with hooked 

 Pjh. Tj.S. 



Kamaon. 



at Narainhetty. 

 prod. fl. 



Native of Nipaul, 



D. Don, 



Hedys. dioicum, Hamilt. mss. ex 

 nep. 244. Leaflets 3-4 inches long and 2 broad. 

 Flowers axillary, dioecious. Vexillum obovate, shorter than 



Sta- 



Keel concave, mucronate at the apex. 



Native of the East Indies, on the mountains of 



Flowers pale red. 

 Sticking Desmodium. 



1 



- „ Shrub 3 feet. 



^37 D.LABURNiFOLiuM (D. C. prod- 2. p. 337.) stem shrubby, 



ranched, terete, smoothish ; stipulas setaceous ; leaflets ovate, 



cute, glabrous, shining above, clothed with adpressed pubes- 



nce beneath; racemes terminal, loose; legumes pendulous, 



»|spid, with oblong compressed joints. T? . S. Native of Java. 



*jeclys laburnif olium, Poir. diet. 6. p. 422. but not of Sieb. 



»s plant probably belongs to section Eudesmddium. 

 ' 1 ^« n "'""^^"^'^^ Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet, 

 hra b A ^^^^^^^^^^^^ (D. C. prod. 2. p. 337.) stem frutescent, 

 ceo"^ 1 ^^^^^^^ glabrous ; stipulas and stipels lanceolate-seta- 

 bro"^'. "^^^^^' ^^^^^^s lanceolate-oblong, acuminated, gla- 

 W^^' P^^'^^^ ^^^"I'nal, diffuse ; bracteas lanceolate-subulate; 

 ^numes arched, hispid. Pj . S. Native of the East Indies. 



irn 'H'^'^^^^"™' P^^^- diet. 6. p. 422. 



139 Dp ^"^ Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet, 

 oblonir li- .^"^^^^? plant herbaceous, erect; leaflets large, 

 nal f ^ P^"^' acutish, rather strigose beneath ; panicle termi- 

 Naliv ^r ^^'^^ ^'^"^^ 5 legumes linear, arched, glabrous. % . S. 



the falcate wings. 



mens 10, monadelphous. Style bearded below. Legume 3- 



jointed. Perhaps a proper genus. 



Dioecious Desmodium, Shrub 3 feet. 



f Doubtful species^ natives of the East Indies, 



144 D. GRANDiFoLiUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stem frutes- 

 cent, simple, trigonal ; stipulas ciliated ; petioles triquetrous ; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acute, racemes somewhat spicate. 



^ . S. Native of the East Indies. Hedys. grandif olium, Horn. 

 hort. hafn. cat. 2. p. 700. 



Great-leaved Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



145 D. ? puncta'tum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stem twining, 



furrowed, pilose ; leaflets ovate, acute, and are as well as the 

 calyxes beset with red dots ; racemes axillary, short. Tj . '^. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Hedys. punctatum, Rottl. berh 

 mag. p. 231. 



Dotted Desmodium. Shrub tw. 



146 D. ? hippocee'pis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 33S.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaflets ovate, glabrous, middle one largest ; spikes ob- 

 long, dense ; legumes straight, bearded, jointed on the upper 

 suture. F2 • G. Native of Cochin-china. Hippocrepis bar- 

 bata, Lour. fl. coch. p. 453. Flowers purple. 



Hippocrepis-like Desmodium. Shrub 4 feet. 



147 D. malacophy'llum (D. C. prod. 338.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, hairy; leaflets oblong, somewhat cordate, pale, and clothed 

 with soft hairs beneath ; racemes terminal. If.. S. Native of 



Manilla. 

 • Soft'l 



ledonia. 



Hedys. malacophyllum, Link. enum. 2. p. 247. 



:ed Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



* * * Species, natives of New Holland and New Ca- 



ottUr;^c ^^^ ^^^ Indies. Hedys.' Hneare, Rottl. Hedys. 148 D. spartioides (D. C. prod. 2. p. 337.) stem slender, 



terete, dichotomous, glabrous; stipulas acute; leaflets oblong- 



Rottl 



K* ?Pi^"S- syst. 3. p. 320. 

 ^o«/er^ Desmodium. PL 1 foot. 



t Species, 



natives of Nipaul, which differ frovi the other 



linear, mucronate, glabrous above, but pale, and pubescent be- 

 neath ; racemes terminal and opposite the leaves ; pedicels from 



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