MAïEEIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 79 



Desmodium podocarpum DC, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 169; 

 Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 174. 



Hab. Sliintiku : Taihei, leg. T. Kawakami, Sept. 1907, (No. 

 0)040). 



DiSTEiB. North India, Mandshiiria, Japan and China. 



Desmodium reniforme DC; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 173. 



Hab. Bancboryö, leg. G. Nakahara, Oct. 1905, (No. 602). 



DiSTRiB. India and Java. 



Observ. Very slender, scandent herb ; leaves broadly reni- 

 formed, 1 J cm. long, 2 J cm. broad, glaucous beneath, membranace- 

 ous, stipules subulate, scaly, 5 mm. long ; flowers on very long 

 and slender racemes, very loosely arranged, very small, nearly 

 3 mm. long, shortly pedicelled. 



Alysicarpiis Neck. 



Alysicarpus bupleurifolius DC; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 81 ; Hook. 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 158 ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 178. 



Hab. Akö: Kotanshö, leg. G. Nakahara, Sept. 1905, (No. 539). 



DiSTEiB. Hongkong ; Tropical Asia, Mascarene islands, and 

 Polynesia. 



Observ. A shrubby herb, 40-50 cm. long, decumbent, many- 

 branched ; leaves alternate, linear, 5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, short- 

 ly petioled, stipules sheath-hke, lanceolate, scaly. Calyx 0-7 mm. 

 long, deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate, scaly; pods long, 1^ cm- 2 cm. 

 long, 5-jointed, cut into each joint when ripened. 



Lespedexa Mich. 



Lespedeza macrocarpa Bfxge ; Franchet PI. David, p. 94, 

 Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sul I. p. 182. 



