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

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

 Calyx extra parce adpresse brunneo-pubescens ; tubus 1'75 mm. 

 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-pubescens ; alae 

 angustae, vexillo aequilongae ; carina alas paullo superans. 

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

 ovulatum. Legume?! 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, Linn.— F.B.I., ii. p. 98 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

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

 lxvi. p. 356. 



Sriracha, on open, rocky, grassy slope, 15 m., Kerr, 2138. 



Distr. Tropics. 



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

 Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 355. 



Cape Liant, Murton, 35. 



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

 Africa. 



Indigofera pulchella, Roxb. — 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 Meh 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 Eepert. 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 foliorumque novorum indumento brunneo haud 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 brunneo-pubescentes, mox parce brevissime adpresse 

 strigillosi, cortice 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, 

 1*5-3 cm. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque parce 

 pubescentia, margine integro, nervo primario utrinque conspicuo, 

 nervis lateralibus obscuris, supra f usca, subtus pallide viridia ; 

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

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

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

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

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



