NEW CHINESE PLANTS. 487 
Arbor 20-pedalis. Foliorum petioli pubescentes, 5-8 poll. 
longi, foliola sepius excedentes ; foliola 7-9, ovato-lanceolata, 
5-7 poll. longa, ‘acuminata, basi angustata; petioluli 3 poll. 
longi; nervi primarii approximati, regulares. Flores 5-53 poll. 
longi. Calyx 13 poll. longus, lignosus, exterius pubescens, 
breviter et irregulariter lobatus. Petala fusco-rubra, lineari- 
oblonga, erecta; staminibus albis, sesqui-longiora. Ovarium 
conicum, pubescens, stylo rubro. Fructus immaturus 5-angu- 
latus, glabrescens. 
Yunnan: in a very dry part of the forest west of Szemao, at 
5000 ft., 4. Henry, 12666. 
Only one tree of this species was seen by Dr. Henry himself, 
and that only in bud, but its remarkable appearance induced him 
to send back collectors later in the season to secure flowers 
and fruit. 
Hiptage minor, Dunn ; H. arborex, Kurz, affinis, habitu longe 
distineta. 
Frutex erectus, 2-3-pedalis vel rarius subscandens, glaber 
preter caules novissimos et inflorescentiam, cortice rimosa. 
Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, glabra, ovato-lanceolata, 14-3 
poll. longa, acuminata, basi cuneata, venis utrinque prominen- 
tibus. Racemi axillares et terminales, foliis multo longiores. 
Flores fragrantes, pedicello 1-2-plo longiores, 5 lin. diam., 
pedicellis circiter medio articulatis, bibracteolatis, bracteolis 
deciduis. Sepala cum pedicello pedunculoque adpressa, tenuiter 
sericea, petalis 5-plo breviora, orbiculata. etala alba, laminis 
rotundatis, timbriatis. Stamina majora petalis paullo breviora. 
Ovarium pubescens. Fructus ex 1-3 carpellis trialatis factus, 
alis 4-1 poll. longis tenuibus. 
Yunnan: covering rocks at 4500-4600 ft. at the base of the 
Mengtze mountains, Hancock, 421; A. Henry, 10792, 10792 A, 
10792 B. 
Indigofera scabrida, Dunn; a speciebus proximis indumento 
glanduloso distincta. 
Frutex sesquipedalis, fere ubique glandulis rubris stipitatis 
nonnunquam densissime tecta. Folia pinnata, 2-4 poll. longa, 
stipulis linearibus, 2-3 lin. longis; foliola 7-9, subcoriacea, 
utrinque pilis brevibus appressis pubescentia, in margine sub- 
tusque in venis glandulosa, elliptica, }-1 poll. longa, apiculata. 
Racemi folia tandem longe excedentes, laxiflori ; bractew lineares, 
