172 MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON THE 
Astragalus (§ Cercidothrix) Arnoldi, Hemsl. § H. H. W. 
Pearson, sp. nov. 
Suffrutec nanus, cespitoso-multiceps, sericeo-canescens pilis 
peltatim .affixis. Radiv alta, crassa, lignosa, fibrosa. Rami 
breves, patentes, lignosi, petiolis foliorum persistentibus instruct. 
Folia conferta, 3-7-foliolata, 2-4 lin. longa; foliola opposita, 
breviter elliptica, strigoso-villosa, 3-14 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata; 
stipule membranacee, extus pubescentes, petiolis breviter adnate, 
breviter connato-vaginantes, circiter 13 lin. longe.  Racem 
umbelliformes, pedunculati, axillares, circiter 6-flori, pilis atris 
albidisque adpressis vestiti. Flores purpurei, bracteati, breviter 
pedicellati. Calya obliquus, dentibus 5 subzqualibus brevibus 
erectis mox declinatis, pilis atris albidisque adpressis hirsutus, 
circiter 13 lin. longus. Vezxillum glabrum, apice late rotundatum, 
emarginatum, calycem duplo superans; ale spathulate. Ovarium 
antice hirsutum, breviter stipitatum, 4-ovulatum ; stylus glaber. 
Legumen non visum. 
Without locality : 17,500 ft., Deasy § Pike, 808, 810; 
17,500 ft., Thorold, 12 & 37. Flowers purple. 
This species resembles .4. brahuicus, Bunge, in habit. 
Astragalus confertus, Benth.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 
p. 123. 
Top of pass, 18,000 ft., and sandy, gravelly soil in valleys, 
17,500 ft., Thorold, 8 & 58. Without locality, Deasy 5 Pike, 
893. Flowers blue or purple-blue. 
Astragalus Heydei, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 
p- 118; Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 111. 
A. Hendersoni, Baker, loc. cit. ii. p. 120. 
Sandy, gravelly soil in valleys, Thorold, 50. 87°, 35° 18’, 
16,400 ft., July, Wellby 5 Malcolm. 25 wiles east of Lanak La, 
17,100 ft., Deasy § Pike, 802. Flowers purple. 
With very complete material before us, we have no hesitation 
in uniting Mr. Baker’s 4. Hendersonii with his A. Heyded. 
Astragalus (Phaca) Malcolmii, Hems/. § H. H. W. Pearson, 
Sp. nov. 
Herba pumila, acaulis, perennis, pubescens pilis basi affixis. 
Ithizoma asvendens, tenuis, internodiis 2-3 lin. longis. Folia 
imparipinnata, 9-13-foliolata, 3-3 poll. longa: foliola opposita, 
brevissime petiolulata, oblonga vel elliptica, obtusa, subear- 
nusa, dense pubescentia, 1]-2 lin. longa, circiter lin. lata; 
