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supremi breves, infimo tubo subaequali. Vexillwm ellipticum, 
sessile, apice breviter apiculatum, 6.5 mm. longum, fere 5 mm. 
latum ; alae fere 6.5 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae; carina obtusa, 
6.25 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. 
‘Eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Dwarf 
shrub of 14-2 ft. Flowers deep purplish-rose, interior darkest. 
Stony pasture and on ledges of cliffs. Alt. 8000~-go00 ft.’’ 
Forrest, 7000 (Herb. Edinburgh !). 
Indigofera Fortunei, Craib. Sp. nov., ab I. venulosa, Champion, 
foliolis glabris nisi juvenilibus pilis perpaucis cito deciduis 
margine inferne costaque infra instructis distinguenda. 
Fruticulus circiter 30 cm. altus (ex Fortune), caule erecto 
glabro tenuiter angulato brunneo-corticato ad 3 mm. diametro. 
Folia 7-15—foliolata, 6-10 cm. longa, petiolo 2-3 cm. longo glabro 
suffulta ; stipulae deciduae, 3.5 mm. longae; foliola plerumque 
opposita sed interdum alterna, ovato-lanceolata vel ovato- 
elliptica, inaequilatera, apice obtusa vel rotundata, apiculata, 
basi rotundata vel cuneato-rotundata, 15-22 mm. longa, 9-16 mm. 
lata, rigida, glabra nisi primo pilis perpaucis medifixis cito 
deciduis margine inferne costaque infra instructa, nervislateralibus 
utrinque 6-8 cum nervulis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, 
petiolulis 2 mm. longis suffulta ; stipellae conspicuae, petiolulos 
subaequantes. Racem: axillares, ad 13 cm. longi, pedunculo 
communi ad 3 cm. longo suffulti; pedicelli 3 mm. longi; bracteae 
deciduae. Calycis tubus 2 mm. longus, lobus infimus circiter 
1.5 mm. longus. Vexillum 10-11 mm. longum, 6—9.5 mm. latum, 
apice emarginulatum ; alarum lamina 6.5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. 
lata, ungui 3.5 mm. longo vix 1.5 mm. lato adjecto ; carina 11.5 
mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Ovarium 5 mm. altum, glabrum. 
China, Fortune, 43 ex Herb. Benth., sine numero ex Herb. 
Hook. (Herb. Kew }). 
Indigofera Hancockii, Craib. Sp. nov., J. cinerascentt, 
Franchet, habitu persimilis sed partibus junioribus _pilis 
medifixis et albidis et brunneis haud albidis tantum vestitis, 
carina haud vel brevissime acuminata distinguenda. 
Caules primo pilis medifixis albidis cum brunneis immixtis 
adpressis dense vestiti, mox glabri vel fere glabri, corticé rubro- 
brunneo obtecti. Folia 4-5 cm. longa, 9-17—foliolata, petiolo 
circiter 9 mm. longo suffulta, petiolo rachique ut caulibus pubes- 
centibus supra canaliculatis vel obscure canaliculatis ; stipulae 
parvae, cito deciduae; foliola opposita, plerumque oblongo- 
obovata vel terminalia obovata, apice rotundata vel retusa, 
mucronulata, basi cuneata, 0.7-1 cm. longa, 3.5-6 mm. lata, 
coriacea, costa pagina superiore immersa, inferiore prominente, 
