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LEGUMINOS^E. CLV. DESMODIUM. 



pitate. Tj . S. Native of Nipaul, on the mountains on the con- 

 fines of the valley. Flowers purple. 



Pendulous-racemed Desmodium. Shrub 3-4 feet. 



115 D. ? MULTIFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) stem shrubby, terete, 

 glabrous ; branches hairy, trigonal ; stipulas lanceolate, subulate ; 

 leaflets ovate, mucronate, pubescent above, and villous beneath ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal, hairy, longer than the leaves. 

 fy . G. Native of Nipaul. Hedys. floribundum, D. Don, prod, 

 fl. nep. 244. ? Flowers purple. Calyx nearly smooth. Young 

 legume with 5-6 ovate pubescent joints. 



Many-flowered Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt, 1823. Sh. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



116 D. ANGULA^TUM (D. C. 1. c.) stem suffruticose ; branches 

 angular, pubescent, but villous along the angles ; leaflets ovate, 

 acutish, clothed with adpressed villi on both surfaces ; racemes 

 axillary and terminal, almost spicate ; bracteas villous, very 

 much acuminated, deciduous, longer than the flowers. J? . G. 

 Native of Nipaul. Hedys. retusum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 243 ? 

 Hedys. Wallichianum, Spreng. syst. append. 293. Flowers purple. 



^ngM/ar-stemmed Desmodium. Shrub 2 feet. 



117 D. PILOSIU'SCULUM (D. C. prod. 2-. p. 335.) stem angular, 

 rather pilose ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, 

 and puberulous beneath ; racemes terminal, somewhat spicate ; 

 bracteas deciduous, villous, somewhat acuminated ; legumes a 

 little incurved, with oval scabrous joints. 1? . S. Native of 

 the Philippine islands. 



Pilose Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



1 18 D. CONFE'RTUM (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. 1825. p. 100.) 

 stem shrubby, nearly terete, villous ; leaflets ovate, acutish, 

 rather coriaceous, glabrous above, and villous beneath ; racemes 

 crowded, short, terminal ; bracteas ovate, acutish, glabrous, 

 ciliated. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers purple. 



Crowded Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



119 D. SUEMBUE'NSE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 335.) leaflets round- 

 ish-oval, mucronulate, villous, canescent beneath ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate ; racemes secund ; calycine teeth ovate, acute, 

 upper one broader and emarginate. Ij . G. Native of Upper 

 Nipaul at Suembu. Hedys. Suembuense, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 

 243. Flowers flesh-coloured. Legume with 5 joints. 



Suembu Desmodium. Fl. July. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



120 D. RUFE'SCENS (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. 1825. p. 100.) 

 branches and peduncles terete, covered with rufous villi ; leaflets 

 ovate-elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, and pubescent 

 beneath ; racemes terminal, panicled ; bracteas deciduous, vil- 

 lous, very much acuminated. Ij . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Hedys. rufescens, Spreng. syst. append. 292. Upper leaves 

 with one leaflet. Stipulas broad at the base, but elongated and 

 subulate at the apex. 



Rufescent Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



121 D. CONCI'NNUM (D. C. 1. c.) stem shrubby, branched; 

 branches terete, pubescent ; leaflets elliptic-obovate, mucronate, 

 pubescent beneath, with rather prominent nerves ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate-linear, acuminated ; racemes terminal ; pedicels twin, 

 hairy ; bracteas deciduous, ovate, acuminated, villous. Jj . G. 

 Native of Nipaul. Hedys. concinnum, Spreng. syst. append. 

 292. Allied to the preceding species, but differs in the leaflets 

 being 1-j- inch long, not 2-3, and in having fewer nerves. Flowers 

 violaceous. , 



Neat Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



122 D. TRICIIOCAU'LON (D. C. 1. c.) stems procumbent, suf- 

 fruticose at the base, terete, hairy ; leaflets obovate, roundish, 

 obtuse, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; stipulas scarious, 

 lanceolate-linear, acuminated, glabrous ; bracteas conforming to 

 the stipulas, ciliated ; racemes terminal ; pedicels twin. I/ . G. 

 Native of Nipaul. Flowers violaceous. 



