48 CRAIB—INDIGOFERAS OF CHINA. 
Ramuli primo pilis albis adpressis densius tecti, angulati, 
straminei, demum fere glabri, teretes, cortice brunneo vel pallide 
brunneo obtecti. Folia 7-g—foliolata, 9-10 cm. longa, petiolo 3-4 
cm.longo ut rachisupra late canaliculato suffulta; stipulae 1.5 mm. 
longae ; foliola opposita vel raro alterna, oblongo-elliptica, elliptica 
vel oblongo-obovata, apice rotundata, mucronata, basi cuneata 
vel late cuneata, 15-31 mm. longa, 8-17 mm. lata, pagina utraque 
pilis albis medifixis breviusculis parce instructa, subtus palli- 
diora, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 supra subconspicuis ; 
petioluli circiter 1.5 mm. longi; stipellae minutae. Racemi 
axillares, ad 11 cm. longi, fere e basi floriferi; bracteae paulo 
ultra 1 mm. longae, deciduae ; pedicelli 1.5 mm. longi. Calycis 
tubus 1.5 mm. longus, lobo infimo subaequilongus ; lobi later- 
ales infimo breviores, supremi breves. Vexillum circiter 6 mm 
longum, apice cochleatum; alae 6.5 mm. longae; carina alis 
paulo brevior. 
Hupeh, Wilson, 3077 (Herb. Kew !). 
Indigofera Balfouriana, Craib. Sp. nov., ab affini J. 
Dielsiana, Craib, calyce ejusque tubo corollaque breviori- 
bus recedit. 
Frutex 0.6-1.8 m. altus (ex Forrest); ramuli primo sub- 
adpresse crispatim pubescentes, mox glabri, cortice brunneo 
lenticellato obtecti. Folia 5-7—foliolata, 12-30 mm. longa, 
petiolo 5-13 mm. longo suffulta; stipulae circiter 3 mm. 
longae, adpresse brunneo-pubescentes; foliola elliptica vel 
terminalia obovata, apice rotundata vel saepius retusa, mu- 
cronata, basi late cuneata vel rotundata, 6-13 mm. longa, 4-9.5 
mm. lata, pagina utraque sed subtus densius adpresse albo-pubes- 
centia, subtus pallidiora, nervis subobscuris ; petioluli ad 1.5 mm. 
longi; stipellae parvae. Racemi axillares, ad 2.5 cm. longi, 
pedunculo communi brevi suffulti; pedicelli ad 2 mm. longi; 
bracteae paulo ultra 1 mm. longae, cito deciduae. Calycis tubus 
I mm. longus; lobus infimus lineari-lanceolatus, acutus, 1.25 
mm. longus; lobi supremi deltoidei, acutiusculi, 1 mm. longi. 
Vexillum suborbiculare, emarginulatum, subsessile, 8 mm. 
longum, 7 mm. latum; alae 7.25 mm. longae, 2.5 mm. latae ; 
carnia 7 mm. longa, 2.75 mm. lata. 
‘‘ Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat.27°10’N. Shrub 
of 2-6 ft. Flowers deep rose. Dry, open situations amongst 
scrub. gooo-10,000 ft.’ Forrest, 5627 (Herb. Edinburgh !). 
Indigofera Carlesii, Craib. Sp. nov., ab I. Kirilowii, Maxim. 
ex Palibin, corolla ante anthesin omnino dense breviter 
albo-tomentella, foliolis majoribus distinguenda. 
