ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE. 
83 
(1854) 436; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 81, pi. 1; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 61; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat.' I 1 (1855) 255. 
Meibomia leptopus O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 
Babuyanes Islands, Camiguin, Bur. Sci. 4132 F&nix. Luzon, Province of 
Benguet, Elmer 6527, Williams 1409, For. Bur. 15913 Bacani : Province of La- 
guna, Willces Expedition, in U. S. Nat. Herb. : Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bur. 
Sci. 8199 Ramos: Province of Albay, Bur. Sci. 6473 Robinson. Negros, Bur. 
Sci. 1152, 1163 Banks. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 84, s. n. : Province 
of Misamis, For. Bur. 4768 M earns & Hutchinson. 
India to Indo-China, China, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
The Philippine material seems to have rather shorter articulations to the 
pods than has Asiatic material, but I do not consider the differences sufficient to 
'warrant distinguishing D. leptopus from D. laxum ( D. gardneri Benth.). Dr. 
Prain, in lit., has identified Elmer 6527 with D. laxum DC., stating that D. 
gardneri Benth. is the same as DeC'andolle’s species. For a full description of 
D. laxum DC. see Prain in King’s Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pen- 
insula. 45 
10. Desmodium scalpe (Comm.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; Baker in Hook, 
f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 165; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61. 
Hedysarum scalpe Comm, ex DC. 1. c. as syn. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, For. Bur. 14493 Darling, For. Bur. 5676 Klernme: 
Province of Benguet, Elmer 5914, Merrill 4835, 4330, Williams 1126, Topping 60, 
Bur. Sci.. 5357 Ramos, For. Bur. 15745 Curran & Merritt, For. Bur. 4937 Curran. 
In the Philippines apparently confined to the high tableland of north central 
Luzon; Africa, tropical Asia and Malaya. 
11. Desmodium podocarpum DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 102, Prodr. 2 
(1825) 336; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 165; Forbes & Hemsley 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 174. 
Meibomia podocar pa O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, 'Williams 1398, Merrill 4356. 
Northern India to China and Japan; not previously reported from the Phil- 
ippines. 
§ Dollinera. 
12. Desmodium sinuatum (Miq.) Bl. ex Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 
2 (1876) 166. 
Desmodium strangulatum var. sinuatum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1855) 255. 
Meibomia sinuata 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Merrill 4642: Province of Benguet, Topping 61, 
Bur. Sci. 5458, 5563, 5791 Ramos, Williams 914, Bur. Sci. 44~9, 3518 Mearns, 
For. Bur. 5130 Curran, For. Bur. 16034 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. Mindanao, 
Mount Apo, DeVore & Hoover 315, 354- 
A species confined to high altitudes in the Philippines; India to southern 
China and Formosa, through Malaya to New Guinea. Not previously reported 
from the Philippines. 
13. Desmodium bolsteri Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 
' 102 . 
Luzon, Province of- Cagayan, Pena Blanca, Bolster 181. 
Endemic. 
45 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66- (1897 ) 138. 
