Vo1 - 2 LEGUMINOSAE 285 



Desmodium strangulatum W. & A. var. sinuatum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



1 » (1855) 255. 

 Meibomia sinuata 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Kalinga, Lepanto), Mindanao (Bukidnon, Da- 

 vao). In thickets, ravines, and forests, altitude 1,200 to 2,400 m. India 

 to Formosa southward to New Guinea. 



Local names: Karindapit (Buk.) ; kopat (Ig.) ; pulot (If.). 



DESMODIUM GANGETICUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327; Blanco 



Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 384; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 1 1 (1855) 247; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 



(1854) 433; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 



Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. 



Fl. Filip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



65, 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 5 (1910) Bot. 87, Fl. Manila (1912) 241, Sp. 



Blancoanae (1918) 182. 

 Hedysarum gangeticum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) '746. 

 Desmodium gangeticum Linn. var. neaei DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327. 

 Hippocrepis multisiliqitosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 584, non Linn. 

 Meibomia gangetica O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 



Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in thickets, 

 open secondary forests, waste places, etc.; common. Tropics of the Old 

 World, introduced in tropical America. 



Local names: Andudukut (Sul.) ; dikit-dikit (Tag.); kupkupies-ng- 

 babasit (Ilk.) ; mangkit (Tag.) ; paiang-paiang (Tag.) ; pega-pega (C. Bis.). 



DESMODIUM GYRANS (Linn, f.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. 

 in Philip- Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 86. 

 Hedysarum gyrans Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 332. 

 Meibomia gyrans O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1791) 196. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Mindanao 

 (Davao, Bukidnon). In thickets, ravines, etc., chiefly at medium altitudes. 

 India to Formosa, southward through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Dipdipil (Bon.); dumdum (Buk.); sigbut-hapang (Bag.). 



DESMODIUM GYROIDES (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 5 (1910) Bot. 86. 

 Hedysarum gyroides Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57, nomen nudum. 

 Meibomia gyroides O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 

 Mindanao (Lanao), Palawan, Clemens 369, Merrill 9U72. On slopes 

 bordering forests, in thickets near lake shores, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes; very local. India to Formosa southward to New Guinea. 

 Local names: Karikut-rikut (Bag.); koer (Bag.). 



DESMODIUM HETEROCARPUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 337; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 84. 

 Hedysarum heterocarpum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 747. 

 Hedysarum polycarpon Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 413. 

 Desmodium polycarpum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. 



