290 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS : 1928 
DESMODIUM TRIFOLIASTRUM Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 248; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 2738. 
Panay, Mindanao (Zamboanga, Surigao), B. S. 30694, 37017 Ramos & 
Edato, Piper 549. In thickets along streams at low altitudes. Malay 
Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 
DESMODIUM TRIQUETRUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 61; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 86, Fl. Manila (1912) 240. 
Hedysarum triquetrum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 746. 
Pteroloma triquetrum Benth. in Mig. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 220. 
Meibomia triquetra O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 197. 
Culion, Mindanao (Bukidnon), Merrill 519, B. S. 181 Bermejos, 15668 
Fénix, 39222 Ramos & Edano. In thickets, secondary forests, ete., at low 
and medium altitudes. India to the Mascarene Islands, southern China 
through Malaya to northeastern Australia. 
Local name: Dakot-dakot (Tag.). 
DESMODIUM UMBELLATUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 325; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 106, Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 23, #. 41, 
f. D; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 
Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 25, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 
3 (1908) Bot. 409, 5 (1910) Bot. 80, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 
Hedysarum umbellatum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 747. 
Aeschynomene arborea Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 713; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(1837) 581, ed. 2 (1845) 406, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 381, non Desmodium 
arboreum Sweet. 
Dendrolobium umbellatum W. & A. ex Benth. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 216; 
A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 4381; Miq. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 262. 
Along the seashore throughout the Philippines, occasionally found grow- 
ing inland (Batan and Babuyan Islands). Mascarene Islands and tropical 
Asia through Malaya to northern Australia and Polynesia. 
Local names: Gégo (Ibn.); huyat-bagio (C. Bis.) ; kabay-kabai (Tag.) ; 
kaubol (Bag.); malakdrios (Sbl.); malapigas (Tag.); miagos (P. Bis.) ; 
matang-urang (Bik.); tuyat-bagio (Bis.). 
DESMODIUM VIRGATUM Zoll. Nat. Geneesk. Arch. Ind. 3 (1846) 58; 
Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 667 (1897) 143, 399; Merr. & Rolfe 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 103, Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 87, Fl. Manila (1912) 240, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 182. 
Desmodium gangeticum Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) 
t. 877, non DC. 
Luzon (Rizal, Bataan, Laguna), Palawan, Panay. In thickets at low 
altitudes. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Java. 
DESMODIUM ZONATUM Mia. FI. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 250; Gagnep. Not. 
Syst. 3 (1916) 257. 
Desmodium ormocarpoides Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 
164; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 
(1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. 
