80 
MERRILL. 
Phyllodium pulchellum Desv. M6m. Soc. Linn. Paris 4 (1826) 324; A. Gray 
Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 431; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 260. 
Meibomia pulchella 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, For. Bur. 1552k Merritt cC- Darling: Province 
of Union, For. Bur. 15109 Merritt d Darling: Province of Benguet, Topping 55: 
Province of Bataan, Williams 68, Merrill 3310, Copeland, 292, For. Bur. 2185 
Meyer: Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 1973 Ahern’s collector, Merrill 2110, Decades 
Philip. Forest FI. 252 Ahern’s collector: Province of Batangas, Katigbalc 280. 
Culion, Merrill k38. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 201 Bermejos. Mindanao, Mrs. 
Clemens 11)8. Basilan, DeVore d Hoover 80. 
Native names: Panjang-payang (Rizal) ; calaicai, ex Blanco (Visayan). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, especially at low altitudes; Ceylon and 
India to southern China and Formosa, southward through Malaya to New Guinea 
and the Bismarck Archipelago. 
Desmodium elegans (Lour.) Benth., is said by Hemsley 44 to extend from 
southern China to Cochin-China, Java, and the Philippines. I have, however, 
seen no Philippine specimens that I consider as referable to this species, and the 
extension of range of D. elegans to the Archipelago may have been based on an 
erroneously identified specimen of D. pulchellum. 
§ Dendrolobium. 
2. Desmodium cumingianum (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 61; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 107. 
Dendrolobium cumingianum Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 216; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 
I 1 (1855) 263. 
Luzon, Province of Batangas, Cuming lk5k- 
This endemic species has not been rediscovered since Cuming’s time. The 
locality is taken from Cuming’s own list at Kew. It is manifestly allied to 
Z>. umbellatum, but at the same time quite distinct from that species. 
3. Desmodium umbellatum (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 325; Baker in 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 161; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. lpl, fig. D, 
Rev. PI, Vase. Filip. (1886) 106; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61. 
Hedysarum umbellatum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 747. 
Aeschynamene arborea Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 581, ed. 2 (1845) 406, ed. 3, 
2: 381. 
Dendrolobium umbellatum W. & A. ex Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 216; A. Gray 
Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 431; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 l (1855) 262. 
Meibomia umbellata O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 197. 
Batanes Islands, Sabtan, Bur. Sci. 31k 5 Fenix, Bur. Sci. 10138 McGregor. 
Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. kll5 Fenix. Luzon, Province of 
Zambales, Hallier s. n., Merrill 2093: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 2026 Borden, 
Decades Philip. Forest FI. no. lkl Ahern’s collector: Province of Tayabas, 
Gregory 95, For. Bur. 7477 Reyes, Whit ford 698, 751: Province of Camarines, 
Ahern 222. Mindoro, For. Bur. 5396, 9615 Merritt, Merrill 2251. Culion, 
Merrill 550. Palawan, For. Bur. 3531, 3177 Curran. Tablas, McGregor 338. 
Bohol, Bur. Sci. 1263 McGregor. Ticao, For. Bur. 1058, 2531 Clark. Masbate, 
Merrill 3036. Leyte, For. Bur. 12kk9 Danao. Mindanao, Mrs. Clemens 1199, 
Copeland 625, 1326, Ahern k08, DeVore d Hoover 212. Basilan, For. Bur. 
31f68 Hutchinson. 
11 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 171. 
