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Sesbania aculeata, Pers. 



Sesba/iia aculeata, Pcrs. ; Miq., FL Ind. Eat., i. 1, p. 287; Bonth., FL Austr., ii. p. 212; Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 114. 



Letti.— Everywhere in the tropics of the Old World ; also occurring iu the West 

 Indies and Tropical America, where it is most likely a colonist. 



Desmodium gangeticum, DC. 



Desmodium gangeticum, DC; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 247; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii. p. 232; 

 Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 168; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Air., ii. p. 161. 



Arrou ; Ki. — Widely diffused in the tropics of the Old World, and very common in 

 many parts. Introduced in the West Indies. A large genus spread all over the tropics, 

 and extending into the temperate zones in North America, Eastern Asia, South America, 

 South Africa, and Australia, Several of the species are very widely dispersed. 



Desmodium latifolium, DC. 



Desmodium latifolium, DC. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 246; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 168; 

 Oliver, FL Trop. Air., ii. p. 162 (sub. Desmodio lasiocarpo). 



Timor Laut. — Common in the Archipelago, in India, the Mascarene Islands, and 

 Tropical Africa, though hitherto not collected in Australia. It exists as an introduced 

 plant in the West Indies. There is a specimen of another species of this affinity in Timor 

 Laut ; perhaps Desmodium, megaphyllum, Zoll. 



Desmodium polycarpum, DC. 



Desmodium polycarpum, DC. ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 242 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii. p. 235 ; Seem., 

 FL Vit., p. 56 ; Hook, f., FL Brit Ind., ii. p. 171 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr., ii. p. 165 ; Nadeau 1, 

 Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 79., 



Timor Laut. — North Australia to Japan, China, and the Himalayas ; also in the Mas- 

 carene Islands and Eastern Tropical Africa, as well as many of the islands of the South 

 Pacific, from the Fijis to the Marquesas. 



Desmodium laxiflorum, DC. 



Desmodium laxiflorum, DC. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 251 ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 164. 



Timor Laut. — Scattered in the Archipelago, eastward to the Philippines, and through 

 Java to North-western India. 



Desmodium ormocarpoides, DC. 



Desmodium ormocarpoides, DC. ; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., L 1, p. 249; Hook, f., FL Brit. Ind., ii. p. 164. 

 Babar. — Sumatra, Philippines, Ceylon, and the Western Peninsula of India. There is 

 some doubt respecting the Babar plant being exactly this species. 



