62 CRAIB—INDIGOFERAS OF CHINA. 
Indigofera subnuda, Craib. Sp. nov., ab affini J. Fortunez, 
raib, floribus minoribus recedit. 
Caules (ramulive ?) glabri. Folia g-11—foliolata, vix matura, 
ad 7 cm. longa, petiolo 3-4 cm. longo glabro suffulta, rachi glabra 
supra, apicem versus praecipue, canaliculata ; stipulae deciduae, 
3-5 mm. longae ; foliola opposita, subelliptica vel ovato-elliptica, 
utrinque pedetentim angustata vel basi rotundata, apice mucrone 
ad 1.5 mm. longo ornata, ad 18 mm. (mucrone excluso) longa et 
g mm. lata, pagina utraque glabra nisi juventute pilis paucis albis 
adpressis margine et costa subtus instructa, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque circiter 6 supra subconspicuis subtus prominulis, nervis 
transversis uti reticulatione gracili subtus conspicuis ; petioluli 
ad 2 mm. longi; stipellae graciles, petiolulos superantes, Racemi 
axillares, ad 7 cm. longi, pedunculo communi ad 3 cm. longo 
suffulti; bracteae deciduae, circiter 1 mm. longae; pedicelli 
circiter 2 mm. longi. Calycis tubus 1.5 mm. longus, lobi 1 mm. 
vix attingentes. Vexillum 8.5-9 mm. longum, 6-7.5 mm, latum ; 
alae 8 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae; carina 8.5 mm. longa, 2.75 mm. 
lata. 
Hills near Shanghai, Carles, 17h April 1887 (Herb. Edin- 
burgh !). 
Evidently the same species is represented by Carles, 57, from 
Hoochow (Herb. Edinburgh !), but the specimen is without any 
expanded flower, and has stipules measuring 9 mm. long and 2.5 
mm. broad. . 
Indigofera szechuensis, Craib. Sp. nov., ab I. rigioclada, 
raib, floribus minoribus distinguenda. 
Ramul primo pilis medifixis albidis brunneisve adpressis 
densius tecti, mox glabri, cortice brunneo lenticellato obtecti, ad 
2.5 mm. diametro. Folia g-11—foliolata, 2.2-4.6 cm. longa, 
petiolo 5-11 mm. longo ut rachi supra canaliculato parceque 
adpresse pubescente suffulta; stipulae lanceolatae, acutae, ad 
2 mm. longae ; foliola opposita, elliptica ad obovata, basi rotun- 
data vel cuneata, apice retusa, breviter mucronata, 5-12 mm 
longa, 4-8 mm. lata, chartacea, pagina utraque pilis medifixis 
rigidiusculis strigosa, subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus supra 
obscuris subtus subconspicuis ; petioluli graciles, circiter 1 mm. 
longi; stipellae haud conspicuae. Racemi axillares, ad 5 cm. 
longi, pedunculo communi 8-27 mm. longo ut rachi adpresse pubes- 
cente suffulti; pedicelli circiter 1 mm. longi; bracteae pedicellis 
subaequales, deciduae. Calyx fere 1.75 mm. longus; lobi late 
lanceolati, acutiusculi, inter se subaequales, circiter 1 mm. longi. 
Vexillum fere 9 mm. longum, 8 mm. latum ; alae 9.5 mm. longae, 
3-5 mm. latae; carina 9.5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata. 
Western Szechuan, Wilson, 30754, coll. May 1908 (Herb. Kew = 
