284 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS “— 
Northern to central Luzon (Cagayan to Rizal and Bataan). In open 
dry grasslands in the settled areas at low and medium altitudes, with all 
the appearance of an introduced species. Pantropic. 
51. DESMODIUM Desvaux 
DESMODIUM AURICULATUM DC. Prodr. 3 (1827) 326; Prain in Journ. 
As. Soc. Bengal 66* (1897) 144. 
Pteroloma auriculatum Miq. F]. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 258. 
Luzon (Rizal), B. S. 1036, 22685 Ramos, Merrill 7394. In open grass- 
lands at low and medium altitudes. Often confused with D. triquetrum 
DC., but easily distinguished by its glabrous, not strigose pods. Andaman 
and Great Coco Islands, Indo-China, and Malaya. 
DESMODIUM BOLSTERI Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 
Bot. 102; Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) Bot. 88. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Nueva Ecija), Bolster 181, Adduru 209, Warburg 
12447, F. B. 22127 Alvarez. On bowlders along streams on slopes, ete., at 
low altitudes, apparently very local. Endemic. 
DESMODIUM BUERGERI Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 45; 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 85. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Laguna), Williams 1400, 1402, Merrill 4374. 
On open grassy slopes, borders of thickets, etc., at medium altitudes. Japan, 
Riu Kiu Islands, Formosa, Hainan, and probably also in China; reduced 
by most authors to Desmodium heterocarpum DC. 
DESMODIUM CAPITATUM (Burm. f.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336; Miq. 
F]. Ind. Bat. 1% (1855) 241; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62; A. 
Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 433; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 107, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. 
Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 65, 2 (1907) Bot. 276, 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 5 (1910) Bot. 84, 
Fl]. Manila (1912) 240. 
Hedysarum capitatum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 167, ¢. 64, f. 1. 
Meibomia capitata O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 195. 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands at low and medium 
altitudes; common. India to Malaya. 
Local names: Bilibig (Bik.); kalapikid (Bag.); mani-mani (Tag.); 
mani-manian (Pang., Tag.); maning-parang (Tag.). 
DESMODIUM CUMINGIANUM (Benth.) F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; 
Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 
107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 80. 
Dendrobium cumingianum Benth. in Mig. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 216; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 268. 
Luzon (Batangas), Cuming 1454, B. S. 22841 Ramos. On dry slopes 
in thickets and secondary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 
Local name: Malakagyos (Tag.). 
DESMODIUM DASYLOBUM Mia. FI. Ind. Bot. Suppl. (1860-61) 3805. 
Desmodium sinuatum Blume ex Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 
(1876) 166; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 83, 356. 
