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TEPHROSIA Persoon 
TEPHROSIA VILLOSA (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 329. 
Galega villosa Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1172. 
Galega barba-jovis Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 172. “Habitat in India.” 
Burman’s name is a synonym of the earlier Linnean one. 
TAVERNIERA de Candolle 
TAVERNIERA SPARTEA (Burm. f.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 339. 
Hedysarum sparteum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 166, t. 51, f. 3 (err. 
f. 2). “Habitat in India.” 
De Candolle examined Garcin’s specimen in the Delessert her- 
barium on which Burman’s species was based; he indicates that 
this was from Persia rather than from India. Taverniera num- 
mularia DC. is probably not, specifically distinct. 
DESMODIUM Desvaux 
DESMODIUM HETEROCARPUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 387. 
Hedysarum heterocarpon Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 747. 
Hedysarum siliquosum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 169, t. 55, f. 2. 
“Java.” 
Desmodium siliquosum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336. 
Desmodium polycarpum DC. op. cit. 334. 
Burman’s species is clearly identical with the very common 
Indo-Malayan Desmodium heterocarpum (Linn.) DC., more com- 
monly known as D. polycarpum DC. 
DESMODIUM CAPITATUM (Burm. f.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336. 
Hedysarum capitatum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 167, t. 54, f. 1. 
No definite locality is given, but Burman’s specimen was 
from either Java or India. This is the basis of the well-known 
and widely distributed Desmodium capitatum (Burm. f.) DC. 
DESMODIUM TRIFLORUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334. 
Hedysarum triflorum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 749. 
Hedysarum stipulaceum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 168, t. 54, f. 2. 
“Crescit in Persia.” 
Burman’s species has been reduced to Desmodium triflorum 
(Linn.) DC., a very common species in most tropical countries; 
this doubtless is the correct disposition of it, as the figure agrees 
with Desmodium triflorum DC. 2 
ALYSICARPUS Necker 
ALYSICARPUS MONILIFER (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 353. 
Hedysarum moniliferum Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 102. 
Hedysarum moniliforme Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 168, t. 52, f. 3. 
“Coromandeli.” 
