LEGUMINOS^:. CLV. DESMODIUM. 



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terminal ; pedicels solitary ; legumes nearly erect, pubescent, with 

 semi-ovate joints. 1? . S. Native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, Santa 

 Cruz, among grass, and of the Spanish Main, about Bordones 

 and Cumana. Hedys. supinum, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 1264. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 524. but not of Vill. nor 

 Pall. ./Eschynomenespicata, Poir. 4. p. 452. ex herb. mus. par. 

 D. Cumanense, Willd. herb. Sloane, hist. jam. 1. t. 118. f. 2. 

 Flowers small, bluish purple. Perhaps the plant of Kunth is 

 distinct from that of Swartz. 



Supine Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. trail. 



67 D. TORTUOSUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem erect, her- 

 baceous, terete, pubescent, sufFrutescent at the base ; leaflets 

 elliptic, smoothish ; stipulas much acuminated; racemes axil- 

 lary, elongated, loose ; legumes erectish, pubescent, with round- 

 ish twisted joints. Tj . S. Native among bushes on the moun- 

 tains of Jamaica, Porto Rico, and on the banks of the river 

 Magdalena, near Honda. Hedys. tortuosum, Swartz, fl. ind. 

 occid. 1271. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 521. 

 Sloan, jam. 1. t. 116. f. 9. Flowers pale blue. 



J'nr. ft, hirtellmn (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem beset with 

 short hooked hairs ; leaves rather villous on both surfaces. 

 I? . S. Native of Guadaloupe. Perhaps a proper species. 

 Twisted Desmodium. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1781. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



68 D. MOLLE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem erect, terete, 

 "labrous ; leaflets ovate, attenuated, clothed with soft villi 

 beneath ; racemes terminal ; pedicels tern ; young legumes 

 twisted, puberulous, with rhomboid joints, the ultimate one 

 largest and somewhat orbicular, at length all glabrous. fj . S. 

 Native of the islands of Santa Cruz, St. Thomas, and St. Do- 

 mingo. Hedys. molle, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 83. Flowers purple. 



Soft Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



69 D. ADSCE'NDENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem suffrutes- 

 cent, ascending, terete, pilose ; leaflets roundish, pubescent 

 beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, falcate ; racemes erect, axillary, 

 simple; pedicels solitary ; legumes declinate, pubescent. Jj . S. 

 Native of the West Indies. 'Hedys. adscendens, Swartz, fl. ind. 

 occid. 1263. but not of Sieb. Flowers small, red. Perhaps 

 many species are confused under this name. 



Var. ft, Orinocense (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 520. t. 597.) legumes with 1-3 joints. 



Ascending Desmodium. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



70 D. co3Rt/LEDM ; stem terete ; branches declinate, ascend- 

 ing, pilose ; leaflets roundish, pubescent beneath, mucronate, 

 somewhat emarginate ; stipulas rather falcate ; racemes simple, 

 erect, axillary, many-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. D. 

 adscendens var. ft, cceruleum, Lindl. bot. reg. 815. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 332. Flowers large, blue. Stamens monadelphous accord- 

 ing to the figure. 



AVwe-flowered Desmodium. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



71 D. LIME'NSE (Hook, bot. misc. 2. p. 215.) stem erect, 

 furrowed, hairy ; leaves on long stalks ; leaflets smoothish above, 

 and covered with adpressed hairs beneath; racemes long, ter- 

 minal, and axillary ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, silky ; legumes 

 flexuous, with 5-8 oval, hairy, scabrous joints. (7 . S. Native 

 of Peru, near Lima. 



Lima Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



72 D. TRIGONUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem herbaceous, 

 scandent, triquetrous, hairy ; leaflets ovate, acute, hairy ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, very long ; legumes twisted, hispid, andinflexed. 

 I/. w . S. Native of Jamaica, in shady bushy places. Hedys. 

 trigonum, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1267. Hedys. triphy'llum, P. 

 Browne, jam. 301. f. 7. Hedys. intortum, Mill. diet. Hedys. 

 adhae'rens, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 82. Flowers large, pale red or 

 bluish. 



Trigonal-stemmed Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1733. 

 PL climbing. 



