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been found at Callao and Lima : one of them appears to be D. Peru- 

 vianum, Vogel, in Rel. Meyen. p. 30; but neither have been identified 

 in the herbarium of the Expedition. 



8. Desmodium (Heteroloma) incanum, DC. 



Desmodium incanum & D. ancistrocarpum, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 332. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro and Organ Mountains, Brazil. The typical form 

 of the species, and likewise the D. ancistrocarpum, which appears to 

 be no more than a variety. 



9. Desmodium (Heteroloma) axillare, DC. 



Desmodium axillare (& D. reptans), DC. Prodr. 2, p. 333; Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 82. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil : the var. villosum, Benth. 



10. Desmodium (Heteroloma) obovatum, VogeL 



Desmodium obovatum, Yogel, in Linnsea, 12, p. 106, & Rel. Meyen. p. 30. 

 Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil. (Without flowers or fruit.) 



11. Desmodium (Heteroloma) brachypodum, Sp. Nov. 



D. erectum, glabeUum; stipulis persistentibus striatis e basi ovata vel 

 subcordata acuminatis subaristatis ; foliis trifoliolatis ; foliolis oblongis 

 obtusis laxe venosis; racemo virgato terminali elongate; bracteis e basi 

 lata subulatis deciduis; pedicellis geminis perbrevibus post ant7wsin 

 deflexis; lomenti articulis 4-6 pubero-scabris parvulis. 



Hab. Sydney and Hunter's River, New South Wales. (Port 

 Curtis, Australia, Macgillivray, in Herb. Hook.) 



