1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pemnmla. 137 
Zornia pulchella Pers. Sjnopa. II, 318. Dicernna pnlehelimn DC. Prodi', 
II, 339 ; WalL Cat. 5737 ; Wi^fbt, Ic. t. 4J8. Fhyllodium pukhellum 
Desv. Jom-n. Bot. Ill, 123, t. 5, f. 24 j Benlh. PI. Juugb. 217; Miq. 
Flor. Ind, Bat. I, 260, 
Malacca ; Ort0tk Pa hang ; Ridley 2596 ! JouoiiE ; Kunstler 376 I 
P E R A K ; Scortechini ! 
SuBGEN. 3. DKNDROLOEiaM W. & A. 8kmhs with woody branehea 
and 3-folioIate leaves, Flozvers in dense shoi't-ped uncled or sessile 
axillary umbels, bracts miaute decidaotis. 
4, Desmodium pmbellatuiii DC. Prodr. II, 325. A littoral Blinib 
5-15 feet high with densely downy terete ymmg hranchea. Leaves 5-7 
in, lon}f» 3-foliolate, petiole 1 in, long', channelled above, rusty- puberu- 
lous; leaflets subuorJaceuiis, g^ieeii glabrous above, paler and thinly 
catiescent underneath, ovate-oblong obtuse or rarely acute or subacute, 
terminal 3-3" 5 iii. fong, 2-2*5 in. wide ou a petiolnle '5 in. lung, the 
lateml pair similar but smaller 2-2*5 in, long, l*25-r75 in, wide on 
petiolulea '2 in, long; lateml nerves 6-8 pairs hardly raised beneath ; 
fltipela very small, subulate, half as long as petiolulea ; stipules large *3 
in, long, subscaiioas, closely parallel- veined, caducous with the unfolditig 
of leaf next above which they cover in bud, Infiorescetice axillary, with 
peduncles *35 in. long, in 6-12-fId. corymbs simulating umbuls; pedicels 
fihort '15 in. or leas, elongating in fruit to *25 in., unequal, very close-set. 
Oalyx with a broad scarious deciduous bracteole, '1 in. long -07 in, wide, 
at its base, densely silky externally, *J5 in. long, teeth lanceolate, as 
long as tube. Corolla "5 in. long, white. Pod 1*5-2 in, long, joints 4» 
very rarely 5, '3 in, long, '25 in. wide» sparsely silky when young, 
glabrous when ripe, thick and corifuceous almost targid. W. & A. 
Prodi\ 224; Wall. Cat, 5687 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 161. Bendro- 
hhiam uuihellatum BuntSi. PL JviugU. 218 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. But, T, 262, 
Hedrfsamm umbellalum Linn. Sp. PI. 747. JET, arhoretim Roxb. Flor. Ind. 
III, ' 360. 
In all the provinces, common on the coasts. DiSTRiB. Oq all coasts 
from the Maacarene Itslands to Polj nesia. 
A curEoua variety of thia speoieSj with briinclieg, leaves beneath, and rip© pode 
softly ailkyi ia VAtt, hirttulitm DC. H ia known only from spefiimeoa oultivntod in 
Hoit. Calcuttii {WulL Gat. n, 5f5S7/D) ami in Hort. Rnpor, — the Bnitenzorp apeeimeoa 
being Tnnrked " E horto Calcuttensi recepta.** The ori|;innl habitat of this variety 
IB unknown, 
D, umbellatum baa been saiii to occur in Upper Burma ; thia m a miatako caused 
by Dr. Wallicb having isBaed (as 5ftS7/fl> a totally ilifferent specifis under the aamo 
name. No oue has ever scut spec i me ua of D. itmbeUaium to Calcutta except from 
aea. coasts mid the shores of tidal riTors. 
5. De.sm OPIUM KDGOSUU Pjain. A large gregarious shrub witJi 
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