_A native of the Hymaleya Mountains, whence seeds _ 
were sent by Dr. Wallich, in 1823, to the Horticultural 
Society, in whose Garden at Chiswick our drawing was 
made in July 1824. A delicate greenhouse undershrub, 
producing flowers in abundance during most of the summer 
months. Propagated by cuttings, which will strike root 
freely in peat and sand. 
We have in vain expected to be able to procure ripened 
seed-vessels of this pretty species of Desmodium, by which 
only its history can be accurately stated; but the flowers 
have constantly fallen off with the petiole immediately 
after blossoming. It belongs to a section of the genus, the 
species of which are so numerous, nearly allied, and difficult 
of determination, that M. de Candolle, in his recent work 
upon the subject, has found himself unable to point out 
any mode of division more satisfactory than one derived 
from their geographical distribution. 
‘We have compared it with many of Roxburgh’s Indian | ! 
species, of which we are in possession of authentic speci- 
mens, and it agrees with none. Neither does it appear 
referable to any of the Nepal species hitherto made known. 
We must therefore content ourselves for the present with 
indicating the points in which it appears to us to differ 
from those species to which it is most nearly allied. 
With D. multiflorum it agrees in the triangular figure of 
the branches, in the form of stipule, and in the situation 
of the inflorescence ; but it differs in the outline of the 
leaflets, which are not ovate, and in the degree of hairiness 
of the racemes, which are by no means hirsute. To this 
De Candolle cites, with doubt, the Hedysarum floribundum 
of Mr. Don, to which ovate-leayes are also attributed, and 
aggregate pedicels. We have never seen the pedicels of 
this plant more than binate; nor would the names of either. 
of these authors be likely to suggest itself for this species. 
With D. angulatum it agrees in having the angles of the 
stem more hairy than the sides, but it differs in most other 
points. 
With D. sambuense it appears to agree in the form of 
the leaflets and stipule, and in some other respects; but 
the racemes cannot be called one-sided ; besides which, 
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