beneath. ; 
With D. podocarpum it may be compared, on account of 
its ascending round stem, and angular downy branches ; 
but the description of the leaves and inflorescence of that 
plant will not apply to this. He 
Upon the whole, we are disposed to believe that of the 
above species the D. sambuense will be found most nearly 
related to this. 
M. de Candolle gives the following definition of the 
extensive tribe to which Desmodium belongs. 
‘¢ Embryo homotropous (having the same direction as 
the seed). Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens rarely sepa- 
rate, generally monadelphous, or diadelphous in different 
degrees, namely, being 9 and 1, or 5 and 5. Legumen 
divided across into one-seeded cells, or articulations. 
Cotyledons nearly flat, in the course of germination con- 
verted into folioles, which are furnished with pores. A very © 
natural tribe, which is easily recognised, except in the 
following cases: viz., 1°. Ina few genera, which cannot 
with propriety be separated from Hedysarum, the legumen, 
perhaps by the abortion of the upper cells, is one-celled, as 
Onobrychis, Eleiotis, Lespedeza, &c.; 2°. In a very few 
genera, which are referred to Loteze, and can scarcely be 
divided from that tribe, the legumen, by means of trans- 
yerse contractions, becomes almost multilocular, as in 
certain species of the genera Anthyllis and Medicago, in 
Nissolia, Sesbania, &c.” 
D. dubiwn has nearly triangular branches, which are 
striated between the angles, and hairy along the angles, 
especially towards their joints. eaves on long stalks, 
erect-spreading ; the stipule ovate, acuminate, somewhat 
falcate, arid, rather hairy; petiole angular, pubescent; 
stipelle small, subulate; Jateral leaflets oblong, stalked, 
obtuse, apiculate; the odd one larger, obovate, apiculate ; 
all opaque on the upper side, green, and silky on the under 
side, glaucous and villous. _Racemes terminal, lax, many- 
flowered, erect; rachis pilose; bractee ovate, acuminate, 
arid, rather hairy, longer than the pedicels, soon falling off. 
Flowers bright pink, in pairs; their pedicels filiform and 
pubescent; calyw somewhat campanulate, rather hairy, 
4-toothed; teeth acuminate; the upper two-lobed. 
J. L. 
the leaflets of that plant are said by Mr. Don to be hoary 
