LEGUMINOS.E. 187 



HAB. Taito, Kilai. 

 DISTRIB. 



Desmodium pulchellum BENTIT. Fl. Hongk. p. 83 ; BAKER iu HOOK. 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 162 ; MAXIM, iu Mel. Biol. XII. p. 438 ; FORBES et 

 HEMSL. Lad. Fl. Sin. I. p. 17'2 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enuru. PL Fonnos. p. 107. 



HAB. Taito. Hozan. 



DISTRIB. Tropical Asia and the Philippines. 



Desmodium reniforme DC. ; HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 173 ; HENRY 

 List PL Fonnos. p. 33 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enuin. PI. Fonnos. p. 107 ; 

 HAYATA Mater. Fl. Fonnos. p. 79. 



HAB. Banchoryo. 



DISTRIB. India and Java. 



OBSERV. A^ery slender scandent herb ; leaves broadly reuiforuied, 1^ cm. 

 long, 2-]- cm. broad, glaucous beneath, membrauaceous, stipules subulate, 

 scaly, 5 nun. long ; flowers on very long and slender racemes, very loosely 

 arranged, very small, nearly 3 mm. long, shortly pedicelled. 



Desmodium sinuatum 131. ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 

 116 ; HENRY List. PL Formos. p. 394 ; MATSUM et HAYATA Enum. PL 

 Formos. p. 108. 



HAB. Hikaku, Washa, Shinteiigai. 



DISTRIB. All over the Tropics. 



Desmodium triflorum DC. Prodr. II. p. 334 ; BENTII. Fl. Hougk. p. 

 83 ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 173 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XII. 

 p. 444 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 176 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Enum. PL Formos. p. 108. 



HAB. Taihoku, Pachina, Hozan. 



DISTRIB. All over the Tropics. 



Desmodium umbellatum DC. Prodr. 11. p. 325 ; BAKER in HOOK. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. H. p. 161 ; MAXIM, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 438 ; FORBES et 

 HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 177; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PL Formos. 

 p. 108. 



