82 MEUIULL. 



Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3699 Fetiix. LrzoN, Province of llocos 

 Norte, Bur. Sci. 22J,2, 2253 M earns: Province of llocos Sur, For. Bur. 15692 

 Mcrritt d Darling: Province of Union, Elmer 5635: Province of Benguet, Merrill 

 Jf21It (luxuriant form) : Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 6098 Robinson: Province 

 of Batangas, Marave 16-'t: Manila, Carlos 132, Mayor 5-i, Merrill 385, McGregor 78 : 

 Province of Bataan, Merrill 3101, Williams 291. Mindoro, Bur. Sci. 66Jf5 Robin- 

 son. Balabac, Bur. Sci. Jfl8 Mangubat. 



Widelj' distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes along trails, in open 

 grass lands, thickets, etc.; introduced from tropical America. 



In a letter ^^^■itten in 190(3, Dr. V. B. Robinson states that a specimen from 

 Formosa, henry 1176, in tlie herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, is the 

 same as Williams 291 and Elmer 5635, and that comparison with D. scorpiurus 

 shows that the American material has consistently narrower leaflets than the 

 Philippine, which is borne out by the single American specimen here, Sintenis 

 2971 from Porto Rico. 



7. Desmodium ormocarpoides (Desv.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. liid. 2 (187(1) 104; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 01; Vidal Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) lOS; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 270. 



Hedysarum ormocarpoides Desv. ex DC. 1. c. as syn. 



Meibomia ormocarpodes O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Whitford 865. Mixdoro, Merrill 6223. Samar, 

 Merrill 5201. Cebu, Bur. Sri. 1731 McOrcgor. :\riNi)AXAO, Lake Lanao, Mrs. 

 Clemens 632. 



India to (lie ^falay ri'iiiiisiila and .lava. 



§ ClEALARILWr. 



8. Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) A. S. llitchc. Rept. ]\Io. Bot. Gard. 4 

 (1893) 7ti. 



Hedysarum procumbens Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1708) no. 10. 



Hedysarum spirale Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. 



Desmodium spirale DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 332; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 

 408, ed. 3, 2: 385; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1870) 104; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1880) 01; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19. 



Desmodium chamissonis Vog. in Linnaea 10 (1830) 588. 



llippocrepis rhomhoidca Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 585. 



Meibomia chamissonis d M. spiralis O. Kuntze 1. c. 197. 



Luzon, Province of llocos Norte, Bur. Sci. 7623 Ramos: Province of llocos 

 Sur, For. Bur. 15691 Merrill tt Darling: Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 7129 Ramos: 

 Province of Pangasinan. Bur. Sci. }N77 J'aiiios: Manila. Merrill 836. Rosario 

 320. 



Widely distribut'-d as a weed in waste places at Inw altitudes; tropics of the 

 world, probably a native of tro])ieal America. 



§ PonocAKi'UM. 



it. Desmodium laxum DC Ann. Sci. Nat. 1 4 (1825) l(t2, I'ro.lr. 2 (1825) 

 330: Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Bong. 66" (1897) 13S. 



ficsmodium </ard«frj. Benth. PI. Jungli. (1852) 220; Baker in Hook. f. V\. Brit. 

 Ind. 2 (1870) 105. 



Desmodium hplopus A. fJray ex Bent!:. 1. c, Bot. Wilkes l'. S. Kxplor. Kxped, 



