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DESMODIUM DUBIUM. Dovustrut DEsmMopIuM. 
Class and Order. 
Diapetpea1A Decanpria. 
( Nat, Ord. —Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. basi bibracteolatus, ad medium obscure bilabiatus, 
labio superiore bifido, inferiore 3-partito. Cor. papilio- 
nacea, vexillo subrotundo, carina obtusa non truncata, alis 
carina longioribus. Stam. diadelpha (9 et 1) filamentis 
subpersistentibus. Legumen constans articulis plurimis ad 
maturitatem secedentibus, compressis, monospermis, mem- 
branaceis coriaceisve, non aut vix dehiscentibus. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Desmopium* dubium; foliis trifoliatis, foliolis obovatis sub- 
retusis mucronulatis pubescenti-pilosis, subtus palli- 
dioribus, racemis elongatis multifloris terminalibus, 
bracteis subulatis pedicellos equantibus, caulibus an- 
gulatis calycibusque hirsutis. 
Desmopium dubium. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 967. 
Descr. A suffruticose plant, with upright, slender, an- 
gular, branching, and hairy stems. Leaves ternate. Leaf- 
lets large, the terminal one exactly obovate, upon a long 
petiole, the lateral ones more oblong, sessile, all of them 
very obtuse or almost retuse, clothed with short, soft, and 
fine, rather silky, appressed hairs, green above, paler be- 
neath. Main petiole with swollen joints, having a pair of 
small, pointed stipules at the base, and a smaller pair a little 
way up. Racemes terminal, longer than the leaves, many 
; flowered 
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* From depos, a chain, from the articulated seed-vessels. 
