57 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 420 m., Kerr, 

 1406 j Ban Phra Dang, 120 m., Hosseus, 161. 



Distr. Burma. 



The plant collected by Schmidt is probably correctly referred to 

 D. umbellatum which, as already pointed out by Prain (Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 387), is a purely littoral species, but the plant 

 collected at Wang Djao by Lindhard has almost certainly been 

 wrongly determined as D. umbellatum. 



Desmodium capitatum, DC. — F.B.I., ii. p. 170; Prain, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 400. D. polycarpum, Williams, Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., v. (1905) p. 20, in part, non DC. 



Bangkok, Zimmermann, 57. 



Distr. Ceylon, Burma, Malaya, Philippines. 



Desmodium cephalotes, Wall., var. typica, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng., lxvi. p. 389. D. cephalotes, Wall. — F.B.I., ii. p. 161, in part 

 Pnre, 156-240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 117. 

 Distr. India (rare), Burma, China, Tonkin, Java. 



Desmodium cephalotes, Wall., var. congesta, Prain, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 389. D. cephalotes, Baker, F.B.I., ii. p. 161, in 

 part. 



Meh Ping, Doi Noi, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 2008. 



Distr. India, Burma, Java. 



Lao name, Dawk Kem (ex Kerr). 



Hosseus, i. p. 487 and ii. p. 395 records D. cephalotes from Wang 

 Djao. 



Desmodium cephalotoides, Craib, D. cephaloti, Wall., facie similis 

 sed floribus magnis facile distinguenda. 



Suffruticulus circiter 6 dm. altus (ex Kerr) ; caules trigoni, 

 faciebus sericei, angulis barbati. Folia trifoliolata, petiolo 1*5-2*5 

 cm. longo trigono indumento ut caulibus sufFulta ; stipulae deciduae, 

 lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, circiter 1 cm. longae, costatae, sicco 

 brunneae, dorso costa pilosae vel fere glabrae, ciliatae ; foliola 

 lanceolata, apice acuta, basi cuneata vel subrotundata, lateralia 

 3*5-8 cm. longa, 1*5-2*6 cm. lata, terminale a lateralibus 1-2 cm. 

 distans, 5-11 cm. longum, 1*5-4 cm. latum, chartacea, supra costa 

 pilosula excepta glabra, subtus sericea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 ad 10 supra conspicuis subtus piominentibus, nervis trans versis 

 tenuibus supra subconspicuis ; stipellae ad 8 mm. longae. Inflore- 

 scentia axillaris, capituliformis ; bracteae vix 3 mm. longae, 1*5 mm. 

 latae, bracteolis similes ; pedicelli 4 mm. longi, sericei ; bracteolae 2, 

 oblongae, acutiusculae, 4 mm. longae, 1*75 mm. latae, costatae, dorso 

 medio apieemque versus barbatae, ciliatae. Calycis tubus 2*5 mm. 

 longus, extra parcissime adpresse pubescens, intra glaber, lobi 

 2*5-4*5 mm. longi, ad 2 mm. lati, acuti, extra subsericei, intra 

 pilosuli. Corolla alba (ex Kerr), glabra, 1*3 cm. longa. Ovarium 

 vix 3 mm. altum, suturis pubescens. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 150. 



Meh Ping Rapids, Ban Kaw, in mixed jungle, Kerr, 2022. 



Desmodium elegans, Benth., non Drake, Journ. de Bot., v. p. 189. 

 D. vestitum, Drake, I.e. p. 192, non Benth. 

 Sriracha, in scrub jungle, 15 m., Kerr, 2139. 

 Distr. Hongkong, Hainan, Tonkin. 



