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FLORULA INSULAE STI THOIVIAE 

 INDIAE OCCIDENTALIS. 



CONCINNATA 



A D. F. L. DE SCHLECHTENDAL. 



(ContinuatiOf v. Linn. 5. p. 177 J 



Siipplementum ad Leginninosas. 



129. Desmodiusi scorphirus Sw. fl. ind. occ. p. 1263 

 sub Hedysaro? Tota herba c glauco viridis. Caules debi- 

 les, fcre flagelliformes, procumbentes vel vicinis innixi plan- 

 tis, non radicanles, angulosi, subtrigonl, striali, follosi, prae- 

 sertim in superiori parle scabro-hirtclli (pilis scilicet par- 

 vis rigidulis, albis, patentissimis vel erecto-patulis, apice 

 deorsum uncinatis plus minus dense obsessl). Folia pe- 

 iiolala, petiolo foliolum medium circiter aequanfe pollicari 

 leviter sulcalo pilis rectis et uncinatis hirto. Foliola ellip- 

 tica , basi interdum subovala , obtusiuscula , ulrinque pilis 

 siniplicibus rectis subadpressis adspersa. Slipulae dimi- 

 dialo-cordatae, aculissime acuminatae, subtus nervis promi- 

 nentibus multinerviae, dein arescenles; stipellae subula- 

 iae, pctiolum partialem paullo supcrantes vix lineam lon- 

 gae. Racemi opposilifolii multifiori , sensim magis elon- 

 gali, floribus subgcmiuatis, parvis, pedicello calycem su- 

 perantc ad summum Irilineari suffultis, ex axilla bracleae 

 ovato-lanceolatae acute acuminatae sesquilinearis porrec- 

 tis. Calyx parvus cum pedicello pilis uncinatis aliisque 

 rectis hirtus, laciniis angustis subulalo-acumiualis, acumine 

 pilis rigidis rectis tanluin ciliato. CoroUa non visa, ex re- 

 liquiis videlur parva. Legumcn circiter poUicare, articu- 



