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“ Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27°15’N. — 
trate shrub of 9-18 inches. Flowers deep rose. Dry, r 
situations. 10,000~11,000 ft.” Forrest, 5633 (Herb. Edinburgh l). 
Tatsienlu, Pratt, 290 (Herb. Kew }). 
Indigofera Souliei, Craib. Sp. nov., ab I. Henryi, Craib, 
foliolorum indumento e pilis longioribus tenuioribus con- 
stituto facile distinguenda. 
Ramuzlt primo pilis brunneis densius tecti, mox glabri, cortice 
brunneo reticulato-striato obtecti. Folia 7-13—foliolata, 3~—5 cm. 
longa, petiolo 4-11 mm. longo ut rachi adpresse brunneo-pubes- 
cente suffulta ; stipulae lanceolatae, acutae, circiter 4 mm. longae, 
pubescentes ; foliola opposita, elliptica vel subelliptica, apice 
emarginata vel subrotundata, mucronata, basi cuneata vel 
rotundato-cuneata, g-Ig mm. longa, 4.5-12 mm. lata, chartacea, 
pagina utraque pilis tenuibus longiusculis instructa, subtus 
pallidiora, nervis lateralibus obscuris, petiolulis circiter 2 mm. 
longis suffulta ; stipellae petiolulis breviores. Racemi ad 15 cm. | 
longi, pedunculo communi 10-12 mm. longo ut rachi pubescente 
suffulti; bracteae deciduae ; pedicelli graciles, ad 4 mm. longi. 
Calycts tubus 1.5 mm. longus, lobus infimus tubo paululo longior. 
Vextllum 9.5 mm. longum, 4.5 mm. latum; alae maturae mancae 
tantum visae; carina 8.5 mm. longa, breviter acuminata. 
Ovarium pubescens. 
Tatsienlu, Soulie, 870 (Herb. Kew !). 
Indigofera sticta, Craib. Sp. nov., ab J. reticulata, Franchet, 
foliolis 3-5 tantum haud reticulatis, stipulis stipellisque 
minoribus distinguenda. 
Suffrutex caulibus erectis simplicibus ad 23 cm. altis angulatis 
pilis brunneis medifixis maculatis cortice stramineo obtectis. 
Folia 3-5—foliolata, ad 4 cm. longa, petiolo 11-20 mm. longo ut 
rachi supra canaliculato pilis brunneis medifixis adpressis macu- 
lato suffulta; stipulae ad 3.5 mm. longae; foliola opposita, 
elliptica vel late elliptica, utrinque rotundata, apice mucronata, 
ad 25 mm. longa et 17 mm. lata, pagina utraque pilis medifixis 
adpressis, sed margine costaque subtus densius, instructa, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 5-6 supra subconspicuis subtus conspicuis, 
petiolulo ad 2 mm. longo suffulta ; stipellae parvae vel minutae. 
Racemi ad 5 cm. longi, pedunculo communi 12-32 mm. longo 
suffulti: bracteae deciduae, ad 2 mm. longae; pedicelli sub 
anthesin fere 3 mm. longi. Calycis tubus circiter 1.75 mm. 
longus; lobus infimus fere 2.5 mm. longus. Alabastra 8 mm. 
longa; flores expansi haud visi. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, 1800 m., Henry, 13720 (Herb. Kew !). 
