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MERRILL. 
Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3699 Fenix. Luzon, Province of Ilocos 
Norte, Bur. Sci. 221/2, 2253 Mearns: Province of Ilocos Sur, For. Bur. 15692 
Merritt <& Darling: Province of Union, Elmer 5635: Province of Benguet, Merrill 
Ifil 1 I (luxuriant form) : Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 6098 Robinson: Province 
of Batangas, Marape 161): Manila, Carlos 132, Mayor 51), Merrill 385, McGregor 78 : 
Province of Bataan, Merrill 3101, Williams 291. Mindoro, Bur. Sci. 661)5 Robin- 
son. Balabac, Bur. Sci. 1)18 Mangubat. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes along trails, in open 
grass lands, thickets, etc.; introduced from tropical America. 
In a letter written in 1906, Dr. C. B. Robinson states that a specimen from 
Formosa, Henry. 1116, in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, is the 
same as Williams 291 and Elmer 5635, and that comparison with D. scorpiurus 
shows that the American material has consistently narrower leaflets than the 
Philippine, which is borne out by the single American specimen here, S, intents 
2971 from Porto Rico. 
7. Desmodium ormocarpoides (Desv.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327; Baker in 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 164; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61; Vidal Rev. 
PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 108; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 276. 
Hedysarum ormocarpoides Desv. ex DC. 1. c. as syn. 
Meibomia ormocarpodes 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Whit. ford 865. Mindoro, Merrill 6223. Samar, 
Merrill 5201. Cebu, Bur. Sci. 1131 McGregor. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. 
Clemens 632. 
Ipdia to the Malay Peninsula and Java. 
§ Chalarium. 
8. Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) A. S. Hitchc. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4 
(1893) 76. 
Hedysarum procumbens Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) no. 10. 
Hedysarum ’spirale Sw. Prodr. (1788) 107. • 
Desmodium spirale DC. Prodr . 2 (1825) 332; Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 
408, ed. 3, 2: 385; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 164; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 61; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 19. 
Desmodium ehamissonis Vog. in Linnaea 10 (1836) 588. 
Hippocrepis rhomboidea Blanco FI. Filip. ( 1837) 585. 
Meibomia ehamissonis ct M. spiralis O. Kuntze 1. c. 197. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Bur. Sci. 1623 Ramos: Province of Ilocos 
Sur, For. Bur. 15691 Merritt <G Darling: Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 1129 Ramos: 
Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. l/Sll Ramos: Manila, Merrill 836, Rosario 
320. 
Widely distributed as a weed in waste places at low altitudes; tropics of the 
world, probably a native of tropical America. 
§ Podocarpium. 
9. Desmodium laxum DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 102, Prodr. 2 (1825) 
336; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66- (1897) 138. 
Desmodium gardneri Benth. PI. Jungh. (1852) 226; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. 2 (1876) 165. 
Desmodium leptopus A. Gray ex Benth. 1. c., Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 
