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4. Desmodium (Nicolsonia) capitatum, DC, Benth. I.e. 



Hedysarum capitatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 167, t. 54, f. 1. 

 Pseudarthria capitata, Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 390. 



Hab. Banos, Luzon, Philippine Islands. (With ripe fruit.) 



5. Desmodium (Heteroloma) Gangeticum, DC, Benth. I. c. 

 Hab. Luzon ; with the preceding species. 



6. Desmodium (Heteroloma) Sandwicense, E. Meyer. 



Desmodium Sandwicense, E. Meyer, Ind. Sem. Hort. Regiomont. 1850, & in 

 Linnsea, 24, p. 230. 



Hab. Oahu, Sandwich Islands; on the hills behind Honolulu. 

 (Also gathered by Seemann.) 



This is described from specimens raised from seed, which was 

 gathered at Oahu by Diedrichson. Our specimen is in fruit, with 

 longer pods than is described by E. Meyer, often as much as nine- 

 jointed. Dr. Pickering mentions a flowering specimen, which is not 

 found in the collection. Seemann's specimen is in flower. This is 

 the only species known from the Sandwich Islands; fori). Chamis- 

 sonis of Yogel came from Luzon, not from Oahu, as was erroneously 

 stated by Walpers. 



7. Desmodium (Heteroloma) Limense, Book. 



Desmodium Limense, Hook. Bot. Misc. 2, p. 215 ; Walp. Repert. 1, p. 743. 



Hab. Callao, Peru. 



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