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suffulti. Bracteae sub anthesin deciduae, 1*5 mm. longae. Pedicelli 

 ad 5 mm. longi, ut rhachi pilis paucis adpressis brnnneis instruct!. 

 Calyx extra parce adpresse brunneo-pubescens ; tubus 1*75 imii. 

 longus ; lobi lanceolati, acuti, ad 1 mm. longi. Corolla purpurea 

 (ex Kerr) ; vexillum subellipticum, 8 mm. longum, 6 mm. latum, 

 ungui 1 mm. longo, extra breviter adpresse albo-pubeacens ; alae 

 angustae, vexillo aequilongae ; carina alas paullo superans. 

 Ovarium circiter 8 mm. longum et 0"3 mm. latum, glabrum, multi- 

 ovulatum. Legumen ad 4"3 cm. longum, 1*5 mm. latum, acuminatum, 

 suturis incrassatum, glabrum. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 148. 



Chiengmai, in open grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 1500 m., Kerr, 

 1388, 1978. 



Indigofera hirsuta, Li7m. — F.B.I., ii. p. 98 ; Coll. et Herasl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 39 ; Prain, Jouru. As. See. Beng., 

 Ixvi. p. 356. 



Sriracha, on open, rocky, grassy slope, 15 m., Kei-r, 2138. 



Distr. Tropics. 



Indigofera linifolia, Relz. — F.B.I., ii. p. 92 ; Prain, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 355. 



Cape Liant, Mnrton^ 35. 



Distr. Afghanistan, India, Burma, China, Malaya, Australia, 

 Africa. 



Indig^ofera pulchella, Roxh. — F.B.I., ii. p. 101 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 i. p. 361 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 39 ; 

 Hosseus, ii. p. 398, 



Ban Meli Wang, 300 m,, Hosseus, 362, Kerr, 1006 ; Chiengmai, in 

 deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1665. 



Distr. N. India, Burma, China. 



Indigofera siamensis, Hosseus, Fedde Repert. Nov. Sp., iv. (1907) 

 p. 291, i. p. 485 et ii. p. 398. 



Wang Djao, 100 m., Hosseus, 120. 



Indigofera sootepensis, Craib, affinis /. galegoidi, DC, a qua 

 ramorum folioruni([ue novorum indumento brunneo baud albo, 

 foliolis numerosioribus, bracteis stipulisque longioribus, legumine 

 fere dimidio breviore turgidiore differt. 



Frutex ad 2*5 m. altus (ex Kerr). Rami flexuosi, subangulati, 

 juventute dense bruuneo-pubescentes, mox parce brevissime adpresse 

 strigillosi, corticc brunneo. Folia 15-18 cm. longa, petiolo ad 

 1 cm. longo, rhachi supra canaliculata : stipulae e basi fere 1 mm. 

 lata longe attenuatae, ad 12 mm. longae; foliola 37-41, opposita 

 nisi infima subopposita, anguste oblonga vel terminalia obovata, 

 apice rotundata, mucronata, basi rotundata vel terminalia cuneata, 

 l'5-3 cm. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque parce 

 pubescentia, margine integro, nervo ])rimario utrintpie conspicuo, 

 nervis lateralibus o])scuris, supra f usca, subtus pallide viridia ; 

 stipellae minutae ; petioluli circiter 2 mm. longi. Racemi axillares, 

 usque ad apices ramorum, multitlori, ad 9 cm. longi, pedunculo 

 1 cm. longo. Flares breviter pedicellati, bracteis deciduis alabastra 

 superantibus. Calyx fore 2 mm. longus, dentibus parvis, dense 

 strigillosus. Corolla longe exserta, circiter I cm. longa, vexillo 



