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slightly pilose, the basal joint abruptly contracted into a slender pedicel, 
the terminal joint apiculate. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Pena Blanca, F. E. Bolster 181, October 7, 1905, 
on boulders along the river at an altitude of about 150 m. 
Desmodium virgatum Zoll. Nat. Geneesk. Arch. 3 (1846) 58; Prain in 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 6 6- (1897) 143. 
Luzon, Vidal 248; Loher 2348, 2349; Bur. Sci. 4 Foxworthy ; For. Bur. 2231 
Meyer. Palawan, Bur. Sci. 194 Bermejos. 
Burma to Perak and Java; new to the Philippines. 
Desmodium gyro ides DC. Mem. Leg. (1825) 322; Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; 
Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 269, July, 1906. 
British India to Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago; new to 
the Philippines. 
FLEMINGIA Roxb. 
Flemingia ph il ippi nensis Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, prostrata; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis subsessilibus, coria- 
ceis, dense et valde reticulatis, leviter pilosis, 4 ad 6 cm longis, apice 
rotundatis; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, congestis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis; 
floribus 8 mm longis, calycis lobis valde inaequalibus ; leguminibus 7 
mm longis, pubescentibus, turgidis; seminibus globosis. 
A suffrutescent perennial from a stout woody root, the branches 
prostrate, trailing, the leaves trifoliolate, the leaflets densely and strongly 
reticulate, somewhat pilose on both surfaces, coriaceous, rounded at the 
apex, the inflorescence a dense axillary solitary raceme 2 to 2.5 cm long, 
the bracts lanceolate, the lower lobe of the calyx much exceeding the 
others. Branches prostrate, terete or somewhat angular, appressed-pilose, 
in age nearly glabrous. Petioles stout, 1 to 2 cm long, flattened above, 
somewhat pilose; leaflets subsessile, nearly equal, coriaceous, densely and 
strongly reticulate, oblong, entire, inequilateral at the base, rounded at 
the apex, 4 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide. Flowers about 8 mm long, 
the calyx densely appressed-pilose, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, the 
lowest one much exceeding the others. Corolla pink or pale-purple, the 
standard about 6 mm long. Pod 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, turgid, some- 
what pubescent, 1- or 2-seeded, the pedicels about 3 mm long, the calyx 
persistent. Seeds black, smooth, globose. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Cervantes to Mancayan, Merrill 4460, November, 
1905, in open grass-covered slopes. Allied to Flemingia congesta but abundantly 
distinct. 
MILLETTIA Wight & Arn. 
Mill ett ia Ahernii Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra ; foliis imparipinnatis, 3- vel 4-jugatis,circiter 25 cm 
longis ; foliolis glabris, supra nitidis, elliptico-ovatis vel elliptico-oblongis, 
basi acutis, apice acuminatis, subeoriaceis, 8 ad 9 cm longis, 3 ad 4.5 
cm latis, nervis utrinque 8 ; leguminibus lanceolatis, crassis, planis, 18 ad 
20 cm longis, 2 ad 2.5 cm latis. 
