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MATERIALS ‘FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 
Indigofera Kotensis Hayara sp. nov. Suffrutex, ramis fulvo- 
cinerascentibus lenticellis dispersis, ramulis  rectis subtetragonis 
vel ‘subteretibus, pauce pubescentibus, vel sub-glabratis, remote 
foliatis. Folia imparipinnata, ambitu oblongo-linearia, 18 em. longa, 
8 em. lata, tenuiter pubecentia, foliolis lateralibus equilongis utraque 
latere 5-6, oppositis, foliolo terminali conformibus, oblongis 54 em. 
longis, 2 cm. latis, apice obtusis ad summum breve aristatis, basi 
obtusis, integerrimis tenuiter chartaceis, vel membranaceis, venis 
supra tenuiter elevatis, subtus inconspicuis, supra depressopubescen- 
tibus, petiolulis 3 mm. longis, petiolis 2 em. longis, cum rhachis 
supra canaliculatis, glandulosis, foliolo terminali quam lateralibus 
majore. Racemi terminales vel axillares 8 em. longi, dense florati, 
(pedunculis 1 cm. longis), bracteis ad pulvinos pedicellorum minute 
ciliato-dentes reductis, ad pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Flores 9-mm. 
longi, pubescentes. Calyx late campanulatus, valde obliquus, latere 
superiore 14 mm. longus, latere inferiore 3 mm. longus, 6-dentatus. 
Vexillum rotundatum apice rotundatum 11mm. longum 7$ mm. latum 
basi late truncato-obtusum. Als angustate 9 mm. lon gee, 2mm. late 
basi dorso carinate. Carina late cultriformis, 9 mm. longa, 34 mm. 
lata, apice obtusa, basi late truncata. Ovarium glabrum. 
Has. Kotosho, leg. T. Kawaxamr et G. Naxanara, 1906, Mart. 
(No. 1063). 
Near Indigofera atropurpurea Roxs.; but differs from it by 
slightly curved pod and very short bracts reduced to ciliate teeth. 
The bracts of JL. atropurpurea are very long, and exceed flower- 
buds in length. 
Indigofera trifoliata Linn.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tings Bb py: 96: 
Hance in Journ. Bot. (1879), p. 105; Wicur Ie. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 314; 
Forses et Hemsu: Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 137. 
