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lenticellato obtecti. ola 5~-g—foliolata, 8-20 mm. longa, 
petiolo 3-6 mm. longo suffulta ; stipulae circiter 1.5 mm. longae ; 
foliola opposita, elliptica ad obovata, apice rotundata vel 
truncata, breviter mucronata, basi rotundata vel cuneato- 
rotundata, ad 7 mm. longa et 5 mm. lata, rigida, pagina utraque 
pilis albidis densius tecta, nervis obscuris, breviter petiolulata ; 
stipellae minutae. Racemi axillares, ad 27 mm. longi; pedicelli 
breves ; bracteae parvae, deciduae. Calycis tubus ad 1 mm 
longus; lobus infimus late lanceolatus, acutiusculus, tubo 
subaequalis. Vexillum oblongum, 6.5 mm. longum, 4 mm. 
latum; alae vexillo aequilongae, 2 mm. latae; carina fere 
7 mm. longa, 2.25 mm. lata. 
Western China: Min Valley, Wilson, 3386 (Herb. Kew!). 
Indigofera mengtzeana, Craib. Sp. nov., ab J. sensitiva, 
Franchet, stipulis circiter 3 mm. longis, stipellis parvis 
vel minutis, bracteis vix conspicuis distinguenda. 
Suffrutex 1.5 m. altus (ex Henry) ; ramuli primo pilis medifixis 
albidis adpressis parce instructi, plus minusve glabrescentes, 
conspicue nodosi, ad 3 mm. diametro. Folia 13-17—foliolata, 
4-7 cm. longa, petiolo 15-20 mm. longo ut rachi supra canaliculato 
pilis albis medifixis brevibus adpressis parcius instructo suffulta ; 
stipulae graciles, circiter 3 mm. longae ; foliola opposita, anguste 
oblonga, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel terminalia oblongo- 
obovata, apice rotundata, breviter mucronata, basi cuneata, 
late cuneata vel rotundata, 5-13 mm. longa, 3.5—-6 mm. lata, 
chartacea, supra glabra, subtus pilis albis medifixis parce 
instructa, nervis lateralibus obscuris vel subobscuris, petiolulis 
gracilibus I mm. longis suffulta; stipellae parvae vel minutae. 
Racemi axillares, confertiflori, ad 3.5 cm. longi; pedicelli 
graciles, sub anthesin circiter 1 mm. longi; bracteae deciduae, 
pedicellis paulo longiores. Calycis tubus 1.5 mm. longus ; lobi 
lanceolati, acuti, infimo tubo paulo longiore. Vextllum late 
ellipticum, 6.5 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum ; alae 6.5 mm, longae, 
2 mm. latae; carina 6.5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata. Legumen 
ad 24 mm. longum. 
Yunnan: Mengtze woods, 1650 m., Henry, 10627 (type 
—Herb. Kew! Edinburgh!). Yunnansen, Maire, 1978 (Herb. 
Edinburgh ! Kew !). 
Indigofera Monbeigii, Craib. Sp. nov., ab affini J. viptoclade, 
Craib, stipulis longioribus facile distinguenda. 
Ramuli primo adpresse pubescentes, plus minusve glabres- 
centes, brunneo- vel fusco-brunneo-corticati, striati, ad 4 
Nas sk Folia 7~11—foliolata, 2.5-6.5 cm. longa, petiolo 
