NOTES ON PHILIPPINE BOTANY. 103 



slightly pilose, the basal joint abruptly contracted into a slender pedicel, 

 the terminal joint apiculate. 



Luzox, Province of Cagayan, Pefia Blanca, F. H. Bolster ISl, October 7, 1905, 

 on bonlders along tlie river at an altitude of about 150 m. 



Desmodium virgatum Zoll. Nat. Geneesk. Arch. 3 (1840) 58; Prain in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66^ (1897) 143. 



Luzon, Vidal 2^8; Loher 23'iS, 23.',!) ; Bur. Hci. 1, Foxworthij; For. Bur. 2231 

 Meyer. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 194 Bermejos. 



Burma to Perak and Java; new to the Philippines. 



Desmodium gyro ides DC. Mem. Leg. (1825) 322; Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; 

 Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 269, July, 1906. 



British India to Indo-China, the INIalay Peninsula and Archipelago; new to 

 the Philippines. 



FLEMING I A Pvoxb. 



Flemingia philippinensis ]\lorrill &. Rolfe sp. nov. 



Suffruticosa, prostrata; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis subsessilibus, coria- 

 ceis, dense et valde reticulatis, leviter pilosis, 4 ad 6 cm longis, apice 

 rotnndatis; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, congestis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis; 

 floril)us 8 mm longis, calycis lobis valde inaeqiialibus ; leguminibus 7 

 mm longis, piibescentibiis, turgidis; seminibus globosis. 



A suffriitescent perennial from a stout woody root, the branches 

 prostrate, trailing, the leaves trifoliolate, the leaflets densely and strongly 

 reticulate, somewhat pilose on both surfaces, coriaceous, rounded at the 

 apex, the inflorescence a dense axillary solitary raceme 2 to 2.5 cm long, 

 the bracts lanceolate, the lower lobe of the calyx mucli exceeding the 

 others. Branches prostrate, terete or somewhat angular, appressed-pilose, 

 in age nearly glabrous. Petioles stout, 1 to 2 cm long, flattened above, 

 somewhat pilose; leaflets subsessile, nearly equal, coriaceous, densely and 

 strongly reticulate, oblong, entire, inequilateral at the base, rounded at 

 the apex, 4 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide. Flowers about 8 mm long, 

 the calyx densely appressed-pilose, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, the 

 lowest one much exceeding tlie others. Corolla pink or pale-purple, the 

 standard about 6 mm long. Pod 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, turgid, some- 

 what pubescent, 1- or 2-seeded, the pedicels about 3 mm long, the calyx 

 persistent. Seeds black, smooth, globose. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Cervantes to Mancayan, Merrill -'I'lGO, November, 

 1905, in open grass-covered slopes. Allied to Fleuiiurjia congesta but abundantly 

 distinct. 



MILLETTIA Wiglit & Arn. 



Millettia Ahernii ^Icrrill & Uolfe sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, glal)ra ; foliis imparipinnatis, 3- vel 4-jugatis,circiter 25 cm 

 longis; foliolis glabris, supra nitidis, elliptico-ovatis vel elliptico-oblongis, 

 basi acutis, apice acuminatis, subcoriaceis, 8 ad 9 cm longis, 3 ad 4.5 

 cm latis, nervis utrinque 8 ; leguminibus lanceolatis, crassis, planis, 18 ad 

 20 cm longis, 2 ad 2.5 cm latis. 



