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brunneo obtecti, angulati. Folia 5~g—foliolata, 2-4 cm, longa, 
petiolo 1-2.3 cm. longo ut ramulis rachique pauperrime pubes- 
cente suffulta; stipulae ad 6 mm. longae, breviter adpresse 
brunneo-pubescentes ; foliola opposita, elliptica vel oblongo- 
elliptica, utrinque rotundata vel basi rotundato-cuneata cunea- 
tave, apice mucronata, 8-20 mm. longa, 5-10.5 mm. lata, 
chartacea, pagina utraque sparse adpresse pubescentia, nervis 
lateralibus paucis subconspicuis; petioluli circiter 1. 
longi, tenuiter pubescentes ; stipellae graciles, petiolulis brevi- 
ores. Racemt axillares, ad 5 cm. longi, pedunculo communi 5-10 
mm. longo ut rachi adpresse pubescente suffulti; pedicelli 
graciles, 2-3 mm. longi; bracteae plerumque decidua vix 3 mm. 
longae. Calycis tubus 2 mm. longus, lobus infimus lanceolatus, 
acutus, 1.5mm. longus. Vexillum ellipticum, in unguem brevem 
contractum, 9.5 mm. longum, 6.5 mm. latum; alae vix g mm. 
longae, 2.75 mm. latae; carina 8.5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata.— 
I. pendula, Franchet, var., Diels in Notes, Edin. Bot. Gard., No. 
XXXili. pp. 219, 220. 
Ey Along the base of the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40’ N. Shrub of 3-6 ft. Flowers pale rose. Dry, o 
situations amongst scrub. 7000-8000 ft.” Forrest, 4251. (Herb. 
Edinburgh !). 
A shade form of this species is represented by Forrest, 4258, 
from the same locality at 8000-g000 ft. (Herb. Edinburgh !). 
Ducloux, 817 (Herb. Kew !), is rather scrappy, but may be 
merely a form of this species with keel nearly 10 mm. 
long. 
Indigofera Duclouxii, Craib. Sp. nov., ob flores 16-17 mm. 
longos cum foliis coaetaneos distincta. 
Ramuli juventute pilis longiusculis divergentibus brunneis 
parce instructi, mox glabri vel subglabri, cortice brunneo vel 
usco-brunneo obtecti. Foha 15-19—foliolata, vix matura, ad 
10 cm. longa, petiolo ad 32 mm. longo indumento racheos ramu- 
lorumque juvenilium suffulta ; stipulae lineares, acutae, circiter 
g mm. longae, pilis brunneis albisque immixtis laxe tectae ; 
foliola opposita, oblonga, basi cuneato-rotundata vel rotundata, 
apice rotundata vel truncata, mucronata, ad 24 mm. longa et 
12 mm. lata, pagina utraque, saltem statu juvenili, tenuiter 
laxe pilosa, nervis lateralibus obscuris, petiolulis 1 mm. longis 
indumento ramulorum suffulta ; stipellae filiformes, ad 4 mm. 
longae. Racemi cum foliis coaetanei, ad 7 cm. longi, pedunculo 
ad 2 cm. longo indumento ut rachi ramulisque juvenilibus 
suffulti ; pedicelli 3 mm. longi, brunneo-pilosi ; bracteae deciduae, 
circiter 3.5 mm. longae. Calycis tubus 1.5 mm. longus, lobi ad 
3 mm. longi (sub en: Vexillum oblongo-obovatum, 17 mm. 
