86 ENUMEEATioN OF ILeffumiuoscB 



16, DENDBOLOBIUM, Benth. 



Des7iiod{um, Subgenus Dendroloiium^ "W. ct A. 



1. D. umbellatum^ W. et A. Prod. i. 224, ctun syn. ; Walp. Ann, iv, 



543.— c/p. 143G. 



Hab. North of the island, Gardner. 



2, D. cephalotes, W. et A., 1. c, cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, t. 373. 



c,p. 2780. 

 Hab. Very common, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



17. PHYLLODIUM, Deav. 



"Walpers, Ann. vol. iv. p. 544. 



1. P. pnlchellum, Desv. — Dicerma pulcJiellum^ DC. ; W. et 

 Prod. i. 230, cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, t. 418. — c.p. 1279. ^ ■ 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. Nom. vulg. "Hampinne." 



18. DICERMA, DC. 

 1. D. biarticulatum, DC. (W, et A. Prod. i. 230, cum syn. ; Wi 



Icones, t. 419.) — c.P. 1450. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



19, PTEBOLOMA, Desy. 



1. P. triquetruxn, Benth. (Walp. Ann. iv. 543.) — Desnwdium tri- 

 quetrum, DC. ; W. et A. Prod. i. 234, cum syn. — c.p, 1431. 

 Hab. Central Province ; abundant. Nom. vulg. '* Baloleya." 



20. CATEWABIA, Bentli. in PI. Jungh. ii. 220. 



1. C. laburnifolia, Benth. 1. c. cum syn. : Walp. Ann. iv. 544. — c.P. 

 1435. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1500 to 3000 feet. 



21. DESMODIUM, DC. 



L. D. triflorum, DC Prod. ii. 334, cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, t. 293. 

 c.P. 2779. 



Hab. Abundant, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Norn- vulg. 

 " Hecn-oondoopcyelli." 



This is valued as a medicine foi" tlic cui-c of dysentery. 



2. D. heterophylluxn, DC, 1. c. cum syn. — D. triflorum, var. «? 

 W. et A. Prod. i. 229 ; Wight, L-oues, t. 291.— c.P. 2778. 



^ Hab. Equally abundant with the last, from which it is certainly dis- 

 tinct J^om. vulg. "Maha-oondoopeyelli." 



3. D. parvifolium, DC (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.P. 1429. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



4. I>. polycarpon, W. et A., 1. c. 227, cum syn. 



Ytxv, a, caulibits adpvesse pilosis; hracteis longe acuminatia; legu- 

 minibus hirsutis vel sajpe glaberrimis.— c.P. 1425. 



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