LEGUMINOSJE. 431 



57. DENDROLOBIUM, Wight & Am., Benth. 



Desmodium, § Eudesmodium, DC Prodr. 2, p. 325, excl. sp. no. 3. 



Desmodium, subgen. Dendrolobium, Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Or. 1, p. 223. 



Dendrolobium, Benth. in PL Jungh. Jav. fasc. 2, p. 215. 



1. Dendrolobium umbellatum, Wight & Am. I. c. 



Hab. Small islands in the Sooloo Sea. Ovolau, Feejee Islands. 

 Tongatabu. Manua, Upolu, and Savaii, Navigators' Islands. 



" A mostly littoral shrub, 6 to 20 feet high, with white flowers." 



2. Dendrolobium australe, Benth. I. c. 



Hedysarum umbellatum, Forst. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austr. p. 51 ? non Linn. 

 E. australe, Willd. Spec. PI. 3, p. 1183. 

 Desmodium australe, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 326. 



Hab. Nukulau, Feejee Islands. 



The specimen, in fruit only, accords both with Willdenow's and 

 DeCandolle's character, and has much smaller leaves than the fore- 

 going species. 



58. PHYLLODIUM, Desv., Benth. 

 1. Phtllodium pulchellum, Desv. 



Phyllodium pulchellum, Desv. Jour. Bot. 3, p. 123, t. 5; Benth. in Kew Jour. Bot. 

 4, p. 46. 



