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pallidiora ; stipulae caulinares liberae, triangulares, acutae, 
mm. longae, intus glabrae, extra pilis albis paucis vestitae. 
Racemz laxi, ad 10-flori, pedunculis folia excedentibus ad 5.5 cm. 
longis ; bracteae lineares, ad 2 mm. longae, pedicellos sub- 
aequantes ; bracteolae nullae; pedicelli ad 2.5 mm. longi. 
Calyx tubulosus, dense albo-hirsutus, 3 mm. longus, dentibus 
subulatis, superioribus 2 mm. longis, inferioribus 2.5 mm. 
longis. Corolla calycem multo excedens ; vexillum oblongum, 
apice retusum, 12 mm. longum, 5.5 mm. latum in unguem 
angustum sensim attenuatum; alae 10 mm. longae, 2 mm. 
latae, apice acutae basi auricula obtusa magna I mm. longa 
adjecta, ungui 3 mm. longo ; carina apice obtusa, I2 mm. 
longa, 3 mm. lata, ungui 4 mm. longo. Ovarium breviter 
stipitatum, multi-ovulatum, pilis minutissimis obscure pilosum ; 
stigma minute barbatum. Legumen angustissimum, acutum, 
biloculare. 
_ Szechuen: flowers pale yellow, Tung Valley, May 1904. 
Wilson, 3436! Herb. Kew. 
nq Astragalus Veitchianus, N. D.Simpson. Sp. nov., ab A. frigido, 
ray, racemis dense capitatis, bracteis linearibus parvis, 
calyce superne utrinque piloso, dentibus triangularibus 
1.5 mm. longis distinguendus. 
Herba glabriuscula, caule robusto valde striato ultra 40 cm. 
ato glaberrimo. Folia circa 14 cm. (petiolis inclusis) longa, 
5-7-juga ; foliola oblongo-ovata, majora 3.5 cm. longa, I.3 mm. 
lata, apice obtusa, basi acuta, breviter petiolulata, supra glabra, 
subtus pilis albis longis vestita; stipulae a petiolis liberae, 
magnae, late lanceolatae, acutae, 2 cm. longae, circa 8 mm. 
latae, margine ciliatae. Racemt dense capitati, multiflori, 
pedunculis ad 13 cm. longis canaliculatis pilis nigris paucis 
instructis ; bracteae lineares, obtusae, ad I cm. longae, pilis 
albis longe ciliatae; bracteolae nullae ; pedicelli circa 2 mm. 
longi, pilis nigris dense vestiti. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, 
7 mm. longus, extra pilis nigris paucissimis instructus, intus 
superne pilis nigris brevissimis dense vestitus, dentibus triangu- 
laribus 1.5 mm. longis extra glabris intus dense nigro-pilosis 
margine pilis albis longis ciliatis. Corolla calycem multo ex- 
cedens, ‘lutea (ex Wilson) ; vexillum obovatum, 18 mm. longum, 
9 mm. latum, apice emarginatum in unguem sensim attenuatum ; 
alae curvatae, 18 mm. longae, 2.5 mm. latae, lamina parva apice 
obtusa, auricula parva, ungui 13 mm. longo; carina obtusa, 
17 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, ungui 13 mm. longo. Ovarium longe 
stipitatum, dense nigro-hirsutum 6-ovulatum ; stigma nudum. 
W. China: flowers yellow, growing in grassland, ime 
3300 to 3600 m. July 1903. Wilson, 3441! Herb. 
