290 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



DESMODIUM TR1FOLIASTRUM Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 248; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 273. 



Panay, Mindanao (Zamboanga, Surigao), B. S. '30694, 37017 Ramos & 

 Edano, Piper 549. In thickets along streams at low altitudes. Malay- 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



DESMODIUM TRIQUETRUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 61; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 86, Fl. Manila (1912) 240. 

 Hedysarum triquetrum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 746. 

 Pteroloma triquetrum Benth. in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1852) 220. 

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

 Culion, Mindanao (Bukidnon), Merrill 519, B. S. 181 Bermejos, 15668 

 Fenix, 39222 Ramos & Edano. In thickets, secondary forests, etc., at low 

 and medium altitudes. India to the Mascarene Islands, southern China 

 through Malaya to northeastern Australia. 

 Local name: Dakot-dakot (Tag.). 



DESMODIUM UMBELLATUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 325; F.-Vill. 

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

 Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 106, Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 23, t. 41, 

 f. D; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 19; Merr. in Philip. Bureau 

 Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 25, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65, 

 3 (1908) Bot. 409, 5 (1910) Bot. 80, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 183. 



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



Aeschynomene arborea Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 713; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 (1837) 581, ed. 2 (1845) 406, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 381, non Desmodium 

 arboreum Sweet. 



Dendrolobium umbellatum W. & A. ex Benth. PL Jungh. (1852) 216; 

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

 Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 262. 



Along the seashore throughout the Philippines, occasionally found grow- 

 ing inland (Batan and Babuyan Islands). Mascarene Islands and tropical 

 Asia through Malaya to northern Australia and Polynesia. 



Local names: Gogo (Ibn.) ; huyat-bagio (C. Bis.); kabay-kabai (Tag.); 

 kaubol (Bag.) ; malakarios (Sbl.) ; malapigas (Tag.) ; miagos (P. Bis.) ; 

 matang-urang (Bik.) ; tuyat-bagio (Bis.). 



DESMODIUM VIRGATUM Zoll. Nat. Geneesk. Arch. Ind. 3 (1846) 58; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 143, 399; Merr. & Rolfe 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 103, Merr. op. cit. 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 87, Fl. Manila (1912) 240, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 182. 

 Desmodium gangeticum Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) 

 t. 377, non DC. 

 Luzon (Rizal, Bataan, Laguna), Palawan, Panay. In thickets at low 

 altitudes. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



DESMODIUM ZONATUM Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 250; Gagnep. Not. 



Syst. 3 (1916) 257. 



Desmodium ormocarpoides Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. -2 (1876) 



164; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 



(1885) 108, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. Fl. 



