SPECIES CHINENSES. ‘ 181 
“ China :—Western Yunnan in Mekong Valley. Untidy 
shrub of 4-5 ft. June 1913.” F.Kingdon Ward. No. 313. 
This is, I believe, the same species ; the inflorescence is less 
dense, the flowers 1 cm. long, calyx more tomentose. 
Caragana oreophila, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis C. Franchetianae, Kom. a qua habitu 
humiliore, ramis foliisque dense albo-villosis haud glabrescenti- 
bus floribus paulo minoribus inter alia satis recedit. 
Frutex erectus ramosus 60-120 cm. altus ramis erectis 
elongatis crassiusculis junioribus densissime molliter albido- 
villosis senioribus nigrescentibus haud glabrescentibus. Petioli 
vetusti indurati patentissimi robusti 2.5-3 cm. longi, nudi 
spinoso-mucronati, apice excepta dense villosuli; stipulae 
4-5 mm. longae ovatae scariosae margine albo-ciliatae, mox 
emarcidae. Folia 3-3.5 cm. longa, plerumque 8—juga jugis 
+ approximatis, rhachide dense longiuscule albo-villosa mucrone 
longo glabro praedita ; foliola 6-7 mm. longa, circ. 2 mm. lata, 
oblonga, mucronulata, utraque facie dense subadpresse albo- 
villosa. Pedunculi uniflori nunc vix 1.5 mm. longi, nunc 
pedicellos aequantes, albo-villosi, bractea lineari circ. 5 mm. 
longa scariosa praediti; pedicelli plerumque 7-8 mm. longi, 
albo-villosi, bracteolis duabus linearibus 4-5 mm. longis 
scarlosis nunc supra medium affixis nunc prope calycem sup- 
positis. Calyx tubulosus 11-12 mm. longus longiuscule albo- 
villosus, dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis subspinescentibus 
tubum + aequantibus. Corolla aurantiaca brunneo-suffusa 
fere 2 cm. longa, vexillo circ. 1.8 cm. longo late obovato longe 
unguiculato plicato, alarum auricula lineari ungui fere aequali 
circ. 4.5 mm. longa, carina circ. 1.4 cm. longa apice rotundata 
basi auticula dentiformi instructa. Ovarium elongatum dense 
albo-villoso-lanatum ; legumen circ. 2.2 cm. longum extus 
dense lanatum, intus indumento fulvido farctum, seminibus 
oblongis. 
“‘Spinous shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers orange and brown. 
Open alpine pasture on the mountains in the north-east of the 
Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45’ N. Alt. 12,000 ft. July 1913.” 
G. Forrest. No. 10,331. 
In some specimens the peduncle is so short that at the first 
examination affinity with the section Jubatae is suggested. 
However, in habit, in the number of leaflets, in the bracteoles 
and floral structure, it is a close ally of C. Franchetiana, Kom., 
also collected by Forrest in the neighbouring Lichiang 
Range. 
