Tas. 8208. 
INDIGOFERA HEBEPETALA. 
Himalaya. 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
InpigorERA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 494. 
Indigofera hebepetala, Benth. ex Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 101; 
species ex affinitate J. atropurpureac, Ham. (B. M. t. 3065) a qua stipellis 
majoribus, bracteis latioribus alabastra involventibus cito tamen deciduis, 
corolla pallidiore kermesina, legumineque magis rostrato differt. 
Frutex sylvestris elatior ; rami juniores parcissime pilis appressis obsiti, demum 
glabri, Folia alterna, 3-5 cm. remota, imparipinnata, 18-20 cm. longa, 
petiolis 4 cm. longis; foliola 5-9, rarissime 11, terminale excepto opposita 
paribus 2°5-3°5 cm. remotis, membranacea, oblonga vel ovata, basi late 
cuneata vel subrotundata, apice obtusa vel subretusa, mucronulata, nervis 
8-10-jugis, supra intense viridia, juniora Magetrerired appresse pilosa, cito 
glabrescentia, subtus pallidiora, parce sed persistenter appresse pilosa, 
3°5-6 em. longa, 2°5-4 em, lata, petiolulis 3 mm. longis; rachis petioloque 
parce appresse pilosa, cito glabrescens ; stipulae lanceolatae vel subulatae, 
4 mm. longae, caducae; stipellae 2 mm. longae, subulatae. Fores 
racemosi; racemi axillares, 8-20 em. longi, 20-40-flori, pedunculis 1°5-5 
em. Jongis rachibusque 6-16 em. longis parce appresse pilosis; pedicelli 
2 mm. longi; bracteae parce hirsutae, cymbiformes, intense kermesinae, 
6 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, alabastra obtectentes, in cuspidem re‘urvam 
abeuntes, cito deciduae. Calyx oblique campanulatus, 3 mm. longus, 
dentibus triangulis tubo duplo brevioribus, extus parce appresse pilosus. 
Corolla 1°25 cm. longa, vexillo intense kermesino extra parce sericeo, alis 
roseis, petalis carinae versus apices kermesinis ibique extra parce sericeis. 
Legumen cylindricum, rectum, glabrum, apice acuto subrecurvum, 4-5 cm. 
longum, 5 mm. crassum, seminibus 8-10. 
Indigofera hebepetala is widely distributed in the North- 
Western Himalaya, at elevations of 6,000-8,000 ft., from 
Hazara, where it was first collected by Dr. J. L. Stewart, 
and Kashmir, where it was originally obtained by Mr. V. 
Jacquemont, to Kamaon, where it was first seen by Dr. T. 
Thomson. So far it has not been recorded from Nepal, but 
it reappears in Inner Sikkim where it was first found by 
Sir J. D. Hooker in the Lachen Valley at 7,000 ft. The 
species is very closely allied to J. atropurpurea, Ham., which 
is met with as a rule at slightly lower elevations and has a 
somewhat wider distribution, since it extends to Indo-China 
and is believed to occur alsoin Southern China. J. atropur- 
Avaust, 1908, 
