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slightly pilose^ the basal joint abniptly contracted into a slender pedicel, 
the terminal joint apiculate. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Pefia Blaiica, F. H. Bolster 181, October 7, 1905, 
on boulders along the river at an altitude of about 150 m. 
Desmodium virgatum Zoll. Nat. Geneesk. Arch. 3 (1840) 58; Prain in 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 143. 
Luzon, Vidal 248; Loher 23JiS, 2S40j Bur. 8ci. 4 Fox worthy ; For. Bur. 22S1 
Meyer. Palawan, Bur. 8ci. 194 Bermejos. 
Burma to Pt-iak and Java; new to the Philippines. 
Desmodium gyroides DC. M^m. Leg. (1825) 322; Prodr. 2 (1825) 320; 
Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 2(>9, July, lOOG. 
British India to ludo-Cliina, the Jfalay Peninsula and Archipelago; now to 
the Philippines. 
FLEMINGIA Roxb. 
Flemingia philippinensis Merrill &. Rolfe sp. nov. 
Suffniticosa, prostrata; foliis trifoliolatis^, foliolis snbsessilibus, coria- 
ceisj dense et valde reticulatis, leviter pilosis, 4 ad G cm longis, apice 
rotundatis; raeemis axillaribns^ solitariis^ congestis, 3 ad 2.5 cm longis; 
fioribus 8 mm longis^ caljcis lobis valde inaequalibus; leguminibus 7 
mm longis^ pubescent! bus, turgidis; seminibus globosis. 
A suffruteseent perennial from a stout woody root^ the branches 
prostrate^ trailing, the leaves trifoliolate, the leaflets densely and strongly 
reticulate, somewhat pilose on both surfaces, coriaceous, rounded at the 
apex, the inflorescence a dense axillary solitary raceme 2 to 2.5 cm long, 
the bracts lanceolate, the lower lobe of the calyx much exceeding the 
others. Branches prostrate, terete or somewhat angular, appressed-pilose, 
in age nearly glabrous. Petioles stout, 1 to 2 cm long, flattened above, 
somewhat pilose; leaflets subsessile, nearly equal, coriaceous, densely and 
strongly reticulate, oblong, entire, inequilateral at the base, rounded at 
the apex, 4 lo 6 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide. Flowers about 8 mm long, 
the calyx densely appressed-pilose, the lubes lanceolate, acuminate, the 
lowest one much exceeding the others. Corolla pink or pale-purple, the 
standard about G mm long. Pod 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, turgid, some- 
what pubescent, 1- or 2-seeded, the pedicels about 3 mm long, the calyx 
persistent. Seeds black, smooth, globose. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Cervantes to ^Nruncayan, Merrill 44^0, November, 
1905, in open grass-covered slopes. Allied to Flemingia congesta but abundantly 
distinct. 
MILLETTIA Wiglit & Arn. ' 
Millettia Ahernii Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra ; foliis inipnripinnatis, 3- vel 4-jugatis,circiter 25 cm 
longis; foliolis glabris, supra nitidis, elliptico-ovatis vel elliptico-oblpngis, 
basi acutis, apice acuniinatis, subcoriaceis, 8 ad 9 cm longis, 3 ad 4.5 
cm latls, nervis utrinque 8; leguminibus lanceolatis, erassis, planis, 18 ad 
20 cm longis, 2 ad 2.5 cm latis. 
