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Luzon (Benguet), Williams 1398, Merrill J^.356. In ravines and thickets, 

 altitude 1,100 to 1,400 m. India to China and Japan. 



DESMODIUM PROCUMBENS (Mill.) A. S. Hitchc. in Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 4 (1893) 76; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 82, Fl. 

 - Manila (1912) 239, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. * 

 Hedysarum procumbens Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 10. 

 Hedysarum spirale Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. 



Desmodium spirale DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 332; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 

 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 385; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19. 

 Desmodium chamissonis Vogel in Linnaea 10 (1836) 588. 

 Hippocrepis rhomboidea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 585. 

 Meibomia chamissonis O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 

 Northern to central Luzon. In thickets, open places, etc., at low and 

 medium altitudes in the settled areas. Introduced from tropical America, 

 now pantropic. 



DESMODIUM PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 

 100, Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 87. 

 Luzon (Lepanto, Benguet, Rizal), Merrill W7, Williams IJtH, Bona 20, 



Vanoverbergh 2169, B. S. 29U9U Ramos & Edano. On dry open grassy 



slopes at medium altitudes. India, China, Formosa. 



DESMODIUM PULCHELLUM (Linn.) Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 83; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, 



Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 



18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 5 (1910) Bot. 



79, Fl. Manila (1912) 239, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 184. 

 Hedysarum pulchellum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 747; Blanco Fl. Filip. 



(1837) 581. 

 Dicerma pulchellum DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 236, Prodr. 2 



(1825) 339; Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 407, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 383. 

 Zornia pulchella Pers. Syn. 2 (1807) 318. 

 Phyllodium pulchellum Desv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 4 (1826) 324; 



A. Gray. Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 431; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 1 » (1855) 260. 

 Meibomia pulchella O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 197. 



Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Common in open thickets, 

 waste places, etc., in the settled areas at low and medium altitudes. India 

 to China and Formosa southward to tropical Australia. 



Local names: Gaan-gaan (Sul.) ; kalaikai (C. Bis.); payang-payang 

 (Tag.). 



DESMODIUM QUINQUEPETALUM (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 



(Philip.) 35 (1906) 20, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 81, Fl. 



Manila (1912) 239, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 184. 

 Cytisus quinquepetalus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 598. 

 Cajanus quinquepetalus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 417, ed. 3, 2 



(1879) 397. 



