240 A FLORA OF MANILA 



In thickets, open waste lands, etc., San Pedro Macati, Tondo, eti,., ^1. 

 Sept.-May; local in the Philippines and certainly introduced; undoubtedly 

 a native of tropical America, now in many tropical countries. 



5. D. capitatum (Burm.) DC. Manimani, Manimanihan (Tag.), 



A somewhat woody plant, the branches prostrate and spreading or 

 somewhat ascending, up to 1 m in length, all parts more or less white- 

 pubescent, at least when young. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets broadly obo- 

 vate, base wedge-shaped, apex rounded, truncate or retuse, 1.5 to 4 cm 

 long, silky-pubescent with white hairs beneath. Racemes numerous, axil- 

 lary and terminal, dense, many-flowered, ,2 to 5 cm long. Flowers pale- 

 purple, about 6 mm long. Pods numerous, 1 to 2 cm long, veined, somewhat 

 pubescent, consisting of from 3 to 6 joints. 



In open grass lands Caloocan to Fort McKinley, fl. Nov.-Jan.; widely 

 distributed in the Philippines, possibly introduced. India to Malaya. 



6. D. TRIFLORUM (L.) DC. 



A slender, prostrate, branched, somewhp.t hairy herb, the stems 10 to 30 

 cm long. Leaves 3-foIiolate, small, the stipules brown, acuminate. Leaf- 

 lets oblong-elliptic to obovate, usually retuse, 7 to 15 mm long. Flowers 

 purplish, about 6 mm long, axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 together, the pedicels 

 slender, about 1 cm long. Pod 5 to 12 mm long, of 2 to 6 joints. 



In open dry ^rass lands, lawns, waste places, etc., common, fl. most of the 

 year ; throughout the Philippines, undoubtedly introduced. Cosmopolitan 

 in the tropics. 



7. D. HETEROPHYLLUM (Willd.) DC. 



A prostrate, spreading, slender plant, the stems clothed with long, 

 spreading hairs, branched, 10 to 40 cm^long. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 

 oblong, elliptic, or obovate-oblong, apex rounded, 1 to 2 cm long, hairy 

 beneath. - Pedicels axillary, slender, ihuch longer than the petioles, 1- or 

 few-flowered. Flowers purple, 5 to 6 mm long. Pods about 1.5 cm long, 

 of 4 or 5 joints, the joints as broad as long, the upper suture continuous, the 

 lower indented. 



In open grass lands Santa Mesa, Masambong, etc., fl. Oct.-Jan.; of very 

 local occurrence in the Philippines, undoubtedly introduced. India to th« 

 Mascarene Islands, China, and Malaya. 



8. D. TRIQUETRUM (L.) DC. 



An erect, branched, suffrutescent herb or a shrub 1 to 2 m high. Leaves 

 simple, oblong to lanceolate, acuminate, 10 to 25 cm long; petiole 2 to 3 

 cm long, prominently winged. Racemes terminal and axillary, up to 30 

 cm' in length. Flowers numerous, purplish, about 5 mm long. Pods 2 to 

 6 cm long, the joints 6 to 8, nearly square. 



Cementerio del Norte, fl.' Oct.-Dec. ; of local occurrence in the Philippines. 

 India to the Mascarene Islands, China, Malaya, and northern Australia. 



9. D. virgatum Zoll. 



A slender, erect, simple or somewhat branched undershnib less than 1 

 m high, more or less pubescent. Leaves simple, ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 acute" to acuminate, 7 to 14 cm long, appressed-pubescent beneath, the 

 petioles short, pubescent, about 6 mm long. Racemes terminal and axillary, 

 erect, many-flowered, slender, 6 to 20 cm long. Flowers white, usually 



