IS&Z.] G. King — Materials for fi Flora of the Malayan Peninmla^ 145 
joints 6~-S stouHsh coriaceoiig, *25 in. long '3 in. wide, quite glabroua, 
poliahed. D. triquetrum Bak. in Flor. Bi it. Ind. 11^ 163 in part, not of 
DC, Pteroloma anriculatum Miq. Flor. Imi, Bat- I, 258. 
AiSDAMANS; coasta of Great Coco, Pram! of SoatL Andaman, Play- 
fair t Kurz ! Praiul Dimtrid. ludo-Chinaj Malay Archipelago. 
Thongh common in Tenasserim where it haa been collected by WalUch (n. 5788 
MI} and Xlelfor {a. 1648'!) m well aa m tiergai wbore it lias been obtained by 
Glillith (ii. 5GS!) apd Proud lock (n, l-t!j, tbig is not prose u b jii C file utta from ftny 
locality witbin tlio Straita Settlements. It ia mLher more closely related to Desmo- 
dium alatiim, which hns brofifl(*r pods, than to the preceding epeeioa, but it Is equally 
diptinot from both- It appeara to be an almoat exoliiaively littornl form ; there nre 
howevotr two inland gatheriDg^s at Calcutta, both from Silhet and both collected by 
JTr. Clark© (n. 143531 and n. 42702!). 
It should be noted tbat Iledymrum alaiwn Roxb. ia Dot the apeciea deaenbed by 
Do Cundollo as Desmodium alattim ; Roxburgh'a H. alaUim ia ojtactly equivalent to 
Linnaona* H. triquetvum. Koxbargb's IT, triquetrum on the other hand ia not 
Liuusoub' plant but is De»modiiim pseudo-triquctrtim DC, a apoeieB confined to 
Northern India, the lower Himalayan slopes, and the moimtftins of Aashto, D. (da- 
tum DC, tbe plant with broiid pods described in the f rodromus, occurs in Khasia, 
Caohar and Chittagong without appeariiif? in India proper or in Burma and the 
Muilay Peninsula ; it recurs, however, in Jjiva. The prcaeat apooies, attriculatam, 
has nob been found ia Java hut ia met with ngaia in Timor. 
SuBGEN. 6. PiEUROLOBiUM BO. Ei'cct uJiderskruhs, with large 
Iea.Tea. Flowers racemose j pods itidistiuctly jointed, dehisciag in a con- 
tinoons line along the ventral suture. 
16. Desmouium aTBOiDfis DC. Prodr, IT, 316. A slirub about 10 
feet liigli with tei-ete fiparselj pubescent branches. Leaves 2'6~3 in. long 
3- or often onlj 1-foliolate, petiole '75 in. long, slender glabreseeat ; 
leaflets menibraaous, oblong or ovate-ohloiig obtuse, pale-green glabrous 
above, very tbioly adpressed-pubegceufc beueatb, i75-2 in. long, 1-1*25 
in. wide, luterttl nei'ves (5-8 pairs visible beneath ; lateral leaSeta if 
present similar but much smaller, *5 in. long, "4 in. wide. Injforesceace 
in dense asrillary and terminal at first strobilate racemoa, with large 
imbricating scarioua soon deciduous ovate«actite bracts, -25 in. loug '2 in. 
wide, pedieols fiuely-pubeaceut at length patent, "25 in. long. Oahjix l 
in., wide-camjmuulate^ teeth triangular half as long as tube. Oorolla '35 
in, long, In- across, pnrple. Fod l-l'b in. long, '2 in. wide, falcate ; 
joints 6-10, dehiscing along the lower slightly indented suture but not 
aeparating from each other, copiously pubescent with a felted rusty 
tomcntnm. Wall. Cat. 5728 ; W. & A. Prodr. 227 ; Hiq. Plor. Ind. Bat. 
I, 243 f Bate, in Flor. Brit. Tnd. II, 175. D, psetidogyroiJes Miq. Flor. 
lud. Bat- I, 244. Hi^dijmrurn gymides Rox:b. Hort. Beng, 57. Codario- 
ealijx gyroides Hassk. Flor. (1842) Beiblatt. II, 49. 0. cmicus Hassk. 
In Walp. Rep. I, 744. Pseudarthrta polycar^a Hassk. PI. Jav. Bar. 3J)3, 
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