246 SIMPSON—ENUMERATION OF CHINESE ASTRAGALI. 
contracta, 8 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, ungui 2 mm. longo, apice 
emarginata ; alae 8.5 mm. longae, 1.5 mm. latae, apice obtusae, 
basi obtuse auriculatae, ungui 3.5 mm. longo; carina 9.5 mm. 
longa, 3 mm. lata, ungui 3.5 mm. longo. Stamina diadelpha, 
filamentis inaequaliter connatis. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, 
dense albo-pubescens, multi-ovulatum ; stigma laterale. 
Szechuen: flowers pale purple, growing in dry stony 
places. Wen-chuan. Alt. goo to 1500 m. 30th May 1908. 
Wilson, 3789! Herb. Kew. | 
cA Astragalus Souliei, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov., ab A. wush- 
anico, N. D. Simpson, habitu gracillimo, caule pilis albis 
adpressis vestito, calycis dentibus inferioribus tubum sub- 
aequantibus, vexillo 7 mm. lato, alarum lamina unguem 
excedente distinguendus. 
Herba gracillima, rhizomate ramoso descendente, multi- 
caulis; caules tenues, flexuosi, circa 8 cm. longi, pilis albis 
basifixis sparse vestiti. Folia ad 7 cm. longa, petiolis inclusis, 
circa 3-6-juga ; foliola opposita, ovato-orbicularia, apice obtusa, 
mucronulata, subsessilia 6.5°mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, utrinque 
pilis strictis albis sparsissime instructa ; stipulae inter se con- 
natae, triangulares. Racemi laxi, 6-flori, pedunculis ad 7 cm. 
longis pilis brevissimis sparse instructis; bracteae lineares, 
acutae, 3 mm. longae, pedicellis aequilongae;  bracteolae 
nullae; pedicelli dense albo-hirsuti. Calyx campanulatus, 
3.5 cm. longus, pilis paucis vestitus, dentibus inferioribus circa 
3 mm. longis superioribus ad 2 mm. longis. Corolla calycem 
multo superans; vexillum late obcordatum, 11 mm. longum, 
7 mm. jatum; alae 10.5 mm. longae, 2.5 mm. latae, lamina 
acutiuscula basi obtuse auriculata, auricula 1 mm. longa, 
ungui 4 mm. longo; carina 9 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, apice 
obtusa, basi auricula obtusa 1.5 mm. longa, ungui 4 mm. longo. 
Stamina diadelpha, filamentis inaequaliter connatis. Ovarium 
breviter stipitatum, pubescens, 10-ovulatum; stigma _pilis 
brevissimis instructum. 
Szechuen: Ta-tsien-lou. Soulié, 524! Herb. Kew. 
353 Astragalus tungensis, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov., ab A. sutchu- 
ense Franch., caulibus erectis strictis, foliolis pluribus, 
pedunculis folia excedentibus, habituque recedit. 
Herba perennis, multicaulis ; caules caespitosi, erecti, circa 
30 cm. alti, pilis albis brevibus basifixis adpressis laxe vestiti. 
Folia ad 4 cm. longa, petiolis 0.3 cm longis, 8-10-juga ; foliola 
saepe opposita, late ovata, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, vel oblonga, 
8 mm. longa, 2.5 mm. lata, breviter petiolulata, apice saepe 
retusa, utrinque pilis albis instructa, supra nigro-viridia, subtus 
