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Glycine cajanoides Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1: 324; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62. 

 Desmodium cephaloies F.-Vill. Novis.' App. (1880) 61, non Wall. 

 Northern to central Luzon (Ilocoa Norte to Batangas). Common in 

 thickets at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



Local names: Bakiskis (Tag.); malakardis (Ilk.); marakardis (Pang., 

 Ilk.) ; paispis (Tag.) ; pangaldisan (Ig.) ; pangardisan (Ilk.) ; payespes 

 (Tag., Sbl.). 



DESMODIUM SCALPE (Comm.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 61; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 83. 

 Hedysarum scalpe Comm. ex DC. 1. c. in syn. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet). In thickets, damp shaded ravines, 

 etc., altitude 1,200 to 2,200 m. Tropical Africa, Asia, and Malaya. 

 Local names: Kupat (Ig.) ; kupot (Ig.) ; pagpagbu (Ig.). 



DESMODIUM SCORPIURUS (Sw.) Desv. in Journ. Bot. 1 (1813) 122; 

 DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 333; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 5 (1910) Bot. 81, Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 239. 

 Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. 

 Meibomia scorpiurus O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 198. 

 Bataan Islands and northern Luzon to Balabac and Panay. In open dry 

 thickets, on clffs, in grasslands, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Intro- 

 duced from tropical America, now also in Formosa and Polynesia. 

 Local name: Tagum-tagum (Bik.). 



DESMODIUM STYRACI FOLIUM (Osbeck) Merr. in Am. Joum. Bot. 3 

 (1916) 580. 

 Hedysarum styracifolium Osbeck Dagbok Ostind. Resa (1757) 247; 

 Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1169. 

 Desmodium retroflexum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336; Merr. in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 267, 5 (1910) Bot. 85. 

 Hedysarum retroflexum Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 103. 

 Meibomia retro flexa O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Nueva Vizcaya) , B. S. 5278 McGregor, S27U1 Ra- 

 mos. In open dry grasslands at low altitudes. India to southern China. 



DESMODIUM TRIFLORUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 238; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 



(1854) 423; F.-VilL Novis. App. (1880) 62; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. 



Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in 



Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 5 (1910) Bot. 85, Fl. Manila 



(1912) 240, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 

 Hedysarum triflorum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 749. 

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

 Desmodium parvifolium Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 



(1879) 386, non DC. 

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



In open grassy places, especially in and about towns throughout the 

 Philippines. Pantropic. 



Local name: Pakpak-langau (Tag.). 



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