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[Desmodium. 
Pahang, Rumpin River (Evans) ; Penang, Ayer Hitam (Curtis). 
Lankawi (Curtis). Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). 
sub. var. minor. A small form. Leaflets oblong-obtuse, '75 
to i in. long, reticulate; branches silky. Racemes 175 in. long. 
Hab. Setul, Heaths (Ridley). 
(14) D. ovalifolium Wall. Cat. 5730. D. polycarpum var. 
ovalifolium Prain , l.c. 141. 
Prostrate shrublet with long branches. Leaves trifoliate; 
leaflets elliptic to round, base round, terminal one 1 to 2-5 in. long, 
•7 to i*3 in. wide, laterals about half as big, white-silky beneath; 
petioles *2 to -5 in. long. Racemes axillary and terminal dense, 
1 in. long. Calyx sub-glabrous, - i in. long. Corolla pale lavender, 
•15 in. long. Pod 75 in. long, hairy all over, joints 6 to 8. Hob. 
Waste ground and roadsides. Common. Singapore, Ang Mo Kio. 
Pahang, Pekan; Kwala Lipis (Machado). Johor, Kota Tinggi. 
Malacca, Ayer Keroh; Alor Gajah; Machap (Derry). Negri 
Sembilan, Kwala Pedas; Tampin. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, 
Goping; Telor Pinang; Kwala Kangsa. Penang (Wallich). Rah¬ 
man, Kota Bharu (Gwynne-Vaughan). Kedah, Alor Sta. Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
This has been confused by most botanists with D. polycarpum, though 
in life the two could not be mistaken. It differs in its creeping habit, round 
silky leaves and pale lavender flowers. 
(15) D. ormocarpoides DC. Prodr. ii. 327. 
Weak shrublet, 2 ft. tall, unbranched. Young parts shortly 
hairy. Leaves i-foliate; petioles 75 in. long, pubescent; leaflet 
sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, silky beneath, ovate acute, base 
round, 4 to 6 in. long, i'5 to 2‘5 in. wide. Stipules ovate acuminate. 
Raceme terminal 6 to 10 in. long; flowers 12 to 20, distant pale blue 
or white; bracts minute; rachis puberulous. Calyx *i in. long, 
pubescent teeth deltoid. Corolla '2 in. long. Pod 3 to 4 j n - l 0I1 g> 
■15 in. wide, pendulous, very adhesive, joints 6 to 8, flat thin green, 
constricted at both sutures. Hab. Dense forests. Pahang, Kwala 
Tembeling. Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Perak, Temengoh. Penang, 
Balik Pulau, Distrib. India, Ceylon, Java. 
Our form has more pubescent leaves than the Indian one and 
is the var. velutina Prain. It occurs also in the Andamans and 
Java. 
(16) D. gangeticum DC. Prodr. ii. 327; Baker, l.c. 11. 168; 
Prain, l.c. 142. 
A slender shrublet 1 to 4 ft. tall with few puberulous branches. 
Leaves i-foliate; petioles slender, 75 in. long; leaflets elliptic, blunt 
to ovate sub-acute, 3 to 5*5 in. long, i'2 in. wide; nerves fine, 
8 to 9 pairs. Stipules linear, *25 in. long. Racemes terminal, 
axillary slender, 8 to 14 in. long. Flowers in distant fascicles, 
bracts minute. Calyx pubescent, *08 in. long, teeth lanceolate. 
Corolla yellow, *15 in. long. Pod sub-falcate, *5 to 75 in. long, 
