52 CRAIB—INDIGOFERAS OF CHINA. 
longum, 10 mm. latum; alae 16.5 mm. longae, 4.5 mm. latae; 
carina 16.5 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. 
Yunnanfu, Ducloux, 706 (Herb. Kew !). 
ee Faberii, Craib. Sp. nov., I. decorae, Lindl., affinis 
carinae acumine fere 2 mm. longo recedit. 
Siete ramulis pilis perpaucis albidis medifixis adpressis par- 
cissime instructis fusco-brunneo-corticatis. Folia 11—foliolata, 
petiolo 26-32 mm. longo ut rachi glabro suffulta ; stipulae fugaces ; 
foliola opposita vel subopposita, parum inaequilatera, plerumque 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice attenuata, mucronata, basi 
late cuneata, ad 25 mm. longa et 12 mm. lata, chartacea, supra 
glabra, subtus pilis breviusculis albidis medifixis sparse instructa, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 pagina utraque conspicuis, 
nervulis uti reticulatione gracili subtus tantum conspicuis ; 
petioluli circiter 2.5 mm. longi; stipellae graciles, ad 4 mm. 
longae. Racemi in preanlo altero axillares, in altero in ramulo 
aphyllo alternatim dispositi, ad 11 cm. longi, pedunculo 22-30 
mm. longo suffulti; pedicelli ad 4 mm. longi, ut rachis glabri ; 
bracteae deciduae. Calycis tubus 1.5 mm. longus, lobus infimus 
1 mm. longus. Vexilum 11.5 mm. longum, 5.5-7 mm. latum ; 
alae 12 mm. longae, 1.75 mm. latae ; carina acuminata, 13.5 mm. 
(acumine incluso) longa. 
Chekiang Province: Tien Tai Mountains, about 300 m., 
Faber, 243 (Herb. Kew !). 
Indigofera Forrestii, Craib. Sp. nov., J. cinerascenti, Franchet, 
habitu similis sed indumento tenuiore, carina vix acu- 
minata distinguenda. 
Fruticulus 45-60 cm. altus (ex Forrest); caules primo ad- 
presse breviter pubescentes, mox glabri vel fere glabri, angulati, 
pallide brunneo-corticati. Folia plerumque 11-13—foliolata, 
rarius 15, rarissime tantum 5—foliolata, ad 6 cm. longa, petiolo 
8-12 mm. longo ut rachi supra sicco anguste canaliculato suffulta ; 
stipulae circiter 1.5 mm. longae; foliola opposita, anguste 
elliptica vel terminalia fere cuneata, apice rotundata vel terminalia 
truncato-retusa, omnia breviter mucronata, basi rotundata vel 
cuneato-rotundata, 6-11 mm. longa, 4-6 mm. lata, firma, pagina 
utraque sed superiore crassius adpresse albo-pubescentia, costa 
supra sicco impressa subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus 
obscuris, petiolulis circiter 1 mm. longis suffulta;  stipellae 
parvae. Racemi axillares, densi, ad 7 cm. longi, pedunculo 
communi plerumque petiolo distincte longiore rarius eo breviore 
suffulti; bracteae circiter 1 mm. longae; pedicelli bracteis 
subaequilongi. Calyx 2 mm. vix excedens ; lobi deltoidei, acuti, 
