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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 dichroa Craib, 1. 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, 1. 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. Bot. 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. 