Hairy-stemmed Desmodium. PI. procumbent. 



123 D. VI'SCIDUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stems suffruticose; 

 branches terete, covered with adpressed villi ; leaflets smoothish, 

 terminal one obovate and larger than the lateral ones, which are 

 ovate and acutish ; racemes almost terminal, villous ; stipulas 

 and bracteas scabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, striated, 

 glabrous. I? . S. Native of Java. Burm. zeyl. t. 84. f. 1. 

 Hedys. viscosum, Burm. ind. 167. Flowers blue. 



Viscid Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



124 D. FAUCIXE'RVIUM (D. C. 1. c.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 branched, terete, smoothish ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, pubescent 

 and veiny beneath ; stipulas membranous, acuminately-awned ; 

 bracteas conforming to the stipulas, somewhat ciliated ; racemes 

 terminal; pedicels solitary or twin. t? . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Very like D. concinnum. Flowers violaceous. 



Fen>-nerved-}ea\ed Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



125 D. LESCHENAU'LTII (D. C. 1. c.) stem terete, puberulous, 

 suffruticose ; leaflets rhomboid, mucronate, puberulous on both 

 surfaces ; racemes axillary, slender ; stipulas and bracteas de- 

 ciduous, acuminated, and rather pilose ; pedicels 2-3-together, 

 spreading. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers purple. 



Leschenault's Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



126 D. CAPITA'TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaflets roundish-obovate, obtuse, tomentose beneath ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, dry ; racemes axillary, bracteate before the 

 flowers expand, and of a capitate, conical figure ; legumes pen- 

 dulous. \i . S, Native of Ceylon. Hedys. capitatum, Burm. 

 ind. 167. t. 54. f. 1. Hedys. conicum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 419. 

 According to the legume this species belongs to section Pleuro- 

 Ibblum. Flowers purple. 



Ca/H/ate-flowered Desmodium. Fl. July. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



127 D. SILIO.UOSUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem shrubby, 

 erect, clothed with adpressed silky pubescence above ; stipulas 

 dry, lanceolate-linear, setaceously acuminated ; leaflets elliptic- 

 obovate, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, but clothed with 

 silky villi beneath ; racemes terminal, dense-flowered, bracteate. 



T? . S. Native of Java. Hedys. siliquosum, Burm. fl. ind. 

 169. t. 55. f. 2. Perhaps a species of Lcspedeza. 

 Siliquose-poMed Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



128 D. RETROFLE'XUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaflets roundish-ovate, clothed with silky tomenttim be- 

 neath ; racemes axillary, erect, elongated ; legumes reflexed. 

 f; . S. Native of the East Indies. Hedys. retroflexum, Lin. 

 mant. 103. Allied to Flemingia lineata, but the legume is 

 many-jointed. It differs from D. concinnum in the leaflets being 

 roundish, not elliptic, and in the racemes being axillary, &c. 



Retrojlcxed Desmodium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



129 D. BIFLORUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 336.) stem twining, te- 

 rete, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, tomentose ; peduncles axillary, 

 2-flowered, length of petioles ; legumes hairy, 5-6-jointed. 

 Tj . ^. S. Native of the East Indies. Hedys. biflorum, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 1200. but not of Willem. 



Tno-Jlowered-peAuncled Desmodium. Sh. tw. 



130 D. LA'XUM (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 102.) stems twin- 

 ing, trigonal, and are either pilose or glabrous, as well as the 

 petioles ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; leaflets elliptic, acu- 

 minated, glabrous, but pubescent on the nerves beneath, middle 

 one acuminated at the base, lateral ones unequally semicordate 

 at the base ; panicle terminal, very loose ; pedicels twin. ^ . 

 ^. G. Native of Nipaul. Hedys. laxum, Spreng. syst. append. 

 292. Young legume smooth and repand. 



Zoose-flowered Desmodium. Shrub tw. 



131 D. WILLDENOWII ; stems ascending, triquetrous ; stipulas 

 obliquely cordate ; leaflets oblong-ovate, obtuse, hoary beneath ; 

 racemes erect, panicled ; bracteas cordate, deciduous ; legumes 

 with 4 roundish, hairy joints. fj . S. Native of Tranquebar. 



