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attenuatum ; alae 8.5 mm. longae, 1.5 mm. latae, ungui 3.5 mm. 
longo, auricula parva ; carina 7.5 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, apice 
obtusa, ungui 3.5 mm. longo. Stamina diadelpha. Ovarium 
stipitatum, 7-ovulatum, semi-biloculare ; stigma minute capi- 
tatum. Legumen juvenile glabrum. 
Szechuen: Tongolo (Principauté de Kiala). Soulié, 332! 
Herb. Kew. 
Astragalus minutebracteolatus, N. D. Simpson. Sp. noyv., 
ab A. Prattii, N. D. Simpson, partibus fere omnibus minori- 
bus, foliis 5-foliolatis, stipulis acuminatis, bracteis parvis, 
bracteolis minutissimis, calycis, dentibus tubum aequanti- 
bus recedit. 
Caults flexuosus, pilis nigris albisque adpressis parce vestitus. 
Folia parva, 3.2 cm. longa, petiolis 3 mm. longis inclusis, 5-juga ; 
foliola obovata, majora 8.5 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, apice 
saepe retusa, mucronulata, basi fere cuneata, petiolulis 0.5 
mm. longis, supra glabra, subtus pilis albis strictis adpressis 
vestita ; stipulae lanceolatae, acutae, saepe acuminatae, vix 
3 mm. longae. Flores 2, pedunculis ad 2 cm. longis foliis 
minoribus, dense nigro-hirsutis ; bracteae lineares, ad 3 mm 
longae, nigro-pilosae; bracteolae 2, minutissimae 0.5 
longae ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, pilis nigris dense vestiti. Calyx 
campanulatus, 3 mm. longus, densissime nigro-hirsutus, dentibus 
linearibus tubum aequantibus. Corolla purpurea (ex Wilson) ; 
vexillum orbiculare, 13 mm. longum, 10 mm. latum, apice 
emarginatum, in unguem 3 mm. longum sensim attenuatum ; 
alae rr mm. longae, 3.5 mm. latae, lamina oblonga apice obtusa 
basi auriculata, ungui 4 mm. longo; carina 13 mm. longa, 
4 mm. lata, apice obtusa, ungui 4 mm. longo. Stamina dia- 
delpha. Ovarium pubescens, longe stipitatum, multi-ovulatum ; 
stigma conspicue barbatum 
W. China: flowers purple; plants growing on heaths at an 
altitude of 3300 m. August 1903. Wilson, 3420! Herb. Kew. 
* Astragalus Monbeigii, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov., ab A. 
stricto, Grah., foliis multo majoribus, pedunculis foliis 
minoribus, floribus circa to mm. longis, calycis dentibus 
longis subulatis distinguendus. 
Herba multicaulis, rhizomate crasso ramoso; caules ad- 
scendentes, striati, pilis albis nigrisque brevibus basifixis vestiti. 
Folia longissima 11 cm. longa, petiolis ad 3.5 cm. longis inclusis, 
imparipinnata, 5-10-juga; rhachis saepe sulcata, pilis albis 
nigrisque laxe instructa; foliola opposita, inferiora saepe 
alterna, late lanceolata, apice acuta, mucronulata, basi breviter 
petiolulata, ad 16 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, supra glabra vel pilis 
