226 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONATAE. 



Para district: Splitgerber 1 1 1 7 H. L. B. 904, 289 — 71; Splitgerber 



680 H. L. B. 904, 289—73. 

 Surinam : Hostmann 604 named Nicholsonia major Steud. Flora 1843 



p. 757; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322 — 26. 

 Vernacular name : »Oeman-pinda" (Versteeg). 

 All tropical America. 



Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) D. C. Prodr. II 332. 

 Lower Marowyne River : Versteeg 640 (fl. Jan.) 

 Lower Surinam River, near plant. >de Zwarigheid" : Focke 671 named 



Desmodium glaucescens Miq. Linnaea XVIII p. 569. 

 Paramaribo, near Orellana-kreek : Focke 99 H. L. B. 904, 289—70. 

 Para district: Splitgerber it 18 H. L. B. 904, 289—69 (fl. Apr.); 



in Savannah Berlijn : Went 374 (fl. Sept.) 

 Saramacca River : Pulle 99 (fl. Dec.) 

 Surinam : Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322 — 108. 

 All tropical America. 



Desmodium incanum (Sw.) D. C. Prodr. II. 332. 

 Hedysarum incanum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1265. 



Paramaribo: Kegel 29 (fl. June) ; Tulleken 7 H. L. B. 903, 322—1319; 



Went 8 and 328 ; Versteeg 469. 

 Lower Comewyne River: Focke 252 named by Miquel Linnaea XVIII 



p. 569 : Desmodium racemiferum D. C. 

 Surinam: Hostmann 599(5; Splitgerber 15 H. L. B. 904, 289—77 



and 76; Focke 31; Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—270. 

 Tropical America, introduced into Asia and Africa. 



Desmodium axillare (Sw.) D. C. Prodr. II. 333. 

 Hedysarum axillare Sw. Flora Ind. Occ. III. 1274. 

 Lower Saramacca River: Pulle 54 (fl. Nov.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—59. 

 Tropical America. 



Desmodium asperum (Poir.) Desv. in D. C. Prodr. II. 333. 

 Hedysarum asperum Poir. Diet. VI. 408. 

 Lower Marowyne River, near Albina : Versteeg 547 (fl. July). 

 Para district, near Onoribo : Focke 880 named Desmodium spectabUe 



Miq. Linnaea XVIII 570. 

 Surinam : Hostmann H. L. B. 903, 322—57 and 207. 

 Tropical South-America. 



ALYSICARPUS Neck. 



Alysicarpus vaginalis D. C. Prodr. II. p. 353. 



Paramaribo: Kegel 28, named Alysicarpus nummularifolius D. C. 



