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and the shape of the nectaries, but it differs from it in the absence 

 of the characteristic hypogaeous portion of the stem and the 

 remarkable rope-like tubers, which are unique in the section 

 Napellus. The plant was raised at Kew from seed collected by 

 Mr. Cooper for Messrs. Bees, Limited. 



912. Indigofera Barberi, Gamble [Leguminosae-Galegeae] ; 

 /. trifoliatae, L. affinis, foliolo terminal] petiolulato, legumine 

 toruloso ad suturaruni latera hand alato 2-4 spermo differt. 



Stiff rutex parvus, ramosus, ramis ascendentibus appresse griseo- 

 pubescentibus strict is. Folia 3-foliolata, foliolis obovatis mucro- 

 natis appresse villosis subtus glandulosis, 1-5-3*5 cm. longis ad 

 2 cm. latis, terminal! longiore; petiolus communis 1-2 cm. 

 longus; petiolulus terminalis ad 1 cm. longus, laterales brevis- 

 simi; stipulae setaceae, caducae. Flores minuti, in racemos 

 axillares 7-10 mm. longos multifloros aggregati. Calyx circa 1 

 mm. longus, dentibus 5 aequalibus subulatis villosis. Corolla • 

 exserta; vexillum ova turn, sessile; alae oblongae, basi acutae, 

 vix in unguem contractae; carinae petala obtusa, falcata, basi 

 calcare aeuto munita. Legumen lineare, torulosum, ad 15 mm. 

 longum, appresse albo-villosuin, deflexum, suturis incrassatis, 

 apice longe acuminatum, acumine recurvo, seminibus 2-4. 



S. India. Cuddapah hills, Beddome; Melpat, S. Arcot, C.A. 

 Barber 1076 (Sept. 1899); Shevarov hills, Salem, Bourne 869 

 (October 1897). 



I have long hesitated about this species. I agree with 

 Dr. Barber in considering it as coming between 7. trifoliata, L. 

 and I. trita, L.f., and think it best to describe it as new, for I 

 cannot consider it even as a varietv of either. 



913. Erythrina mysorensis, Gamble [ Leguminosae-Phaseo- 



leae-Erythrineae] ; E. strictae, Iloxb., affinis, floribus minoribus, 



eorollae alis 6t carina aequiloagis circa 12 mm. longis, staniini- 



bus diadelphis, foliolis late ovatis abrupte acuminatis subcoriaceis 

 ^dilfert. 



Arbor, ramulis inermibus (an semper?) Folia trifoliolata 

 petiolo communi 10 cm. longo, petiolulis 0'75 cm. longis, stipellis 

 verrucosis; foliola subcoriacea, late ovata, apice abrupte acumi- 

 nata, terminale 12 cm. longum 9 cm. latum, lateralia 10 cm. 

 longa 7 cm. lata nervis utrinque 6 conspicuis quorum 2 inferiores 

 e basi oriuntur. Racemi axillares, 12-15 cm. longi, floribus 

 apicem versus fasciculatis vix 3 cm. longis coccineis. Calyx 

 spathaceus, ad dimidiam partem fissus, supra minute dentatus. 

 Corolla exserta; vexillum obovato-oblongum, emarginatum, 3 cm. 

 longum; alae obovatae, 12 mm. longae; carinae petalae liberae, 



alis aequilongae, late falcatae. 'Stamina diadelpha, 9 et 1. 

 Ovarium lineare, villo^um, stylo subulato glabro. Legumen 

 ignotum. 



S. India. Mvsore; Chickenalli, 900 m., A. Meebold 9728 

 {Xov. 1908; Herb. Calc). 



Although this is the only specimen apparently known, I have 

 thought it best after much consideration to describe it, as the 



