1S97.] (L King — Maleriah for a Flora o f ike Malayan Femnmla. 135 
Toflfi cnririceotia, quite glabrous ... 15. D. auriculatwn. 
Poda irididtiuctly join bed, not aeparfttjug into eegm^Ets 
but debiacing in » continuous Unt> along the ventral 
sutare (6. Plmrolobium) .,. ... 16. D. ffyroides. 
SuBOEN. 1. Sagoi'IA Walp, Trailing herbs^ with Hnmll 3- folio late 
Btipellate lerives. Flowers in Bparse lax racenieB or 1-2 in the axils of 
tiie leaves ; bracts decicliioiw and pode distincttj'^ Jointetl* 
1. Desmoimum TiaFLOHUM DC Piodr. II, 3;i4. A small trailing 
herb Tvith very slender difEasely bianchin^f stems 6-18 in. long; 
branohea sparaelj hirsatts with fine spread inof hairs. Leaves '5 in. long, 
3-foliolalo ; petiole *2 hu long ; lesifletfj meinbratious obovate-euueato, 
apex truncate or emnrginate, terminal '25 in. long "2 in across, lateml 
*2 in. long "15 in. aci'0ss> ghirbrons above sparselj adpressed-hirsnte 
beneath ; stipela minute smbiihite, atipulea persistent lanceolate '15 in. 
long. Tujlorescence of 1-3-fld, axillary fascicles; pedicels '25 in., bmc- 
teoies minute. Galyx pubescent with longish white hairs '1-'15 in. 
long ; teeth wetaceous longer than narrowly canipaaulate tube. Corolla 
pink or occasionally whitt; '2 In. long, Fod •4-6 in, long, 15 in. wide ; 
joints 3-*5, reticulate ly veined atid finely pubcralnus ; upper sutvu'B 
straigbfc^ lower distinctly indented between the joint?!. Wall. Cat. 5734 
(except part of F. ) ; Benth. in l^IarL Flor. Bran. XV, 95, t. 26 ; Miq. 
Plor. Ind. Bat. I, 23d; Biik. in Floi. Biit. Ind. II, J73, D. trijhrum 
VAu. minus W & A. Prodr. 229 ; Wight Ic, t. 292. D. Jieimyphyllmn 
Wall. Cat 5701 C. Uedijsaruvi triflonmi Linu. Sp. Ph 749 ; Koxb. Hort. 
Beng. 57 ; Flor, Ind. J 1 1, 353. H. stipulacemn Burm. Flor. Ind. t. 54, f. 
2. Nicholsonia reptans Meissn. in Linnaea XXI, 260. Sagotia trijUora 
Walp. & Datjh. in Linnaea XXIII, 
ANDAMAN.S; Port Blair, Kurz ! Frain ! Great Coco Island (specns, 
all white-Hd.) Prain! Malacca; Maingay 522 ! Prot. Welleslby ; Ming! 
PuNAiSO; Wtillick o7'^^ 1 1 DiSTREB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
An ©Ktrernely common speciea in India, not so common in Indo-Cbiria ; vorj 
rare, perhajis only a recently introduced weed, in AJaiaja. 
2, Dksjiopiom hetebophyllum DC. Prodr. II, 334. A trailing 
herb with slender diffusely branching stems 2-2'5 feet long ; branches 
densely hirsute with npreading hairs. Learns 1-1 5 in. long, 3-foliolate, 
petiole '5 in, long; leaflets membranous oblong or obo pate-oblong apex 
rounded or Bubacute, terminal '5-1 in. long, '3-^ in, wide, lateral 
similar *25-*5 in. long •2--25 in. wide, ^dabroas above, hairy beneath ; 
Btipels minute subulate, stipules persistent lanceolate '15 in. long, In- 
jlorescence of soliiary or gemimite axillary flowers and, towards ends of 
branches, of a few axillary lax few-fld. racemes ; pedicels 'S-^'S in. long, 
aparsely pubescent with rusty spreading hairs ; bracts -2 in. long, ovate- 
lanceolate, deciduous, bracteoles minute. Calyx "15 in. densely hirsute, 
