88 
MERRILL. 
29. Desmodium lasiocarpum (Beauv.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 328. 
Uedysarum lasiocarpum Beauv. FI. Oware & Benin 1 (1804) 32, t. 18; Poir. in 
Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 (1817) 15. 
Uedysarum latifolium Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57. 
Desmodium latifolium DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 328; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. 2 (1876) 168; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62, excl. syn. Naves pi. 372; Vidal 
Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 107. 
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 584. 
Desmodium gangeticum Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2: 384, non DC. 
. Meibomia lasiocarpa 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 196. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 15915 Bacani, Williams 1405: Province 
of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 1833 Ramos, For. Bur. 2008 Ahern’s collector: Province of 
Laguna, Hallier s. n. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Merrill 5466. Negros, 
For. Bur. 13720 Curran. 
Tropical Africa and Asia to southern China and Formosa, through Malaya to 
New Guinea; introduced in the West Indies. 
The specimens from Rizal Province sometimes have simple leaves, sometimes 
two leaflets, and sometimes three; the additional leaflets, when present, are very 
much smaller than the normal single one. The specimens are all manifestly 
referable to this species. 
The Blancoan synonyms are referred here, and under D. gangeticum, above, 
after iF.-Villar ; the descriptions are too imperfect to be absolutely sure of the 
correctness of the identifications. 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
Desmodium pilosiusculum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 335. 
The origin of the material on which this species was based is doubtful. 
DeCandolle says “in Philippieis ? (v. s. ex herb. Thibaud. ).” Mr. C. DeCandolle 
has kindly supplied me with a photograph of the type; it is not matched by 
any recently collected Philippine material, nor among the extra-Philippine species 
represented in this Herbarium. Mr. C. DeCandolle suggests that the specimen 
may have come from America. 
Desmodium kingianum Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66- (1897) 398. 
The type of this species was from Burma. Usteri 47 has reported it from Cebu 
and Panay, but I have seen no Philippine specimens that agree with Prain’s 
description. The Philippine reference may have been based on erroneously 
identified material. 
Desmodium reniforme DC.; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 62. 
A species not definitely known from the Philippines. It is reported from India 
and Java. 
Desmodium Desv. (1813) is antedated by Meibomia Adans. (1763), and 
Pleurolobus St. Ilil. (1812), but is here retained in accordance with the list of 
nomina conservanda of the Vienna Botanical Congress. 
48. MONARTHROCARPUS gen. nov. 
Calycis tubus brevis; lobi 2 superiores alte connati, 3 inferiores Sub- 
caudato-acuminati. Corolla ut in Desmodio ; vexillum orbieulari-obova- 
tum basi angustatum; alae oblongae, carinae adhaerentes. Stamen vexil- 
Beitr. Ken. Phil. Veg. (1905) 115. 
