An Enumeration of the Chinese Astragali. 
With Descriptions of New Species. 
BY 
N. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, B.A., F.R.M.S. 
A. SPECIES NOVAE. 
Astragalus Arnoldianus, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov., ab A. 
frigido, A. Gray, stipulis parvis angustis, caulibus inferne 
purpureis nigro-hirsutis, foliolis pilis strictis instructis 
distinguendus. 
Herba perennis, erecta, pilis basifixis instructa ; caules circa 
36 cm. alti, valde striati inferne purpurascentes, pilis nigris 
albisque mixtis vestiti, superne canaliculati, pallidi pilis nigris 
adpressis obtecti. Folia ad 10 cm. longa, petiolis 2.7 cm. longis 
inclusis, rhachide pilis nigris adpressis sparse instructa, 4—6- 
juga; foliola opposita vel alterna, obovata, 22 mm. longa, 
I5 mm. lata, apice obtusa vel retusa, petiolulis dense nigro- 
hirsutis 1.5 mm. longis suffulta, utrinque pilis albis nigrisque 
strictis adpressis instructa; stipulae infimae erectae, ovatae, 
acutae, 7 mm. longae, medianae ovato-oblongae, 7 mm. longae, 
2.5 mm. latae, a petiolo liberae, superiores lanceolatae, 5 mm. 
longae, angustae, vix 1.5 mm. latae. Racemi laxi, ad 17-flori, 
pedicellis ad 8.5 cm. longis folia saepe fere aequantibus pilis 
nigris dense instructis ; bracteae lanceolatae, 4 mm. longae, ad 
1.5 mm. latae; bracteolae 2 lineares, minutae, vix I.5 mm. 
longae ; pedicelli 3 mm. longi, densissime nigro-hirsuti. Calyx 
late tubuloso-campanulatus, ad g mm. longus, pallide viridis, 
basi nigrescens, pilis nigris minutis instructis, dentibus brevibus 
ad xr mm. longis subaequalibus. Corolla calycis tubo duplo 
longior ; vexillum obovatum, 18 mm. longum, 8.5 mm. latum, 
apice acutiusculum, basi in unguem 2.5 mm. latum sensim 
productum ; alae 18 mm. longae, 2.5 mm. latae, lamina parva 
supra auriculam angustam gibba apice acuta ungui 10.5 mm. 
longo ; carina 15 mm. longa, 3 mm, lata, apice obtusa, auricula 
obtusa, ungui 10 mm. longo. Stamina diadelpha, filamentis 
inaequaliter connatis. Ovarium stipitatum, pauci-ovulatum, 
uniloculare, dense pilis albis nigrisque hirsutum ; stylus brevis, 
stigmate capitato. 
[Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXIX, Jan. 1915.] 
