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§ Nicholsonia. 
14. Desmodium malacophyllum (Link) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 338, ( mala - 
chophyllum) ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62. 
Hedysarum malacophyllum Link Enum. (1822) 247. 
Meibomia malacophylla .0. Ivuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 198. 
Luzon, Ghamisso in herb. Berol. 
This species is only known from the type collection, and it is probable that 
Chamisso secured his material somewhere in Cavite Province, Luzon. I have 
examined the type, but from my notes and the short original description, was 
unable to determine with satisfaction the status of the species. Through the 
kindness of Dr. I. Urban, I have recently been again able to examine fragments 
of the type specimens, loaned to me for the purpose, as well as a sketch of the 
fruit made by Doctor Harms. Regarding the species, Doctor Harms, who has 
kindly reexamined the type writes as follows : “Chamisso’s type of Desmodium 
malacophyllum DC. in the Berlin Herbarium is entirely different from D. 
laxiflorum DC., a common species described in Hooker’s ‘Flora of British India’ 
as having ‘not at all or slightly constricted pods,’ whereas in Chamisso’s plant 
the pods are deeply indented on one suture, and nearly straight on the other. 
The leaflets in D. laxiflorum are acute, and in D. malacophyllum they are obtuse 
or subobtuse. D. malacophyllum seems to belong to the group of species included 
in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. II between nos. 28 and 32.” 
15. Desmodium capitatum (Burm.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 336; Miq. FI. Ind. 
Bat. I 1 (1855) 241; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 170; F.-Vill. Nov. 
App. (1880) 62; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 107; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 65. 
Hedysarum capitatum Burm. FI. Ind. (1768) 167, t. 64, fig. 1. 
Meibomia capitata O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 195. 
Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 4862, 4880 Ramos: Province of 
Pampanga, Bolster 48: Province of Bataan, Merrill 1559: Province of Rizal, 
Katigbalc 225: Province of Cavite, Tirona 252: Province of Laguna, Hallier s. n. 
Mindoko, For. Bur. 5510, 5528 Merritt, Merrill 6224- Mindanao, District of 
Cotabato, Mrs. Clemens 189 : District of Davao, Copeland 359, DeVore <6 Hoover 
127, 192. Basilan, Hallier s. n. 
Native names: Manimanilian (Bataan); mani-parang, mani-mani (Mindoro). 
Ceylon and India to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
16. Desmodium heterocarpum (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 337; Trimen 
FI. Ceyl. 2 (1894) 53. 
Hedysarum heterocarpum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 747. 
Hedysarum polycarpon Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 413. 
Desmodium polycgrpum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. 2 (1876) 171; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62;. Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 107; Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 
(1906) Suppl. 65. 
Meibomia heterocarpa 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Merrill 4458: Province of Benguet, Williams 926: 
Province of Ilocos Norte, For. Bur. 12499 Merritt & Darling: Province of Nueva 
Ecija, Bur. Sci. 5269, 5295 McGregor: Province of Bulacan, Yoder 186: Province 
of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 1483 Ramos. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 6879 Robinson. Negros, 
For. Bur. 4318 Everett. Samar, Merrill 5221. Mindanao, Province of Surigao, 
Allen 140 ; Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 368, s. n. 
Native names: Mani-mani (Negros); manimanihan (Polillo). 
