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BaraNnes IsLaNnps, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3699 Fénia., Luzon, Province of Locos 
Norte, Bur. Sci. 2242, 2253 Mearns: Province of Ilocos Sur, For, Bur, 15692 
Merritt & Darling: Province of Union, Elmer 5635: Province of Benguet, Merrill 
4274 (luxuriant form): Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 6098 Robinson: Province 
of Batangas, Marave 164: Manila, Carlos 132, Mayor 54, Merrill 385, McGregor 78 : 
Province of Bataan, Merrill 3101, Williams 291. Minporo, Bur. Sci. 6645 Robin- 
son. Batapac, Bur. Sci. 418 Mangubat. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes along trails, in open 
grass lands, thickets, etc.; introduced from tropical America. 
In a letter written in 1906, Dr. C. B. Robinson states that a specimen from 
Formosa, Henry 1176, in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, is the 
same as Williams 291 and Elmer 5635, and that comparison with D. scorpiurus 
shows that the American material has consistently narrower leaflets than the 
Philippine, which is borne out by the single American specimen here, Sintenis 
2971 from Porto Rico. 
7. Desmodium ormocarpoides (Desv.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327; Baker in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. 2 (1876) 164; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Rev. 
Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sei. 2 (1907) Bot. 276. 
Hedysarum ormocarpoides Desv. ex DC, 1. ¢. as syn. 
Meibomia ormocarpodes O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 198. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Whitford 865. Minporo, Merrill 6223. SAMAR, 
Merrill 5201. Crnu, Bur. Sci. 1731 McGregor. MINpANAO, Lake Lanao, Mrs. 
Clemens 632. 
India to the Malay Peninsula and Java. 
§$ CHALARIUM. 
8. Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) A. S. Hitche. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4 
(1893) 76. 
Hedysarum procumbens Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768) no, 10. 
Hedysarum spirale Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. 
Desmodium spirale DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 332; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2. (1845) 
408, ed. 3, 2: 385; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 164; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 61; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19. 
Desmodium chamissonis Vog. in Linnaea 10 (1836) 588. 
Hippocrepis rhomboidea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 585. 
Meibomia chamissonis & M. spiralis O, Kuntze |. c. 197. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Bur. Sci. 7623 Ramos: Province of [locos 
Sur, For. Bur. 15691 Merritt & Darling: Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 7129 Ramos: 
Provinee of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 4877 Ramos: Manila, Merrill 836, Rosario 
320. 
Widely distributed as a weed in waste places at low altitudes; tropics of the 
world, probably a native of tropical America. 
§ PoDOCARPIUM. 
9. Desmodium laxum DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 102, Prodr. 2 (1825) 
336; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66° (1897) 138. 
Desmodium gardneri Benth. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 226; Baker in Hook. f. Fl, Brit. 
Ind. 2 (1876) 165. 
Desmodium leptopus A. Gray ex Benth. |. ¢., Bot. Wilkes U. 8S. Explor. Exped. 
