30. Desmodium.] 53. PAPILIONACEJE. 



3. D. congestum, Wall. Syn. Hedysaruin congestum, Boitl. ; Hedy- 



sinim umbellatum, Roxb. 

 A large shrub 15-20 ft. with terete or very young obtusely 

 3-gonous, adprese ree, and oblong or 



oblong-lanoeolate i 1 ;,, „ 4 ' 5 " gl abrous 



beneath except on principal and : 



4. D. triquetrum, DC. Syn. Pt< ol a ti 



An erect undershrub 3-6 ft. high with obtusely 3 -a; 

 l-foli.»lar<> leaves with an oblong rather r 



- ' 



illing out through the open end of 





DC. Syn. D. triquetrv 



o. ii. pseudotriquetrum, DO. Syn. D. ta 



A dhliiM- uii.l.Tslu.i!. very similar f.. hut ^iiall.i 

 Pods 25* broad. . ''„i tin- face-, lur^ite ..n the 



6. D. Yiscidum, DC. Syn. Pseud.-.rtlm;. vi.-i,la, il'..\--4. 



An undershrub with slender ascending pubescent brain.' lies 2 ?< } l > 

 long,pinnately3-foliolate leaves with rhomboid leaflets often broader 

 than long, and slender terminal racemes of small bright red flowers 

 •15" long on slender 2-nate pedicels. Inflorescence and small oblong 



