t4. • AßT. r. — B. HAYATA : 



Crotalaria similis Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. IX. p. 152 ; Matsum. et' 

 Hayata Ennm. PL Formos. p. 103. 



Hab. KöshCin : Garanbi, leg. T. Kawakami et G. Nakahaea, 

 Dec. U06, (No. 850). 



Obseev. a very small herb, procumbent at the base, the erect 

 portion nearly 8 cm. long ; leaves secnnd turning to one side, 

 villous above, silky below, ovate or even round, 8 mm. long, 

 4-5 mm. broad, very approximate, leafy along the whole length of 

 the stem. Flowers terminal solitary or a very few, sepals 

 lanceolate, pod black nearly globular, 1 cm. long. 



Indigofera Linn. 



Indigofera glandulifera Hayata sp. nov. Suffrutices graciles 

 glabri, vel pubescentes, ramosi. Folia trifoliolata, petiolata, petiolis- 

 5 mm. longis, foliolis subsessilibus vel breve petiolulatis, oblongo- 

 obovatis vel oblanceolatis apice rotundatis vel breve mucronatis 

 basi angustatis, 1 cm. longis 4 mm. latis utraque pagine adpresse 

 pubescentibus, subtus glanduloso-punctatis. Flores parvi 3 mm. 

 longi, ad axillas fasciculati. Calyces pubescentes 2J mm. longi, 5-fidi^ 

 lobis linearibus 2 mm. longis. Petala extus pubescentia. Vexillum 

 obovatum 3 mm. longum, 1 J mm. latum basi angustum ; alae 

 angustatae, 3 mm. longge ; carina leviter incurva apice rotundata,. 

 3 mm. longa, latere superiore ciliolata. Ovarium cylindraceum li 

 mm. longum. Legumen lineare leviter complanatum, tetragonum 

 in sectione, tetra-pterum, 12 mm. longum, 1 J mm. latum. 



Hab. Akö : leg. G. Nakahaea, Sept. 1905, (No. 538); Taitô r 

 Hinan, leg. T. Kawakaivu et Z. Kobayashi. 



Near /. trifoliata ; but differs in having 4-\vinged pod and 

 gland-dotted leaves which are more conspicuously dotted on tlie^ 

 lower surface. 



