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The erect, racemose inflorescence of this pleasing shrub continues to grow and 

 bear flowers from mid-July until late autumn. The flowers vary from pale rose 

 to red-pink and are very freely produced. The shrub is common in western Hupeh 

 but has not been recorded from Szech^uan. E. H. W. 



Indigofera dicliroa Craib, l. c. 50 (1913). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 2000 m., June 



1908 (No. 3084; bush 1.6 m. tall, flowers pale pink). 



Indigofera ichangensis Craib, 1. c. 55 (1913). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2034); 

 without precise locality, April 1908 (Veitch Exped. No. 466). 



Indigofera ichangensis, f, calvescens Craib, 1. c, 75 (1913). 

 Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan roadsides, alt. 1000-1300 m., May 

 5, 1907 (No. 3082; bush 0.6-2 m. tall, flowers blush-pink). 



Indigofera ichangensis, f. leptantha Craib, I. c. 75 (1913). 

 Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, side of streams, alt. 1300 m.. 

 May 1907 (No. 3081; bush 1.3-1.6 m. tall, flowers purple), 



Indigofera ichangensis, f. rigida Craib, 1. c. 75 (1913). 

 Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-800 m., May 

 and June 1907 (No. 3083; bush 0.6-2 m. tall, flowers pink). 



Indigofera Monbeigii, Craib, 1. c. 57 (1913). 



Western Szech'uan: near Mao-chou, roadsides, alt. 1000-1600 

 m.. May 23, 1908 (No. 3075; bush 1 m. tall, flowers red); Monkong 

 Ting, dry places, alt. 1600-2300 m., June 1908 (No. 3080; bush 0.6- 

 1 m. tall, flowers crimson). 



Indigofera pseudotinctoria Matsumura in Bot Mag. Tokyo, XVI. 

 62 (1902). — Craib in Not BoL Gard. Edinburgh, XXXVI. 69 (1913). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, ravines, alt. 300-1000 m., May 1907 

 (No. 786, flowering specimens only; bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers red); 

 Patung Hsien, side of streams, alt, 1000-1300 m., May 1907 (No. 

 3076; bush 1.3-1.6 m. tall, flowers white); Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 1000-1300 m., August 197 (No. 3489; bush 2-2.6 m. tall, flowers rosy- 

 pink); same locality, alt, 2000 m., July 1907 (No. 3490; bush 1.3 m. 



tall, flowers pink); without precise locality, 1900 (Veitch Exped.. Nos. 

 408, 2711). 



A colloquial name for this very common shrub is " Yeh-lan-chih-tzu." 



E. H. W. 



