136 Gr. King — Materials f&r a Fl&ra of the Malayan Peninmila, [No. 1, 
teeth setaceous^ longer than narrowly carapanulate tube. GmoUa pale- 
purple, -25 in. long. Pod *5-"75 in. lonof, '18 in. vTide ; joiuts 4—5, reticu- 
late, glnbreacicnt except the lower suture, dehiscent ; upper suture 
straight lower distinctly indented between the joints. Wall. Cat, 
5701, letters A. B. D. ; Wiq. Flor, liid. Bat. I, 238; Bak. in Flor. Brit. 
Ind. II, 173. D. cmpiiosttm DC, Prodr. II, 333. D. trifhram Wall. 
Cat. 5734, letter F. in part. D. trijlorum VAB. mafus W, & A. Prodr. 
229- Wight, Ic. t. 291. Hedtjsaram Merophi/U iwt Wim. Sp. PL III, 
1201. H. reptam Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Flor. Iml. Ill, 354, Dicernm 
repens Grah. in Wall. Gat, 5740. 
In all the provinces, very common, DiSTitre. Throughout tropical 
S.-E. Asia. 
Though very h'ke tho preceding this is quite easily distincruished by ita thicker 
RteniB, h*rger and differently shaped leafleta, nmch longer peiHoels and rather broader 
pods, the joints of which usually deliisce along the lower Buture, 
The distHbation in India aud Mulaya of these two species, is reversed. In India 
this is qatte a rare plant, D, trijlomm being common every w here; in Malaya, on 
the otlior hand, D. Irijlorutn is very rare while D. heteiopht/Uum ia extremely common 
and is appareatly the represontafcive of the other. 
StBGEN. 2. Phtllodium Desv. Shrubs vnih vroodj branches and 
3-foliolate loaves. Flowers umbellate, the umbels in long contmuons 
TOWS, each fiidden by a pair of persistent bracts. 
3. Desmodium ruLCRELLUM Benth. ex Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. IT, 
162. A amall shrub 4-5 feet high witli slender terete finely grey- 
downy branches. Leaves 5-6 in. long, 3-foliolate, petiole *25— '4 in,, chan- 
neiled above, downy; leafleta coriaceous green snbrugose above, finely 
downy beneath, nart'ow-ovate to ovate-lanceolate subacute, terminal 3-4 
in. long 1'5 wide, on petiolulea '6 in. long ; lateral pair much snialler, 
1*25 in* long, 75 in. wide, petiolules "15 in. long ; lateral nerves 10-12 
pairs, very obliqtie distinctly raised beneath, secondary reticulate cross- 
venation visible ; stipels subulate as long ae petiolulea, stipules "25 in. 
long subscariouB closely parallel- veined, subper^istent. Inflorescence 
axillary or terminal, 3-10 in. long, iu racemes of solitai-y flowei-s, 
fascicles, or small snhnmbellate corymbs, in the axils of 12«-40 compound 
foliar bracts ; hrach 2-foliolate, their stipules '2 in. and petiole '15 in, 
long, leailets opposite subobliquely orbicular -5 in, across, glabrous 
externally, finely downy internally, on very short stipellate petiolules, 
their terminal leaflet reduced to a bristle '2-'25 in. long ; fascicles or 
close.set corymbs 2-G-fld. j pedicels slightly unequal, OS-'IO in., downy. 
Calyx "1 in. puberulous, teeth lanceolate sliorter than tube. Corolla '25 
in. yellow. Pod *2- 3 in. long indented on both sutures slightly puberu- 
lous ; joints 2, less often solitary, very i-arely 3, ] iti, long, "12 in. broad. 
Hedysarttm pwlGheUitm Liua. Sp. PI. 747 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 361. 
