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pedicellis suberectis, ovario puberulo, legumine cito glabrescente circiter 5-articulato, articulis 
ellipticis. . 
Frutex novellis dense argenteo-sericeo-pilosis, ramis rectis, robustis, demum glabris atro-purpureis. 
Folia petiolata, pinnatim trifoliolata; foliola longiuscule petiolulata, late ovata vel ovato-lan- 
ceolata, maxima usque 5 poll. longa et 2 poll. lata, basi late rotundata, apice acuminata, supra 
minute hispidulo-puberula, subtus sericeo-pilosa, petiolo 1-1} poll. longo; stipule decidue a 
nobis non vise. Flores rosei, mediocres, dense racemosi; racemi axillares et terminales, 2—3-pol- 
licares, primum comoso-bracteati; bractez late ovate vel elliptice, acuminate, circiter semi- 
pollicares, cito glabre, atro-fusce, tenuiter striate ; pedicelli puberuli, graciles, 3—4 lin. longi; 
calyx membranaceus, glabrescens, lobis subulatis; ovarium puberulum. Legumen (juniora 
tantum visa) cito glabrum, circiter 5-articulatum, infrapollicare (tortum ?), articulis ellipticis. 
Sourn Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght), at 7000 to 8000 feet (Galeotin, 
3168), Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 583). Hb. Kew. 
This species comes near D. strobilaceum, Schl., differing in its large leaves, ovate or 
lanceolate leaflets, short racemes, and glabrous pod. 
9. Desmodium angustifolium, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 328. 
Hedysarum angustifolium, H. B. K. 
Sourn Muxico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 3316), Vera Cruz to Orizaba 
(Miiller, 283), Orizaba (Botteri, 693), Juquila, Cordillera of Oaxaca, at 4000 feet 
(Galeotti, 3154); Nicaracua, Volcan el Viejo (Girsted); Panama, in meadows near the 
city of Panama (Seemann, 204). Hb. Kew. 
10. Desmodium annuum, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 46. 
Norra Mexico, Santa Cruz, Sonora (Thurber), Sonoita (Wright). 
Grisebach refers this to D. spirale, which is widely dispersed in America and the 
West Indies, and also occurs in Tropical Africa and some of the Pacific islands. 
[D. axillare, DC., syn. D. reptans, DC., and D. radicans, Macf., is a common species, 
ranging from Brazil and Peru to Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, and the West Indies, 
and likely to occur in Central America and Mexico. | 
11. Desmodium barbatum, Benth. et Girst. Leg. Centr. Am. p. 18. 
Nicolsonia cayennensis, DC. | 
Soura Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 698; Miller, 598 ; Bourgeau, 2996); Nicaragua, 
Volcan el Viejo (Grsted); Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, Aguacate (Girsted) ; PANaMa, 
Chagres (Fendler, 76), Empire railway-station (S. Hayes, 585), without locality (See- 
mann, 229).—A very common plant throughout the Wrst Inpizs and Tropical Sour 
America. Hb. Kew. 
12. Desmodium barclayi, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. p. 83. 
Guaremana, Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 1196) ; Nicaragua (Barclay); Panama, Paraiso 
railway-station (S. Hayes, 511)—VenuzveLa. Hb. Kew. 
13. Desmodium brachystachyum, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 321. 
MExIco. 
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