1. Phyllodium longipes (Craib) Schindler, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 270. 1924.
长叶排钱树 chang ye pai qian shu
Desmodium longipes Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 20. 1910; D. tonkinense Schindler.
Shrubs, ca. 1 m tall. Branchlets densely brown pubescent. Petiole ca. 3 mm; terminal leaflet blade lanceolate or oblong, 13-20 × 3.7-6 cm, lateral ones obliquely ovate, 3-4 × 1.5-2 cm, abaxially densely brown soft hairy, adaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrescent, lateral veins 8-15 on each side of midvein, distinctly reticulate veined. Flowers (5-)9-15, enclosed by pair of leaflike bracts; bracts obliquely ovate, 2.5-3.5 × 2-2.7 cm. Pedicel 4-6 mm. Calyx 4-5 mm, white tomentose. Corolla white or pale yellow; standard obovate, 3-9 mm, clawed; wings 7-8 mm, base auriculate, clawed; keel arcuate, 8-8.5 mm. Ovary 3.5-4 mm, 7- or 8-ovuled. Legume narrowly oblong, 0.8-1.5 cm × ca. 3.5 mm, lower suture more deeply undulate, upper suture slightly undulate, both surfaces downy, 2-5-jointed; articles broadly oblong to nearly quadrangular. Seed broadly elliptic, ca. 3 × 2.3 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Oct-Nov.
Thickets, dense forests; 900-1000 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, S Yunnan [Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].