158 SURG.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE FLORA OF 
This plant very much resembles the furze (Ulex) in miniature ; 
itis not very common, or it is easily overlooked, as I did not collect 
it during 1879. 
25, =167 (1879). Astragalus ($Calycophysa) congestus, Baker, n. sp. 
Fruticulosus, nanus, ramosissimus, foliis densissimis dense pilosis, rhachi- 
bus pungentibus vetustis persistentibus, stipulis magnis petiolo adnatis 
apicibus liberis deltoideo-cuspidatis, foliolis parvis lanceolatis, 4-6-jugis, 
erecto-patentibus, racemis copiosis congestis sessilibus axillaribus, brac- 
teis scariosis deltoideis persistentibus quam calyx duplo brevioribus, 
calycis pilosi dentibus linearibus, quam tubus triplo brevioribus, petalis 
rubro-purpureis breviter exsertis, legumine parvo oblongo uniloculari 
dispermo. 
Suffrutex ramosissimus, pulvinatus, caulibus dense aggregatis 3-4 poll. 
longis deorsum rhachibus pungentibus foliorum vetustorum ascendenti- 
busarmatis. Folia novella 9-12 lin. longa, stipulis 3-4 lin. longis dimidio 
inferiore petiolo adnatis, rhachibus pungentibus, foliolis crebris erecto- 
patentibus firmulis, 13-3 lin. longis, utrinque dense breviter pilosis. 
Racemi copiosi, congesti, sessiles, 4-8-flori, bracteis scariosis persistenti- 
bus 13-2 lin. longis. Calyz floriferus 3-4 lin. longus, tubo magno ob- 
lique oblongo pallido breviter piloso post anthesin persistente valde 
accreto, dentibus parvis plumosis basi dilatatis. Corolla 43-5 lin. longa, 
rubro-purpurea, petalis subzequilongis, vexillo glabro obovato-unguicu- 
lato 2 lin. lato. Legumen sessile, oblongum, 2 lin. longum, in calycis 
tubo aecrescente scarioso 3 lin. diam. inclusum. 
A near ally of A. susianus, Boiss., with which it quite agrees in 
general habit and inflorescence, differing in its laxer vestiture, 
lanceolate leaflets, shorter calyx-teeth, smaller bracts, Ee, 
It was distributed, 167 (1879), as A. susianus, Boiss., var. 
76, 174 (1879). A. decemjugus, Bunge. 
Near Kuram; it was collected for fodder. 
61, 80,=1215 (1879). A. ($ Acanthophace) Hemsleyi, Aitch. § Baker, 
n.sp. Suffruticosus, foliorum rhachibus duris pungentibus albo-tomen- 
tosis vetustis persistentibus, stipulis minimis petiolo adnatis, foliolis 6-8- 
jugis minutis obovatis petiolulatis junioribus parce hispidulis adultis cal- 
vatis, racemis axillaribus subsessilibus 2—4-floris, braeteis minutis lanceo- 
latis, calycis dentibus linearibus quam tubus oblongus tenuiter albo-hispi- 
dulus sesqui vel duplo brevioribus, petalis purpurascentibus quam calyx 
sesqui longioribus, legumine oblongo glabro uniloculari 3-4-spermo. 
Suffrutex nanus, ramosissimus, caulibus lignosis rhachibus foliorum densis- 
simorum pungentibus ascendentibus armatis. Folia novella 12-18 lin. 
longa, rhachi pungente albo-tomentoso ; stipulz 1 lin. longs, apicibus 
perparvis patulis deltoideis; foliola crassa, pallide viridia, 1-2 lin. longa, 
pilis hispidulis albidis presertim ad marginem predita. Racemi 
