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Leaflets obovate-euneato, silvery-pubescent beneath; pedicels al- 

 ways ultimately rcflexed; prostrate 15. D. capitatum 



Leaflets obovate-oblong or obovate-elliptic; pedicels erect or as- 

 cending; stems erect IG. D. heterocarpum 



Racemes lax in both flower and fruit; leaflets 1 to 2.5 or 3 cm long, 



retuse; spreading or ascending herbs 17. D. huergeri 



Pods not stipitate, slightly sinuate on both sutures or straight on the 



upper ; trailing or prostrate herbs with small leaves. 



Flowers 1 to 3 in the axils of the leaves, with no common peduncle. 



Pedicels shorter than or hardly exceeding the petioles; leaflets 



obuvate-cuneate, truncate or emarginate ; branches glabres- 



cent 20. D. triflorum 



Pedicels manifestly exceeding the petioles'; leaflets oblong, usuallj^ 

 rounded at the apex; branches pvibescent with spreading 



hairs , 21. D. heterophyUum 



Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes ; leaflets minute, 8 mm 



long or less , 22. D. inicrophyUum 



Pods indistinctly jointed, dehiscing in a continuous line along the lower suture; 

 erect undershrubs. 



Pods glabrous 23. D. gyrans 



Pods copiously pubescant 24. D. gyroides 



Leaves 1-foliolate. 

 Petioles winged. 



Erect, 1 to 2 m high; leaflet at least three times as long as the petiole; pods 



appressed-hirsute ...., 25. D. triquetrum 



Branches prostrate, spreading from the woody root; leaflet about twice as 

 long as the petiole; pods ciliate on the margins, otherwise glabrous. 



2G. D. pseudotriqxicirum 

 Petioles not winged. 



Segments of the pod 1 to 1.5 cm long, many times longer than broad. 



7. D. ormocarpoides 

 Segments of the pod short, not manifestly longer than broad. 



Leaflets ovate to oblong-ovate, narrowed to the acute or acuminate apex. 

 Petioles less than 5 mm long; racemes den.se; pods pubescent. 



27. D. virgatum 

 Petioles 1 to 2.5 cm long. 



Racemes elongated, lax, simple or panicled ; pods glabrescent. 



28. D. gangeticum 

 Racemes short, simple ; pods pubescent with spreading hairs. 



19. D. ovalifolium 

 Leaflets orbicular to orbicular-ovate, apex broad. 



Leaflets not reflexed; racemes elongated, equaling or exceeding the leaves. 



29. D. hisiocarpum 

 Leaflets reflexed; racemes much shorter than the leaves. 



18. D. retroflexum 



§ PlIYLLODIUM. 



1. Desmodium pulchellum (Linn.) Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 83; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 162; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 



Hedysarum pulchellum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 747; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 581. 



Zomia ptilchclla Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 318. 



Diccrma pulchellum DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1 4 (1825) 236, Prodr. 2 (1825) 339; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 407, ed. 3. 2: 383. 



