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15. Desmodium (Podocarpium) leptopus, Sp. Nov. 



D. glabriusculum ; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, terminali subrJwmbeo acu- 

 minate; racemo laxo subsimplici ; pedicellis articulo longioribus; 

 lomento scabro-pubescente stipite longo gracili; articulis longe cuneato- 

 semirhombeis latitudine triplo longioribus. 



Desmodium (Podocarpiuni) leptojius, Gray, ined. ; Benth. in PI. Jungh. fasc. 2, p. 

 226, in adn. 



Hab. Luzon, Philippine Islands ; on mountains near Banos. 



A slender, nearly glabrous species, of the section to which belongs 

 our North American D. acuminatum, D. pauciflorum, &c. Stem with 

 two or three scattered leaves, a foot or two in height. Stipules and 

 bracts caducous. Leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate, or the terminal one somewhat 

 rhomboidal, acuminate, membranaceous, 2 or 3 inches long, scarcely 

 paler underneath. Peduncle terminal, filiform, 6 or 8 inches long, 

 bearing a nearly simple and lax raceme of few flowers. Pedicels in 

 pairs, 6 to 1 1 lines long. Stamens monadelphous. Loment on a fili- 

 form stipe as long as the pedicel, of 2 scabrous-pubescent, cuneate and 

 semirhomboidal joints, each nearly half an inch long and 2 lines wide. 



60. ALYSICARPUS, Necker. 

 1. Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC. 

 Hab. St. Jago, Cape de Yerde Islands. 



61. ABKUS, Linn. 



1. Abrus precatorius, Linn. 



Hab. Feejee Islands, Tongatabu, Samoan, and Society Islands. 

 Introduced. 



