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Ramuli pilis adpressis medifixis instructi, plus minusve 
glabrescentes, primo angulati, mox teretes vel fere teretes. 
Folia 5~g—foliolata, 7.5-11.5 cm. longa, petiolo 1.7-2.2 cm. longo 
ut rachi supra eats pilis medifixis adpressis hispido plus 
minusve glabrescente suffulta ; stipulae deciduae, 1 cm. longi- 
tudine vix attingentes ; foliola opposita, subelliptica vel ovato- 
elliptica, paulo inaequilatera, apice obtusa vel rotundata, apicu- 
lata, basi cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata, 2-5 cm. longa, I.4—3 cm. 
lata, rigide chartacea, pagina utraque pilis breviusculis medifixis 
hispida, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-8 supra conspicuis subtus 
prominentibus, nervis transversis supra conspicuis vel subcon- 
spicuis subtus prominulis ; petioluli 2-4 mm. longi; stipellae con- 
spicuae petiolulis plerumque paululo longiores. Racemi axillares, 
sub anthesin laxiusculi, folia valde superantes, ad 17 cm. longi, 
pedunculo communi ad 6 cm. longo ut rachi angulato pilis ad- 
pressis breviusculis medifixis laxius instructo suffulti; pedicelli 
4cm. vix attingentes, post anthesin incrassati ; bracteae deciduae, 
circiter 2 mm. longae. Calycis tubus 2.5 mm. longus, lobo 
infimo subaequilongus. Vexillum subellipticum, 15.5 mm. 
longum, 9 mm. latum, apice rotundatum; alae carinae sub- 
aequales. 
Chinkiang, Carles, 514 (Herb. Kew! Edinburgh !). 
Indigofera chalara, Craib. Sp. nov., ab J. Kirilowit, 
axim. ex Palib., foliolis alternis, calycis lobis brevioribus 
latioribus distinguenda. 
Suffrutex 1.8 m. altus (ex Wilson); ramuli pilis perpaucis 
medifixis adpressis primo instructi, mox glabri, brunneo- vel 
cinereo-brunneo-corticati. Folia 7-g—foliolata, 9.5-11 cm. longa, 
petiolo 1.5-2.2 cm. longo supra canaliculato ut rachi parce 
adpresse pubescente suffulta; stipulae cito deciduae; foliola 
alterna, plerumque ovata, ovato-lanceolata vel late ovata, 
interdum subrotundata vel terminalia obovata, apice acuta, 
obtusa, rotundata vel retusa, apiculata, basi plerumque parum 
obliqua, late cuneata, rotundata vel truncata, 1.7~-3 cm. longa, 
1.1-2.4 cm. lata, chartacea, pagina utraque pilis medifixis crispulis 
instructa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 obscuris vel 
pagina superiore subconspicuis, petiolulis 1.5-3 mm. longis 
suffulta ; stipellae filiformes, circiter 1.5 mm. longae. Racemt 
axiliares, ad 10 cm. longi, pedunculo communi petiolo subaequi- 
longo vel eo longiore suffulti; pedicelli graciles, circiter 4 mm. 
longi; bracteae deciduae. Calycis tubus ad 2 mm. longus, lobus 
infimus 1 mm. longus. Vexillum 12 mm. longum, 5.5 mm. 
latum ; alae 10.5 mm. longae ; carina 12 mm. longa. 
Cential China, Wilson, 1230 (Herb. Kew, coll. May 1901! 
Herb. Edinburgh, coll. June 1900 !). 
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