166 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Desmodium. 
ciliated, lanceolate or deltoid cuspidate. Corolla red, } in. deep. Pod 
4—8 jn, long, 4 in. broad, with 5-7 finely hairy articulations about as 
long as broad.—ZH. heterocarpum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1054 (form with pod sub- 
abortive). D. heterocarpum, angulatum and capitatum, DC, Prod. Le. 
Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer! 
A common East Indian and Malayan species. 
16. D. paleaceum, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 209. Stems 3-4 ft. 
high, erect, the branches almost woody, moderately stout, terete, thinly 
adpressed-silky upwards. Stipules ovate acuminate, }—2 in. deep, 
scarious. Petioles 2-14 in. long, firm, flattened, glabrous or slightly 
silky ; leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate, central one 3—5 in. long, 3-1} in. 
broad, narrowed gradually to an acute point, the base round, the edge 
not at all repand, lateral ones similar, subcoriaceous, upper surface 
glabrous, lower glaucous, slightly hispid on the veins. Racemes 
stalked, both axillary and terminal, moderately dense. Bracts 2-3 
lines deep, lanceolate acuminate, not ciliated. Pedicels glabrous, 2 
lines long, erecto-patent or sub-patent. Calyx thinly silky, a line 
deep, the teeth linear, reaching more than halfway down. Corolla 
reddish, more than twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, $—} 1. 
long, } in. broad, the lower suture very slightly indented, articulations 
4 or 5, half as long again as broad, the faces thinly clothed with long 
stiff hairs—D. grande, E. Meyer, Comm, Pl. Afr. Austr. 124; Harv. Fi. 
Cap. ii. 228. D. orybracteum, DC. Prod. ii. 334? D. lateristachys and 
Juanense, Bojer, mss. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Lepriewr and Perrottet. Heudelot! Guinea pto- 
per, Vogel! 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
Also a plant of Madagascar, Natal, and Johanna island. 
17. D. triflorum, DC. Prod. ii. 334. Stems wide-creeping, ¢0- 
poe and diffusely branched, forming a dense matted cluster, the 
branches slender, glabrous or thinly clothed with fine spreading silky 
hairs. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, 2 lines deep. Petioles 2-8 lines 
long, very slender; leaflets 3, broad-obovate, terminal one 4—5 lines 
long and nearly as broad, lateral ones smaller, both sides glabrous, 
or nearly so. Flowers 1-3, axillary. Pedicels 4-6 lines long, very 
slender. Calyx } in. deep, silky, the teeth lanceolate acuminate, 
reaching more than halfway down. Corolla reddish or white, fragrant, 
about equalling the calyx. Pod 5-8 lines long, } in. broad, the lower 
suture waved one-third of the way down, articulations 4—6, faces sub- 
glabrous.—D. Bullamense, G. Don, Gard. Dict. ii, 294. H. granulatum, 
Schum. et-Thonn. Pl. Guin. 362. Nicolsonia reptans, Meissn. in Linnea, 
xxi. 260, 
Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, T. Vogel! Barter! 
