Desmodium.] xlvii. leguminos^. 6ii 



•I in. across, 6- to 8-jointed, indented on upper suture, puberulous 

 with hooked hairs. Hah. In woods; not common. Johor, Pulau 

 Aur (Kelsall). Malacca Hill. Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). 

 Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Setul. Kedah, Gunong Geriang. 

 Perils. Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrih. Africa, India, China, 

 Malaya. 



(17) D. virgatum Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. iii. 58; Prain, 

 I.e. 143. 



Slender shrublet, i to 4 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves i-foliate; 

 petioles -25 in. long, tomentose ; leaflet membranous, glabrous above, 

 puberulous beneath, ovate acute, base round or truncate, 3 to 5 in. 

 long, I to 2 in. wide ; nerves 8 to 9 pairs. Stipules short, triangular, 

 •15 in. long. Racemes slender erect, tomentose, 3 to 8 in. long; 

 flowers in 20 to 30 fascicles. Calyx glabrous, "08 in. long. Corolla 

 pink, '2 in. long. Pod sub-falcate, "5 to "75 in. long, •! in. across, 

 6- to 8-jointed, indent on upper suture, densely hairy, hairs hooked. 

 Hab. Forests, rare. Perak Batu Kurau (Scortechini). Distrib. 

 Burma, Java. 



Much resembles D. gangeticum, but is easily distinguished by its pink 

 flowers. 



(18) D. triquetrum DC. Prodr. ii. 326; Prain, I.e. 143. 

 Shrublet. Leaves i-foliate; petioles winged, i in. long, 3 in. 



wide ; leaflet oblong-lanceolate acute, base broad, truncate or 

 rounded, coriaceous, glabrous; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, 1-25 to 5 in. 

 long, -75 to I in. wide. Stipules "5 to "75 in. long, "2 in. wide, 

 lanceolate-acuminate. Racemes axillary and terminal, strict 6 to 

 10 in. long. Flowers 20 to 40 in axils of scarious bracts. Calyx 

 •15 in. long, hairy, teeth unequal, upper deltoid, lower linear. Corolla 

 •3 in. long, purple. Pod i to 2 in. long, '25 in. wide, flat, joints 6 

 to 8, hairy. Hab. Woods. Pahang, Kwala Tahan (Seimund). 

 Perak, Telor Pinang, Ipoh (Curtis) ; Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 

 Kedah, Alor Sta. Lankawi. Perils, Kanga. Setul. Distrib. India 

 and Cambodia. 



(19) D. gyroides DC. Prodr. ii. 316. 



Shrub 10 ft. tall. Branches pubescent. Leaves 2'5 to 3 in. 

 long, 3- or I-foliate; petioles "75 in. long; leaflets membranous, 

 oblong or ovate-oblong blunt, glabrous above, thin pubescent 

 beneath, 175 to 2 in. long, i to i"25 in. wide; nerves 6 to 8 pairs 

 (lateral leaflets when present "5 in. long, -4 in. wide). Racemes 

 dense strobilate with large bracts "25 in. long. Calyx "i in. long, 

 teeth triangular. Corolla "35 in. long, '2 in. wide, purple. Pod 

 I to i"5 in. long, "2 in. wide, falcate, joints 6 to 10, not separating, 

 dehiscing along the indented lower suture, tomentose. Hab. Perak, 

 Kinta (Kunstler). Tomoh (Machado) . Z)js/n6. Indo-Malaya, Indo- 

 China. 