73 D. OBLONOIFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stems herba- 

 ceous, diffuse, terete, and are as well as the petioles clothed 

 with rough villi ; stipulas scarious, ovate, acuminated ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, villously pubescent ; peduncles almost 

 radical, elongated, loosely racemose at the apex ; lower pedicels 

 twin. If. . w . S. Native of Jamaica, on the higher mountains. 

 Hedys. oblongifolium, Bert. ined. Flowers purplish-violet. 

 Ovary puberulous, 2-3-jointed. 



Oblong-leaved Desmodium. PI. diffuse. 



74 D. SPIRA'LE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 332.) stem herbaceous, 

 climbing, rooting at the base, angular, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, 

 glabrous ; stipulas subulate ; racemes terminal, elongated ; pe- 

 dicels twin or tern ; legumes pubescent, spirally twisted. Ij . 

 VJ . S. Native of the south of Jamaica, in shady, arid, bushy 

 places. Hedys. spirale, Swartz, fl. ind. occid. p. 1273. H. 

 prociimbens, Mill. diet. Flowers small, greenish yellow. Leaflets 

 marked with a shining spot above, sometimes obtuse and some- 

 times acuminated, according to Swartz. 



Var. ft. stoloniferum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) leaflets acumi- 

 nated ; stipulas ovate, acute, striated. Tf. . ? Tj . ? S. Native of 

 Porto Rico. Hedys. stoloniferum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 421. Per- 

 haps a proper species. Plant creeping and rooting. 



Spiral-podded Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1700. PI. cl. 



75 D. TENUI'CULUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stems herbaceous, 

 diffuse, slender, smoothish ; leaflets ovate, acute, glabrous, the 

 terminal one twice the size of the rest ; stipulas spreading, su- 

 bulate ; racemes terminal; pedicels twin, spreading. If.. S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Hedys. tenellum, Spreng. in herb. 

 Balb. Flowers small, purple. 



.Very small Desmodium. PI. diffuse. 



76 D. TENE'LLUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) branches ascending, 

 glabrous ; floral leaves simple, the rest trifoliate ; leaflets clothed 

 with adpressed pubescence on both surfaces, glaucesent beneath, 

 terminal one ovate-oblong, lateral ones elliptic, acute ; racemes 

 loose, rather flexuous ; legumes with 2-5 joints, spirally twisted, 

 glabrous, the joints rhomboid. Q. S. Native of shady humid 

 places near Caraccas. Hedys. tenellum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. C. p. 522. Nearly allied to D. tortuosum and D. 

 spirale. Flowers purple. 



Slender Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



77 D. AXILLA'RE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem herbaceous, 

 creeping, and rooting at the joints, rather pubescent ; leaflets 

 rhomboid-roundish, pubescent beneath, and reticulately veined ; 

 racemes axillary, much longer than the leaves; pedicels 1-3- 

 together ; legumes declinate, pubescent, with 2-4 semi-ovate 

 joints. % . S. Native of Jamaica, St. Domingo, and Guada- 

 loupe. Hedys. axillare, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1274. Flowers 

 small, of a purplish blood-colour. 



Axillary-fiowereA Desmodium. PI. creeping. 



78 D. RE'PTANS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stems creeping ; 

 leaflets obovate-roundish, lateral ones unequal-sided, rounded 

 at both ends, glabrous above, but clothed with canesccnt pubes- 

 cence beneath ; racemes ascending, on very long peduncles ; 

 joints of legume 2, semi-orbicular, hispid. fj . S. Native of 

 St. Domingo and of New Granada, in very hot places, on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena, near Nares. Hedys. r^ptans, 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 422. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 518. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Creeping Desmodium. Shrub creeping. 



79 D. SCORPIU'RUS (Desv. 1. c.) stems herbaceous, procum- 

 bent, rather pilose ; stipulas ovate-falcate, apiculated ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, pubescent beneath ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves, elongated; joints of legume 4-5, ovate. !. S. 

 Native of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Hedys. scorpiiirus, Swartz, 

 fl. ind. occid. p. 1268. Flowers purple. 



Scorpion-tail-like-rncemed Desmodium. PI. procumbent. 



80 D. A'SPERUM (Desv. 1. c.) stems tetragonal, hispid, fistular ; 



