46 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
pedalibus, bracteis 8-10 lin. longis insigniter comosis, legumine 
glabro. 
Common near the Albany Barracks, flowering in summer. 
1l. Pteroloma triguetrum, Desv.—Benth. in Plant. Jungh. p “4 
—Desmodium triquetrum, DC. 
Victoria Peak. 
12. Phyllodium pulchellum, Desv.—Benth. in Plant. Jungh.—Di- 
cerma pulchellum, DC. 
This common East Indian plant is rare in Hong-Kong; found only 
at the estuary at East Point. 
13. Phyllodium elegans, Benth. in Pl. J ungh.—Dicerma elegans, DC. 
Common in Hong-Kong on low ground. 
14. Desmodium (Nicolsonia) polycarpum, DC.—D. nervosum, Vog. 
Pl. Meyen., p. 28. 
Victoria Park. Vogel’s description of his D. nervoswm from China 
appears to me to answer exactly to this species, which is one of the 
widest spread of the Eastern Desmodia. 
55515. Desmodium (Heteroloma) reticulatum, Champ., sp. n.; foliolis 
| ovali-ellipticis oblongisve utrinque obtusis supra glabris subtus 
pallidis cauleque pilis raris conspersis, stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
racemo gracili, bracteis deciduis basi latis setaceo-acuminatis summis 
comantibus, pedicellis brevibus geminis, alis carina paulo breviori- 
bus.—Ramus adest unicus teres, pilis perpaucis adpressis conspersus. 7 
Stipule brunneæ, striate, erect, cum acumine setaceo 4 lin. longe. 
Petiolus communis gracilis, 6-10 lin. longus. Foliolum terminale 
pollicem longum, semipollicem latum, apice basique obtusum v. 
. retusum, supra viride et nitidulum, subtus pallidum v. glaucum, 
venis primariis arcuatis reteque venularum utrinque conspicuis; 
lateralia minora. Slipelle setaceze. Racemus semipedalis, in speci- 
mine simplex, a basi florifer, rachi pubescente, floribus per paria - 
dissitis. Bractee ad apicem racemi 2-3 lin. longæ, late lanceolatæ, 
striatæ, glabriusculæ, alabastra longe superantes, at non imbricatæ. 
Pedicelli tenues, vix 2 lin. longi. Calyx lineam longus, tenuiter 
membranaceus, glaber, laciniis 5 lanceolatis acutis tubo æquilongis, 
inferiore paulo longiore. Perillum fere 3 lin. longum, obovali- 
» The part of the * Plantæ J unghuhnianæ ? which contains my papers on Javanese 
or À m not yet reached me; I am, therefore, unable to insert the precise 
