226 LEGUMINOSAEPAPIUONATAE. 



Para district: Splitgerber 1117 H. L. B. 904, 289 71 ; Splitgerber 



680 H. L. B. 904, 289-73 

 Surinam : Hostmann 604 named Nicholsonia major Steiid. Flora 1843 



p. 757; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—26. 

 Vernacular name : »Oeman-pinda" (Versteeg). 

 All tropical America. 



Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) D. C. Prodr II 332. 

 Lower Marowyne River : Versteeg 640 (fl. Jan.) 

 Lower Surinam River, near plant. »de Zwarigheid" : Focke 671 named 



Desmodium glaucescens Miq. Linnaea XVIII p. 569 

 Paramaribo, near Orellana-kreek : Focke 99 H. L. B. 904, 289-70. 

 Para district: Splitgerber 1118 H. L. B. 904, 289—69 (fl. Apr.); 



in Savannah Berlijn : Went 374 (fl. Sept.) 

 Saramacca River : Pulle 99 (fl. Dec.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann H. L B. 903, 322 — 108. 

 All tropical America. 



Desmodium incanum (Svv.) D. C. Prodr. II. 332. 

 Hedysarum incanum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1265. 



Paramaribo: Kegel 29 (fl. June); Tulleken 7 H. L. B. 903, 322—1319; 



Went 8 and 328 ; Versteeg 469. 

 Lower Comewyne River: Focke 252 named by Miquel Linnaea XVIII 



p. 569 : Desmodium racemiferiim D. C. 

 Surinam: Hostmann 599^; Splitgerber 15 H. L. B. 904, 289—77 



and 76; Focke 31; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322 — 270. 

 Tropical America, introduced into Asia and Africa. 



Desmodium axillare (Sw.) D. C Prodr. II. 333. 

 Hedysarum axillare Sw. Flora Ind. Occ. III. 1274. 

 Lower Saramacca River : Pulle 54 (fl. Nov.) 

 Surinam : Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322 — 59. 

 Tropical America. 



Desmodium asperum (Poir.) Desv. in D. C. Prodr. II. 333. 

 Hedysarum asperum Poir. Diet. VI 408. 



Lower Marowyne River, near Albina : Versteeg 547 (fl. July). 



Para district, near Onoribo : Focke 880 named Desmodium spectabile 



Miq. Linnaea XVIII 570. 

 Surinam : Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—57 and 207. 

 Tropical South-America. 



ALYSICARPUS Neck. 



Alysicarpus vaginalis D. C. Prodr. II. p. 353. 



Paramaribo : Kkgel 28, named Alysicarpus nummularif alius D. C. 



