Desmodium. ] Leguminose. 79 
Page 50.—For D. Gardneri Bth. read: 
8. D. laxum DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat., Sér. I, IV, p. 102 (1825). 
D. Gardneri Bth. Pl. Jungh. p. 226 (1853). 
Kandy. 
Page 52.—For D. diffusum DC. read: 
D. Ttortuosum DC. Prodr. II, p. 332 (1825); Petch, in Ann. Perad. 
VII, p. 328 (1922). Hedysarum purpureum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8 
(1768). H. tortuosum Sw. Prodr. p. 107 (1788). Desmodium dtffusum 
Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 52 (1894) non DC. Metbomia purpurea Vail. in 
sanall, Fl. S.E.U. S. p- 639 (1903). Desmodium purpureum Fawc. & 
Rendle, Fl. Jam. IV, 2, p. 36 (1920) non Hk. & Arn. 
Kandy (1916). 
Native of Tropical America. 
Page 55.—For D. parvifoliwum DC. read: 
19. D. microphyllum DC. Prodr. II, p. 337 (1825). Hedysarum 
microphyllum Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 284 (1784). H. tenellum Don Prodr. 
Fl. Nep. p. 243 (1825) non Kunth. D. parvifolium DC. Prodr. II, 
P- 337 (1825). 
Page 57.— 
2. Abrus pulchellus Wall. 
Kurz (Journ. As. Soc. XLV, 1876, p. 240) states that the Ceylon 
plant has larger seeds than the Burma one. 
Page 60.— 
2. Teramnus mollis Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. VIII, p. 265 
(1865). T. labialis Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 60 (1894) pp. T. labialis var. 
mollis Bak. in Fl. Brit. Ind. I], p. 184 (1879). 
As T. labialis, but leaflets lanceolate-elliptic, longer; 
racemes shorter, more crowded, densely villous; pod villous. 
Low country ; common. 
Also in S. India. 
Page 62.—For Mucuna pruriens DC. read: 
4. M. prurita Hk. Bot. Misc. II, p. 348 (1831); Gamble Fl. Madr. 
p- 856 (1918). M. pruriens Trim. FI. Ceyl. II, p. 62 (1894) non DC. 
Page 63.— 
Faas 27. BRYTHRINA Linn. 
Calyx spathacecus, split on one side . : - I. E. VARIEGATA. 
Calyx not spathaceous, splitting into 2 lips: 
Pod turgid and seed-bearing throughout its 
whole length : 
Leaflets oblong... : : ‘ ; ; ay EL; FUSCA. 
Leaflets broadly ovate . E. suberosa. 
Pod flat, seedless and indehiscent in the lower 
half E. lithosperma. 
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