432 PHANEROGAMIC. 



Dicerma pulchettum, DC. Mem. Legum. & Prodr. 2, p. 339 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. 



t. 418. 



Hab. Philippine Islands : near Banos, Luzon. 



59. DESMODIUM, Dew., Benth. 

 1. Desmodium (Sagotia) triflorum, DC. 



Desmodium triflorum, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 334 ; Wight & Am. Prodr. 1, p. 229, var. /3. 



D. (Sagotia) triflorum, Benth. in PI. Jungh. 2, p. 221. 



Nicolsonia reptans, Meisn. in Linnaea, 21, p. 260. 



Sagotia triflora, Walp. & Duchass. in Linnaea, 23, p. 738, & Ann. Bot. 2, p. 413. 



Hab. Luzon, Philippine Islands. A widely diffused tropical species. 

 2. Desmodium (Nicolsonia) barbatum, Benth. 



Desmodium (Nicolsonia') barbatum, Benth. in PI. Jungh. fasc. 2, p. 224, non Wall. 

 Bedysarum barbatum, Linn. Spec. PI. ed. 2, p. 1055 ; Swartz, Obs. p. 287. 

 Nicolsonia barbata, Cayennensis, & venustula, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 325. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Brazil. 



3. Desmodium (Nicolsonia) poltcarpum, DC, Benth. I. c 



Hab. Society Islands ; Tahiti, Matia, and Eimeo : on dry hills, 

 near the coast. Sarnoan Islands. Tongatabu. Feejee Islands: 

 common at most of the stations visited, near the shores. 



The copious synonymy of this widely diffused species is collated in 

 Wight & Arnott's Prodromus, and lately corrected by Bentham, in 

 his account of the Legiiminosce of Jungh uhn's collection (PI. Jungh. 

 fasc. 2) . Among the synonyms are D. heterocarpum, DC. (the Hedy- 

 sarum heterocarpum of Linnaaus and of Forster), D. purpureum, Hook. 

 & Arn., and D. nervosum of Vogel. 



