288 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS us 
Luzon (Benguet), Williams 1398, Merrill 4356. In ravines and thickets, 
altitude 1,100 to 1,400 m. India to China and Japan. 
DESMODIUM PROCUMBENS (Mill.) A. S. Hitche. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 
4 (1893) 76; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 82, FI. 
Manila (1912) 239, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 
Hedysarum procumbens Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768) No. 10. 
Hedysarum spirale Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. 
Desmodium spirale DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 332; Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 
(1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 385; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; 
Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19. 
Desmodium chamissonis Vogel in Linnaea 10 (1836) 588. 
Hippocrepis rhomboidea Blanco F]. Filip. (1837) 585. 
Meibomia chamissonis O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 197. 
Northern to central Luzon. In thickets, open places, etc., at low and 
medium altitudes in the settled areas. Introduced from tropical America, 
now pantropic. 
DESMODIUM PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 
100, Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 
87. 
Luzon (Lepanto, Benguet, Rizal), Merrill 4477, Williams 1414, Bona 20, 
Vanoverbergh 2169, B. S. 29494 Ramos & Edano. On dry open grassy 
slopes at medium altitudes. India, China, Formosa. 
DESMODIUM PULCHELLUM (Linn.) Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 83; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 
18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 5 (1910) Bot. 
79, Fl. Manila (1912) 239, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 184. 
Hedysarum pulchellum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 747; Blanco FI. Filip. 
(1887) 581. 
Dicerma pulchellum DC. in Ann, Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 236, Prodr. 2 
(1825) 339; Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 407, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 383. 
Zornia pulchella Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 318. 
Phyllodium pulchellum Desv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4 (1826) 324; 
A. Gray. Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 431; Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 260. 
Meibomia pulchella O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 197. 
Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Common in open thickets, 
waste places, etc., in the settled areas at low and medium altitudes. India 
to China and Formosa southward to tropical Australia. 
Local names: Gaan-gdan (Sul.); kalaikai (C. Bis.); payang-payang 
(Tag.). 
DESMODIUM QUINQUEPETALUM (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 
(Philip.) 35 (1906) 20, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 81, Fl. 
Manila (1912) 2389, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 184. 
Cytisus quinquepetalus Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 598. 
Cajanus quinquepetalus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 417, ed. 3, 2 
(1879) 397. 
