MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF ‘FORMOSA. 79 
Desmodium podocarpum DC., Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 169; 
Forbes et Hemsu. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 174. 
Has. Shintiku: Taihei, leg. T. Kawaxami, Sept. 1907, (No. 
6046). | 
Disrris. North India, Mandshuria, Japan and China. 
Desmodium reniforme DC.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Il. p. 173. 
Has. Banchoryo, leg. G. Nakananra, Oct. 1905, (No. 602). 
Distr. India and Java. 
OpsERV. Very slender, scandent herb; leaves broadly reni- 
formed, 1$ cm. long, 24 cm. broad, glaucous beneath, membranace- 
ous, stipules subulate, scaly, 5 mm. long; flowers on very long 
and slender racemes, very loosely arranged, very small, nearly 
® mm. long, shortly pedicelled. | 
Alysicarpus NECK. 
Alysicarpus bupleurifolius DC.; Benru. Fl. Hongk. p. 81; Hoox. 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Il. p. 158; Forses et Hemst. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 178. 
Has. Ako: Kotansho, leg. G. Naxanara, Sept. 1905, (No. 539). 
Disrris. Hongkong; Tropical Asia, Mascarene islands, and 
Polynesia. 
OspseRV. <A shrubby herb, 40-50 cm. long, decumbent, many- 
branched ; leaves alternate, linear, 5 em. long, 2-38 mm. broad, short- 
ly petioled, stipules sheath-like, lanceolate, scaly. Calyx 6-7 mm. 
long, deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate, scaly ; pods long, 14 em-2 em 
long, 5-jointed, cut into each joint when ripened. 
Lespedexa Micn. 
Lespedeza macrocarpa Buncre; Francuer Pl. David. p. 94, 
Forses et Heust. Ind. FI. Sin. I. p. 182. 
