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LEGUMINOSjE. CLV. DESMODIUM. 



leaflets ovate, obtuse, rough above, but soft and hoary beneath ; 

 panicle terminal, diffuse ; joints of legume small, ovate-globose, 

 pubescent. Native country unknown. Hedys. asperum, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 408. 



Rough Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 to 2ft. 



f" Species natives of the same countries, but are not sufficiently 

 known. 



81 D. ? GLA'BRUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stems herbaceous, 

 erect, panicled ; leaflets obcordate ; legumes lunulate, 1 -seeded, 

 glabrous. Q. H. Native of Campeachy. Hedys. glabrum, Mill, 

 diet. no. 12. Flowers pale purple. 



Glabrous Desmodium. PL 1 foot. 



82 D. PORTORICE'NSE (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 314. under Ileih/s.) 

 plant herbaceous, erect ; leaflets oblong, obtuse ; stipulas subu- 

 late, short ; panicle terminal, bractless ; joints of legume reti- 

 culated and pubescent. I/ . S. Native of Porto Rico. 



Porto Rico Desmodium. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



83 D. TENE'LLUM (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 314. under Iledys.) 

 plant herbaceous, procumbent ; branches filiform, smooth, as 

 well as the leaves ; leaflets ovate, glabrous ; stipulas setaceous ; 

 racemes terminal. 1J.S. Native of St. Domingo. 



Tender Desmodium. PL procumbent. 



84 D. LEIOCA'RPUM ; shrubby ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 pubescent beneath ; panicle terminal ; legumes glabrous, com- 

 pressed, moniliform. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Hedys. leio- 

 carpum, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 310. 



Smooth-fruited Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



85 D. ? VILLOSUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stems herbaceous, 

 diffuse, branched, villous ; leaflets oval, rather hispid ; racemes 

 terminal, rather spicate ; calyxes rather villous ; joints of legume 

 numerous, usually somewhat 4-horned. O- S. Native of Vera 

 Cruz. Hedys. villosum, Mill. diet. no. 9. but not of Willd. 

 Flowers small, pale purple. 



Villous Desmodium. PL diffuse. 



86 D. GUIANE'KSE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stem frutescent ; 

 leaflets hoary beneath ; flowers crowded, racemose ; legumes 

 hairy. Native of French Guiana. Hedys. Guianense, Aubl. 

 guian. 774. without a description. 



Guiana Desmodium. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



87 ? D. EMARGINA'TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stem herba- 

 ceous, angular, and rather villous ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate ; racemes axillary, simple ; le- 

 gumes glabrous, having only one joint, which is emarginate on 

 one side. I/ . S. Native of Martinico. Hedys. emarginatum, 

 Poir. diet. 6. p. 412. Flowers small, yellow. 



Emarginate-jointed Desmodium. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



* Species, native of the Cape of Good Hope. Hedy- 

 sarum, Thunb.Jl. cap. 594. 



88 D. ? CILIATUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem suffrutescent, 

 erect, villous ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, pilose on the margins 

 and midrib ; stipulas spreading, lanceolate, glabrous ; pedicels 

 axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calyx 5-parted. 

 T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in grassy fields. 

 Hedys. ciliatum, Thunb. nov. act. ups. 6. p. 43. t. 2. fl. cap. 

 594. Perhaps the plant belongs to a different genus : the le- 

 gume is unknown. 



Ciliated-lea&etted Desmodium. Shrub 1 foot. 



89 D. SQUARROSUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, hairy ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, pubescent above, but tomen- 

 tose and nerved beneath ; stipulas lanceolate ; flowers disposed 

 in spikes? reflexed ; legume 2-jointed, hairy. Jj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, among grass. Hedys. squarrosum, 

 Thunb. 1. c. 



Srjuarrose Desmodium. Shrub 1 foot. 



* Species natives of Guinea. 



90 D. BULLAME'NSE ; stems creeping and rooting ; branches 



beset with rough villi ; leaflets roundish-obovate, pale, and 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; stipulas subulate ; 

 peduncles long, loose-flowered. I? . S. Native of Sierra Leone, 

 on the Bullam shore. Flowers purple (v. s. herb. Lamb.). 

 Bullam Desmodium. Shrub creeping. 



91 D. LINEARIFOLIUM ; stem erect, branched ; branches very 

 villous ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse at both ends, clothed 

 with adpressed villi beneath ; peduncles few-flowered, panicled ; 

 legumes with 4-6 smooth joints, fy . S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone. Flowers purple (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Linear --leajletted Desmodium. Shrub 1 foot. 



92 D. SI'MPLEX ; stem erect, simple, clothed with adpressed 

 villi, as well as the under side of the leaves ; leaflets of the 

 lower leaves roundish-obovate, emarginate, of the upper ones 

 obovate, mucronate ; raceme terminal, on a long naked pedun- 

 cle. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers purple (v. s. 

 herb. Lamb.). 



Simple-stemmed Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



93 D. OXALIDIFOLIUM ; plant suffruticose, branched, pros- 

 trate ; leaflets obovate-roundish, membranous, glabrous, mucro- 

 nate, small ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles elongated, few-flowered ; 

 legume with rough joints. tj . S. Native of the Island of St. 

 Thomas. Flowers small, flesh-coloured. 



Sorrel-leaved Desmodium. Shrub prostrate. 



94 D. RAMOSISSIMUM ; plant shrubby, erect, much branched ; 

 leaflets obovate, glabrous, rounded at the apex and mucronu- 

 late ; racemes spiked, terminal, few-flowered ; legumes articu- 

 lated. Jj . S. Native of the Island of St. Thomas. Flowers 

 small, flesh-coloured. 



Much-branched Desmodium. Shrub 2 feet. 



95 D. SPARSIFLORUM ; shrubby, branched, erect, pilose ; leaf- 

 lets broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather cordate at the base, 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal and axillary, long and 

 slender, few-flowered. T? . S. Native of the Island of St. 

 Thomas. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Scattered-Jlonered Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



96 D. TE'NUE ; stems shrubby, ascending, simple, weak ; 

 leaflets small, obovate, mucronate ; racemes spiked, slender. 



Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Joints of legume hairy. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Slender Desmodium. Shrub ascending. 



and Arabia. 



Species, natives of the Mauritius, Madagascar, 



97 D. CJESPITOSUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 333.) stems creep- 

 ing, tufted, and smoothish ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, 

 scarious ; leaflets obovate-roundish ; racemes erect, terminating 

 the branches ; pedicels solitary ; legumes pubescent, with 2-3 

 semi-ovate joints. I/ . S. Native of the Mauritius. Hedys. 

 Ceespitosum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 421. 



Tufted Desmodium. PL creeping. 



98 D. MAURITIANUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem erect, 

 terete, pubescent ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, scarious, 

 clothed with adpressed down, as well as the stems, petioles, and 

 pedicels ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse ; raceme terminal, sim- 

 ple ; legumes drooping, with semi-orbicular joints, when young 

 pubescent. (j . S. Native of the Mauritius. Hedys. Mauri- 

 tianum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1185. jEschynomene arborea, Sieb. 

 pi. maur. exsic. no. 155. and perhaps of Lin. Flowers droop- 

 ing. Roots creeping. 



Mauritian Desmodium. Shrub J to 1 foot. 



99 D. SCA'LPE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 334.) stem erect, suffruti- 

 cose ; stipulas lanceolate-linear, acuminated, glabrous ; leaflets 

 ovate or rhomboid, acuminated, mucronate, with sinuately-cre- 

 nated margins ; racemes terminal, elongated ; pedicels twin, 

 capillary, fj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon, and per- 



