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3. D. heteeocaepum, DC. Prod. II. 337 (Eedysarum heteroearpum, 

 L. sp. pi. 1054 ; Burm. M. Zeyl. 117, t. 53, f. 1. ; D. polyearpum, DC. 

 1. c. 331 ; Wight Icon. t. 406 ; Bak. in Fl. trop. Afr. II. 165 ; Hf . Ind. 

 Fl. II. 171 ; Eedysarum purpureum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 358 ; D. patens, 

 Wight Icon. t. 407 ; Eedysarum patens, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 362). 



Var. a. g-eistjestum, branches and leaves beneath only thinly appressed- 

 pubescent ; pods glabrons with fringed edges, or sparingly and minutely 

 stiff-hairy. 



Var. p. tbichocatjlon, Bak. in Hf. Ind. Fl. II, 172 (D. trieho- 

 cauhn, DC. Prod. II. 336 ; Hassk. PI. Jav. rar. 367 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. II. 

 235) , branches densely and spreadingly pilose, the leaves beneath appressed 

 pilose ; the rest as in var. a. 



Var. y. capitatum, (D. capitatum, DC. Prod. II. 225 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I. 241 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 170 ; Eedysarum capitatum, Burm. Fl. 167, 

 t. 54, f. 1), branches and leaves beneath more or less silvery pubescent, the 

 leaflets smaller ; pods puberulous. 



Hab. Var. a. common in all leaf- shedding forests, especially the mixed 

 ones, entering also the savannahs and cultivated lands, all over Burma and 

 the adjacent islands ; var. (3. Ava hills ; var. y. Arracan. — Fl. Close of 

 BS. ; Fr. CS. 



4. D. eeteoeeextjm, DC. Prod. II. 336 ; Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 170, 

 (Eedysarum retroflexum, Linn. Mant. 103). 



Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 1692). 



5. D. oblongttm, Wall. Cat. 5714 ; Bth. PL Jungh. I. 224 in adn. 

 Hab. Bather frequent in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu 



Yomah ; Ava, Taong Dong (Wall.). — Fl. Nov. ; Fr. CS. 



This agrees so far with Hasskarl's description of D. Aparines (Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 252), but I have no specimens to compare with. 



6. D. aueicans, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5704 ; Bth. in PI. Jungh. I. 223 

 in adn. ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 23 ; Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 172. 



Hab. Frequent amongst shrubbery in sandy grounds in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the sea in Arracan ; Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall.). — Fl. Close 

 of BS. ; Fr. CS. 



7. D. miceophtletjm, DC. Prod. II. 336 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 239. 

 (Eedysarum onicropliyllum, Thbg. Fl. Japan. 284 ; D. parvifolhum, DC. 

 1. c. 334 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 174). 



Hab. Martaban, Yoonzeleen, at 2500 ft. elevation (Brandis) ; Ava 

 (teste Baker).— Fl. Fr. March. 



8. D. eeptans (Eedysarum reptans, Burm. Fl. Zeyl. t. 54. f. 1 ; 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 354 ; B. Jieterophyllum, DC. Prod. II. 334 ; Hf . Ind. 

 Fl. II. 173 ; D. triflorimi var. WA. Prod. I. 229 ; Wight Icon. t. 291 ; 

 Eedysarum lieterophyllum, Willd. sp. pi. III. 1201) . 



