86 MKKUIIJ,. 



Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1800) 1201. 



Meibomia heterophylla O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Merrill 196 Jf. 



India to China, Malaya, and the Mascarene Islands. 



Prain states that this species is rare in India and common in Malaya, but in 

 the Philippines typical Desmodium heterophyllum appears to, be rare, and D. 

 triflorum common. I have seen but a single specimen that I consider referable to 

 D. heterophyllum as construed by Prain." 



22. Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 337. 

 Hedysarum microphyllum Thumb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 284. 



Desmodium parvlfolium DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 100, Prodr. 2 (1825) 

 334; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 174; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62. 



Meibomia microphylla O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1897) 198. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Foi: Bur. 15616 Ctirran, Bur. Sci. 5321 Ramos, 

 Williams 1395, 1396, Bur. Sci. JtU6 M earns, Merrill Jt305, Elmer 58Jt9, For. Bur. 

 18153 Curran, Merritt, d Zschoklce. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 38. 



In the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes; India and Ceylon to China 

 and Japan, soutliward through ^Malaya to New Guinea. 



§ Pleurolobium. 



23. Desmodium gyrans (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Ind. 2 (187G) 174; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62; Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 107. 



Hedysarum gyrans Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 332. 



Meibomia gyrans 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 1922 Ramos: Province of Nueva Viz- 

 caya. Bur. Sci. 8257 Ramos: Province of Benguet, Williams 920, UiOl, Merrill 

 J,277. 



India to Java and Sumatra, not reported from China or the Malay Peninsula, 

 but found in Formosa. 



24. Desmodium gyro ides (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Ind. 2 (1876) 175; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 

 145; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 103. 



Hedysarum gyroides Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57, nonien. 

 Meibomia gyrodes 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 

 MiND.\NAO, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 369. 



India to southern Cii"^ ^^^ Formosa soutliward through Malaya to New 

 Guinea. Jm 



/// § Pteroloma. 



25. Desmoditjm triquetrum (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1870) 163; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61; Perk. Frag. 

 Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Bong. 66= (1897) 143, 

 390. 



Hedysarum triquetrum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 746. 



Pteroloma triquetrum Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 220; :\li(i. Fl. hid. Bat. 1' 

 (1855) 258. 



Meibomia triquetra O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 



CULION, Merrill 519, Bur. Sci. 181 Bermejos. A specimen from Rizal Prov- 

 ince, Luzon, Bur. Sci. 1036 Ramos, is also probably referable lierc. 



"Journ. As. Soc. Bong. 66= (1897) 135. 



