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44, Desmodium molle, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 332. 
CenrraL America (Barclay); Panama (Seemann, 219),— VENEZUELA to BRaziL and in 
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45. Desmodium molliculum, DC. Prodr‘“ii. p. 331. 
Hedysarum molliculum, H. B. K. 
Sourh Mexico, Chapultepec (Bourgeau, 333), Zacuapan ((aleott?, 3276), common 
near San Angel (Schaffner), Real del Monte (Coulter), without locality (Graham), Santa 
Fé, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 332).—Southward to Perv. Hb. Kew. 
46. Desmodium neo-mexicanum, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 53. 
New Mexico.—Norti Mexico, Santa Cruz, Sonora (Thurber), Sonoita (Wright). 
47, Desmodium nicaraguense, CErst. Leg. Centr. Amer. p. 16. 
GUATEMALA (Salvin & Godman; Friedrichsthal) ;  NIcaRaeva, Volcan el Viejo 
(Girsted). Tb. Kew. 
48. Desmodium (§Chalarium) nitidum, Mart. et Gal. (char. amplif.). 
Desmodium nitidum, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. pars 2, p. 186. 
Suffruticosum, glaberrimum, ramis teretibus striatulis, foliis petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovato- 
oblongis obtusis (“ ovatis acuminatis” ex Mart. et Gal. loc. cit.) basi subcordatis, floribus parvis 
numerosissimis laxe racemoso-paniculatis, paniculis terminalibus amplissimis aphyllis, pedicellis 
elongatis filiformibus patentibus, bracteis bracteolisque lineari-subulatis striatis persistentibus, 
ovario longiuscule stipitato, legumine juniore 6-8-articulato (‘ articulis orbiculatis” ex Mart. 
et Gal. loc. cit.). 
Suffruter vel herba sublignosa, perennis, omnino glaberrima et nitida, ramis teretibus striatulis. 
Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, graciliter petiolata ; foliola ovato-oblonga ( ovata, acuminata,” ex 
Mart. et Gal. loc. cit.), 14-2-pollicaria, obtusa, basi subcordata, reticulato-venosa, petiolo gra- 
cili; stipulee oblique ovato-lanceolate, longe acuminate, falcatee, 4-5 lineas longze, persistentes, 
reflex; stipelle subulate. Flores parvi, rosei, numerosissimi, laxe racemoso-paniculati ; 
panicule terminales, sesquipedales, aphylle, ramulis gracilibus; pedicelli solitarii, gemini 
vel terni, insigniter filiformes, usque 8 lin. longi, patentes ; bractez bracteolisque lineari- 
subulate, striate, persistentes, pedicellis triplo quadruplove breviores ; calycis lobi tubo 
eequilongi; ovarium stipitatum, 6-8-ovulatum. Legumen valde immaturum rectum, 6-8- 
“articulatum (‘leguminis stipitati articulis orbiculatis,” Mart. et Gal. loc. cit.). 
Sourn Muxrco, Cordillera of Oaxaca, near Jolotepeque, at 6500 feet, and Yavezia at 
7000-8000 feet (Galeotti, 3160). Hb. Kew. . 
We have described this species more in detail in order to distinguish it from our 
closely allied D. foliosum, from which it differs in its leaflets being somewhat cordate 
at the base, in its ample leafless panicle of flowers, in its relatively long and remarkably 
slender spreading pedicels, and in the orbicular joints of its pods. We have seen only 
one good flowering specimen with two or three leaves attached to it. 
49. Desmodium orbiculare, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 311. 7 
Norra Mxxico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000ifeet (Parry & Palmer, 177); 
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