86 
MERRILL. 
Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1800) 1201. 
Meibomia heterophylla O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Merrill 1964- 
India to China, Malaya, and the Mascarene Islands. 
Prain states that this species is rare in India and common in Malaya, but in 
the Philippines typical Desmodium heterophyllum appears to be rare, and D. 
triflorum common. I have seen but a single specimen that I consider referable to 
D. heterophyllum as construed by Prain. 48 
22. Desmodium microphyllum (Thunb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825.) 337. 
Hedysarum microphyllum Thumb. FI. Jap. (1784) 284. 
Desmodium parvifolium DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. I 4 (1825) 100, Prodr. 2 (1825) 
334; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 174; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62. 
Meibomia microphylla O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1897) 198. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 15616 Curran, Bur. Sci. 5321 Ramos, 
Williams 1395, 1396, Bur. Sci. 4446 M earns, Merrill 4305, Elmer 5849, For. Bur. 
18153 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 38. 
In the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes ; India and Ceylon to China 
and Japan, southward through Malaya to New Guinea. 
§ Pleurolobium. 
23. Desmodium gyrans (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in Hook, 
f. FI. Ind. 2 (1876) 174; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62; Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 107. . 
Hedysarum gyrans Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 332. 
Meibomia gyrans O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7922 Ramos: Province of Nueva Viz- 
caya, Bur. Sci. 825 7 Ramos: Province of Benguet, Williams 920, 1407, Merrill 
India to Java and Sumatra, not reported from China or the Malay Peninsula, 
but found in Formosa. 
24. Desmodium gyroides (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in Hook, 
f. FI. Ind. 2 (1876) 175; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66- (1897) 
145; Merr. & Rolfe in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 103. 
Hedysarum gyroides Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57, nomen. 
Meibomia gyrodes O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL (1891) 196. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 369. 
India to southern China and Formosa southward through Malaya to New 
Guinea. 
§ Pteroloma. 
25. Desmodium triquetrum (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 163; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 61; Perk. Frag. 
FI. Philip. (1904) 19; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 143, 
390. 
Hedysarum triquetrum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 746. 
Pteroloma triquetrum Benth. Pl. Jungh. (1852) 220; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 
(1855) 258. 
Meibomia triquetra O. Kuntze Rev. Gen; Pl. (1891) 197. 
Culion, Merrill 519, Bur. Sci. 181 Bermejos. A specimen from Rizal Prov- 
ince, Luzon, Bur. Sci. 1036 Ramos, is also probably referable here. 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 135. 
