SIMPSON—-ENUMERATION OF CHINESE ASTRAGALI. “241 
et 2.5 mm. latae, utrinque glabrae, margine pilosae, intus basi 
minute glandulosae. Racemi subumbellati, 4-flori, pedunculis 
ad 4.5 cm. longis folia subaequantibus parce pilosis ; bracteae 
lineares, acutae, ad 5 mm. longae et 1.5 mm. latae, pilis paucis 
instructae ; bracteolae nullae ; pedicelli 3 mm. longi, densissime 
nigro-pilosi. Calyx campanulatus, ad 4 mm. longus et 3 mm. 
latus, pilis fuscis albisque instructus dentibus triangularibus ad 
3 mm. longis et 1.5 mm. latis pilis patulis dense vestitis. Corolla 
calycem multo superans; vexillum suborbiculare, margine 
integro, 16 mm. longum, ungui 6 mm. longo incluso, 10 mm, 
latum ; alae 16 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, apice integrae, auricula 
angustissima 3 mm. longa, ungul 5.5 mm. longo; carina 15 
mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, obtuse auriculata, ungui 6 mm. longo. 
Stamina diadelpha. Ovarium longe pilosum, stipite 6 mm. 
longo ; stigma pilis brevibus cinctum. 
Western China: alt. 3900 m. ‘“‘ Flowers os yellow, on 
heaths.’’ Wilson, 3424! (type), 3445! Herb. Kew 
a8 «ye Astragalus Duclouxii, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov., ab A. mon- 
gholico, Bge., caulibus pilis longis vestitis, calycis dentibus 
inaequalibus late lanceolatis, bracteis deciduis, vexillo 
ovato in unguem subito contracto, alis magni-auriculatis 
distinguendus. 
Caulis erectus, ultra 30 cm. altus, leviter striatus, inferne 
glabrescens, superne pilis albis patulis dense vestitus. Folia 
circa 13-juga, 3 cm. longa, petiolis 1.5 cm. longis ; foliola breviter 
petiolulata, elliptico-oblonga, mucronulata, ad 15 mm. longa, 
z7 mm. lata, supra glabrescentia, subtus pilis albis basifixis 
dense instructa; stipulae erectae, caulinares, connatae, late 
ovatae, acuminate; ad 9g mm. longae, 4.5 mm. latae, supra 
glabrae subtus margineque pilis paucis vestitae. Racemz elongati, 
multifiori, pedunculis circa 5 cm. longis, pilis albis patulis 
instructis ; bracteae deciduae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, 4 mm. 
longae, pilis longis dense vestitae ; bracteolae binae, lineares, 
parvae, 2 mm. longae; pedicelli 3 mm. longi, dense pilosi. 
Calyx campanulatus, 6.5 mm. longus, pilis albis longis instructus, 
dentibus superioribus 3 mm. longis inferioribus vix 4 mm. 
longis. Corolla glabra, calycem superans; vexillum ovatum, 
15 mm. longum (ungui 4 mm. longo incluso) 7 mm. latum, apice 
emarginatum, alas carimamque subaequans; alae 15 mm 
longae, 2 mm. latae, auricula magna obtusa 2 mm. longa 1.5 
mm. lata, ungui 8 mm. longo; carina vix 15 mm. longa, 3 mm. 
lata, auricula obtusa, ungui 8 mm. longo. Stamina diadelpha. 
Ovavium longe stipitatum, uniloculare, circa 14-ovulatum ; 
glabrum ; stigma nudum 
Yunnan :—Ducloux, 799 ! Herb. Kew. 
