Tas. 8745. 
INDIGOFERA PENDULA. 
Yunnan. 
LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe GALEGEAE. 
InpicoFERA, Linn.; Benth, et Hook, f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 494. 
Indigofera pendula, Franch. Pl. Delavay. p. 156, t. 37 (1889) ; Crab in Notes 
Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. vol. viii. p. 68 (1913) ; affinis I. Faberi, Craib, sed 
ramulis hornotinis adpresse puberulis, foliolis oblongo-ellipticis, pedicellis 
brevioribus differt. 
Frutex patens, 2°5-3 m. altus; ramuli annotini glabrescentes, cinereo-glauci, 
foliorum delapsorum basibus notati, hornotini parce adpresse puberuli, 
conspicue lenticellati, Folia usque ad 2°5 dm. longa, petiolo circiter 
4*5 em. longo, rhachi supra canaliculata in canaliculo breviter pubescenti ; 
foliola 10-13-juga, oblongo-elliptica, utrinque rotundata, apice longe 
mucronata, 2-3-5 cm. longa, 1*3-1°8 cm. lata, tenuissime chartacea vel 
fere membranacea, supra minute et crebre punctulata, infra tenuiter 
adpresse pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinsecus 7-8 subdistinctis ; petioluli 
2-4 mm. longi, pubescentes. Racemi axillares, penduli, folia superantes, 
usque ad 4°5 dm. longi, gracillimi, rhachi basi 7-8 em. nuda angulari 
minutisime et parce pubescente; bracteae minutae; pedicelli 1-2 mm. 
longi, puberuli; corolla in alabastro cinereo-velutina. Calyx oblique 
cupularis ; tubus 1°5 mm. longus, extra adpresse pubescens; lobi parum 
inaequales, subulati, lobo longissimo tubo leviter longiore. Corolla roseo- 
purpurea; vexillum oblongo-ellipticum, 1:3 cm. longum, extra _ubique 
sericeo-puberulum; alae vexillo parum breviores, superne ciliolatae ; 
carina vexillo aequilonga, subobtusa, superne extra puberula. <Antherae 
apiculatae. Ovarium adpresse strigosum, stylo gracili glabro, stigmate 
globulari carnoso translucenti coronato. Legwmen sicco spiraliter tortum, 
nitidum, 5 em. longum, parce strigillosum. Semina ellipsoidea, nitida, 
pallide brunnea, 3°5 mm. longa.—J. HuTcuinson. 
Indigofera pendula is a charming and graceful shrub 
which was first collected by the late Abbé Delavay 
in October, 1887, in woods near Lankong in Yunnan. 
In May, 1906, Mr. G. Forrest met with this species again 
on the eastern flank of the Likiang Range, where he. 
found it both in open situations amongst scrub and in 
damp shady pine-woods at elevations of 9,000-10,000 
feet. Seeds collected by Mr. Forrest at a later date 
were presented to Kew by Mr. J. C. Williams, Caerhays 
Jan.—-Marcu, 1918, 
