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reduced here by Linnaeus, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1052, which is 

 probably the correct dispositon of it, although not certain. 



DESMODIUM GANGETICUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327. 

 Hedysarum gangeticum Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 746. 

 Meibomia gangetica O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. 1 (1891) 196. 

 Crotalaria montana V Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 146? (haud t. 66 quae 

 est Desmodium ormocarpoides DC. et D. zonatum Miq.). 

 Amboina, Batoe gadjah, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 558, August 5, 1913, 

 on grassy hillsides, altitude about 150 meters. Also represented by Rel. 

 Robins. 2537 from Bali Island, July 7, 1913. ' 



The reduction of Crotalaria montana V to Desmodium gan- 

 geticum (Linn.) DC. is rather unsatisfactory, but follows Bur- 

 man f., Loureiro, Poiret, de Candolle, and other authors. All, 

 however, apparently based their conception of the Rumphian 

 plant chiefly if not wholly upon the figure indicated by Rumphius 

 as Phaseolus montanus. None of the eight forms actually de- 

 scribed by Rumphius under the heading Phaseolus montanus 

 agrees with the figure, which unmistakably is Desmodium or- 

 mocarpoides DC. ; see page 267. The Rumphian description 

 of Crotalaria montana V applies to Desmodium gangeticum DC. 

 sufficiently closely except in the description of the leaves as "semi 

 digitum longa, ac pennam lata." 



Phaseolus montanus VIII Rumph., Herb. Amb. 6: 146, is inde- 

 terminable from any data at present available. It was from 

 Macassar, Celebes, where it was known as tsjeme tsjeme. Hass- 

 karl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 176, suggests that it may be a 

 species of Sophora near S. glabra Hassk. 



PSEUDARTHRIA Wight and Arnott 



PSEUDARTHRIA VISCIDA (Linn.) W. & A. Prodr. (1834) 209. 



Hedysarum viscidum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 747. 



Desmodium viscidum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336. 



Desmodium timoriense DC. 1. c. 327. 



Phaseolus adhaerens Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 150. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 55J+, August 30, 1913, 

 at low altitudes, locally known as bunga pasang pasang. Also represented 

 by Rel. Robins. 24-99 from Boeton, and Rel. Robins. 2536 from Bali, July, 

 1913. 



The identification of Phaseolus adhaerens Rumph. with PseUd- 

 arthria viscida W. & A. is not certain. The Rumphian plant 

 may be a Desmodium rather than a Pseudarthria. Hasskarl, 

 Neue Schlussel (1866) 177, considers that it is Desmodium stipu- 

 laceum DC. var. aparine (Hassk.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 

 252. 



