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Novarum CHINENSIUM. 123 
: glabrescentia, venis supra impressis, infra prominentibus. Flores 
in verticillastris brevibus paucifloris axillaribus sub tecto com- 
planato foliorum juxta humum enati, bracteis parvis foliaceis et 
bracteolis linearibus suffulti, 1.8-2.0 cm. longi. Calyx tubulosus, 
oblique 5-dentatus, 1 cm. longus, membranaceus, extus sparse, 
intus dense hirsutus, 15—nervius, dentibus aequalibus, 2-3 mm. 
longis, ovatis obtusis. Corolla tubulosa, 1.6-1.8 cm. longa, 
5-lobata, extus sparse puberula, intus glabra, pallide purpurea, 
labio maculato, lobis 4, superioribus ovatis obtusis, 4 mm. longis, 
inferiore bis longiore emarginato. Staminum 2  superiora 
exserta, 2 inferiora ail inserta, inclusa. Stylus longe 
exsertus. Nuculi non ma 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan, scree plant, 16,000 ft. July r1gIt. 
The leaves twist so that they all appear to develop on one side 
(the upper) and overlap a great deal. The flowers lie under 
them next to the ground (protected from radiation).” F. 
Kingdon Ward. No. 138. 
It has exactly the general habit of Nepeta decolorans, Hemsl., 
discovered by Littledale in the same region in 1895 and figured in 
Hooker's Icones Plantarum, t. 2470; its calyx, however, is very 
different, being equally cleft into 5 lobes, not bilabiate. 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
Astragalus Balfourianus, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov. 
Species ab A. camptodonto, Franch. et A. tangutico, Batalin 
pilis nigris albisque brevibus immixtis, foliolis supra glabris, 
bracteolis longioribus, calycis dentibus erectis, alis margine 
integris, ovario nigro-hirsuto distinguenda. 
Herba perennis, rhizomate conspicue ramoso_ crasso, 
multicaulis, caulibus decumbentibus pilis nigris albisque brevis- 
simis basifixis parce vestitis. Folia breviter petiolata, ad 
3 cm. longa, imparipinnata, 6-10-juga; foliola oblonga, 
apice retusa vel mucronulata, distincte petiolulata ad 10 mm 
longa et 5 mm. lata, glabrescentia, supra glabra, subtus pilis 
albis paucis adpressis vestita; stipulae triangulares, saepe 
reflexae, ad 4 mm. longae. Racemi 4—7-flori, pedunculis ad 
3.5 cm. longis folia excedentibus ; bracteae lanceolatae, 5 mm. 
longae ; bracteolae 2, ad 4 mm. longae, rarissime calycis tubum 
aequantes; pedicelli graciles, circiter 4 mm. longi. Calyx 
campanulatus 4-5 mm. longus, pilis adpressis nigris vel nigris 
albisque vestitus, dentibus erectis vel apice parum recurvatis 
linearibus saepissime involutis ad 6 mm. longis ut tubo pilis 
brevibus dense instructis. Corolla calycem multo excedens, 
sicco purpurea; vexillum orbiculare, bilobum, 14-15 mm. 
