ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. 83 



(1854) 436; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81, pi. 1; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1880) 61; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 255. 



Meihomia leptopns 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 



Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 4132 F&tiix. Luzon, Province of 

 Bengiiet, Elmer 6527, Williams l/fOD, For. Bur. 15913 Bacani: Province of La- 

 guna, Wilkes Expedition, in U. S. Nat. Herb.: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bur. 

 Sci. S199 Ramos: Province of Albay, Bur. Sci. 6473 Robinson. Negros, Bur. 

 Sci. 1152, 1163 Banks. ]\Iindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 84, s. n.: Province 

 of Misamis, For. Bur. .'f768 Mearns d Hutchinson. 



India to Indo-China, China, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



The Philippine material seems to have rather shorter articulations to the 

 pods than has Asiatic material, but I do not consider the differences sufficient to 

 warrant distinguishing D. leptopus from D. laxum (D. gardneri Benth.). Dr. 

 Prain, in lit., has identified Elmer 6527 with D. laxum DC, stating that D. 

 gardneri Benth. is the same as DeCandolle's species. For a full description of 

 D. laxum DC. see Prain in King's Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pen- 

 insula.^' 



10. Desmodium scaipe (Comm.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 165; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61. 



Eedysarum scaipe Comm. ex DC. 1. c. as sjm. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, For. Bur. 1^93 Darling, For. Bur. 5676 Klemme: 

 Province' of Benguet, Elmer 59 U, Merrill 4835, 4330, Williams 1126, Topping 60, 

 Bur. Sci. 5357 Ramos, For. Bur. 15745 Gurran d Merritt, For. Bur. 4937 Curran. 



In the Philippines apparently confined to the high tableland of north central 

 Luzon; Africa, tropical Asia and Malaya. 



11. Desmodium podocarpum DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 102, Prodr. 2 

 (1825) 336; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 165; Forbes & Hemsley 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 174. 



Meihomia podocarpa 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 

 Luzon, Province of Benguet, Williams 1398, Merrill 4356. 



Northern India to China and Japan; not previously reported from the Phil- 

 ippines. 



§ DOLUNERA. 



12. Desmodium sinuatum (Miq.) Bl. ex Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind 

 2 (1876) 166. 



Desmodium strangulatum var. sinuatum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1855) 255. 



Meihomia sinuata O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Merrill 4642: Province of Benguet, Topping 61, 

 Bur. Sci. 5458, 5563, 5791 Ramos, Williams 914, Bur. Sci. 4479, 3518 Mearns, 

 For. Bur. 5130 Curran, For. Bur. 16034 Curram, Merritt, d Zschokke. Mindanao, 

 Mount Apo, DeVore d Hoover 315, 354. 



A species confined to high altitudes in the Philippines; India to southern 

 China and Fonnosa, through Malaya to New Guinea. Not previously reported 

 from the Philippines. 



13. Desmodium bolsteri Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot 

 102. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Pena Blanca, Bolster 181. 

 Endemic. 



'•''Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 138. 



