230 LEGUMINOS XE. DIcERMA. 
flexuose and divaricating: pedicels long, slender: bracteas hairy, oblong- 
acuminated, concave, at first loosely imbricated, soon deciduous: calyx- 
segments acuminated: legume slightly pubescent, 3—4-jointed, crenated on 
the upper suture, deeply notched on the lower; joints nearly orbicular.— 
DC. prod. 2. p. 334; Wall.! L. n. 5700; Wight! cat. n. 116.—Hedysarum 
parvifolium, Spr. syst. 3. p. 318 ; suppl. p. 293.—H. tenellum, Don. prod. fi. 
Nep. 243. me 
In habit this approaches very closely to D. triflorum, but is readily distin- 
guished by the inflorescence. 
708. (17) D. reniforme (DC.:) procumbent, diffuse, branched: branches 
terete, glabrous, filiform : leaves simple, petioled, roundish reniform, very ob- 
tuse or emarginate, glabrous on both sides: flowers axillary and solitary, or 
in terminal racemes: legumes 5-6-jointed, mucronate, glabrous, even on the 
one suture, notched on the other.—DC. prod. 2. p. 827 ; Wall.! L. n. 5702.— 
gamn reniforme, Linn.! sp. p. 1051 ; Burm. Ind. t. 52. f. 1 ; Spr. syst. 
. p. 319. 
XXXII. DICERMA. DC. 
Calyx with two adpressed bracteoles, bilabiate : upper lip quite entire or 
scarcely 2-toothed at the apex ; lower trifid, the middle segment slightly longer _ 
than the others. Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum obovate ; the keel about 
equal with the ale, obtuse, not obliquely truncated. Stamens monadelphous 
below the middle, diadelphous (9 and 1) towards the apex, permanent: 
anthers all roundish. Legumen 2- (or occasionally 3-) jointed: joints orbi- 
cular, flat, regular, membranaceous, reticulated with veins, not echinated, 1- 
seeded ; the last joint bearing the remains of the style at the middle between 
the two sutures.—Shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers yellowish. Pedicels 
1-flowered, aggregated in the axils of bracteas or leaves. 
It is almost impossible to point out a character to distinguish this from Desmodium, 
except the fewer joints to the legume; but the difference in general appearance is 
considerable. 
709. (1) D. pulchellum (DC. :) stem erect : stipules free from the petiole and 
from each other : leaves long-petioled, pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic- 
oblong, pubescent beneath, glabrous above, terminal one the largest, all fur- 
nished with partial stipules: floral leaves bifoliolate, the odd one abortive, 
the lateral ones orbicular and bractea-like, the petiole ending in a bristle nearly 
as long as the lateral leaflets: flowers aggregated : pedicels short: bracteoles 
caducous : legumes 2- or sometimes 3-jointed, glabrous on the sides, villous 
on the sutures.— DC. prod. 2. p. 339 ; Wall.! L. n. 5737 ; Wight ! cat. m 196. 
—Hedysarum, n. 292, Linn.! fl. Zeyl.—H. pulchellum, Linn. sp. P- 1000; X 
Roxb! fl. Ind. 3. p. 861 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1613.—Phyllodium pulchellum, — 
Desv.—Zornia pulchella, Pers. syn. 2. p. 318; Spr. syst. 3. p. 311.—Burm. 
Zeyl. t. 52 ; Pluk. t. 433. f. 7. = 
From this ies D. elegans, DC. (or Desmodium lutescens, DC.) may 
recognised by the leaves being velvetty on the upper surface, and by the ad 
tiole of the floral-leaves ending a bristle that scarcely exceeds the partial pe 
tiole of the lateral leaflets : we have both species from China. 
tiole, 
710. (2) D. biarticulatum (DC.:) diffuse : stipules free from the m 
but cohering together to near their apex: leaves short-petioled, P' y 
trifoliolate ; leaflets nearly equal in size, without ial stipules, o 
oblong, obtuse, nearly glabrous: floral-leaves abortive: flowers 2-4 fon de 
in the axils of stipules, and forming naked racemes: legumes 2-jointed, Wight! 
ed with adpressed hairs.—DC. prod. 2. p. 339; Wall.! L. n. 5738; Mn 
cat. n. 795.—Hedysarum, n. 296, Linn.! ft. Zeyl.—H. biarticulatum, AP" — 
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