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78 : MERRILL. 
Zambales, For. Bur, 5863 Curran: Province of Bulacan, Yoder 127: Province of 
Rizal, Bur. Sci. 1846: Province of Bataan, Merrill 8787, Williams 80. 
In open grass-lands at low and medium altitudes in the Philippines; cos- 
mopolitan in the tropics. 
47. DESMODIUM Desy. 
Leaves 3-foliolate. 
Pod distinctly divided into several 1-seeded joints which ultimately separate. 
Bracts large, orbicular, persistent, foliaceous, inclosing the flowers; an 
tells archon di, oe a HE CEES ORR ER RANT. 88 BR 1. D. pulehellum 
Bracts very small or none. 
Flowers arranged in axillary or panicled umbels; shrubs or small trees. 
Umbels axillary; leaflets broad at the apex, round, obtuse or very 
obscurely and broadly acuminate. 
Leaflets small, 1 to 1.8 em long —...0.2. ete 2. D. ewumingianum 
Leaflets ample, mostly 5 to 10 em long ..0.0..2--..2..-.e-- 3. D. umbellatum 
Umbels arranged in terminal or axillary panicles; leaflets gradually 
narrowed upward to the acuminate or acute apex. 
4. D. quinquepetalum 
Flowers not umbellate; shrubs or herbs. 
Pods not sinuate, the segments indehiscent, 3 to 5 times as long as 
broad. 
Erect, suffrutescent; leaflets ovate, ample, 7 to 15 em long, acute or 
eg IN ho Ratti ol ode Sf a eT 5. D. laxiflorum 
Herbaceous, spreading; leaflets small, 2 to 4 em long, or in luxuriant 
forms rarely 6 em long, elliptic, obtuse, rounded, or retuse. 
6. D. scorpiwrus 
Segments of the pods dehiscent or indehiscent, not manifestly longer 
than broad, or if so, then deeply sinuate. 
Pods not stipitate, the segments indehiscent, as broad as long, 
spirally twisted, both sutures deeply indented; herbaceous. 
8. D. procumbens 
Pods stipitate, the segments longer than broad, the upper suture 
straight, the lower very deeply sinuate, the constrictions reaching 
nearly to the upper suture; shrubby. 
Leaves quite glabrous; pod long exserted, its stipe usually much 
longer than the first segment ..0..............qecseeecegeeeeeenee 9. D. lawum 
Leaves more or less pubescent; stipe shorter than the first seg- 
ment. 
Flowers 8 to 10 mm long; pods with 2 to 4 joints... 10. D. sealpe 
Flowers 3 to 4 mm long; pods with 1 or 2 joints. 
11. D. podocarpum 
Pods not stipitate; both sutures slightly indented; calyx-teeth short, 
deltoid; shrubs. 
Plant rather strongly pubescent; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, repand ; 
pod with from 8 to 12 joints ~.0.0.0.2.0.. eee 12. D. sinuatum 
Plant only slightly pubescent; leaflets elliptic-oblong, entire; pod 
With: SION tart OAC... Semeur et 13. D. bolsteri 
Pods not stipitate; upper suture  Gtralght, the lower deeply in- 
Gonted ; letheenes oo ou..:.tie eee 14. D. malacophyllum 
Pods not stipitate, the segments as long as broad, the mpeet suture 
straight, the lower slightly sinuate, dehiscent. 
Racemes dense in both flower and fruit; shrubby, erect or prostrate 
plants. 
