Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC.

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PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Desmodium
Common on savannas; several stems, less than 1 m
high, produced, from a woody underground stock;
flowers pink; leaves 1-3 foliate.
Morobe District: Water Rice, Markham ValleyB alt. 450 m.
L. J. Brass, no. 321*93___________________ November	11, 1959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the aid of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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