252 SIMPSON—ENUMERATION OF CHINESE ASTRAGALI. 
5. Astragalus complanatus, R. Brown ex Bge. Astrag. Sp. 
ont: i; x: 869) ; Franch. Pl. David. i, 84 (1884) ; 
Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii, 165 (1887). 
Chihli: Peking hills, Carles! Herb. Edin. 
N. China : Tatarinow ! sub A. oligantho, Horan. Herb. Kew. 
China: Staunton! Mus. Brit. 
It is uncertain why Bunge associated R. Brown’s name with 
this species. The ‘‘complanatus’”’ written on the sheet of 
specimens in the British Museum collected by Staunton is not 
in the handwriting of R. Brown 
Sect. 4. BrBRACTEOLATAE, N. D. Simpson. 
Herbae perennes, caulescentes. Stipulae a petiolo liberae. 
Racemi capitati, saepe pauciflori, axillares, pedunculati. Brac- 
teae persistentes ; bracteolae duae. Calyx campanulatus. Co- 
volla calycem semper multo excedens, lutea vel purpurascens. 
Vexillum magnum plerumque suborbiculare, semper latum. 
Ovarium stipitatum. Stigma a barbatum (sub oculo 
nudo). 
6. Astragalus camptodontus, Franch. PI. Delav. 160 (1889) 
pro parte maxima; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Xxxvi, 459 (1904) pro parte. 
Yunnan: Yen-tze-hay, 2700 m., Delavay, 1962!; 1969! 
(non 936!). Herb. Paris. et Kew. 
No. 936 differs from the type (in several characters), and 
constitutes the new species A. camptodontoides. 
7. Astragalus camptodontoides, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov. 
Yunnan: Lon Kong, Delavay, 936! Herb. Kew. 
8. Astragalus Balfourianus, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov., in Notes 
Bot. Gard., Edin., viii, p. 123 (1913). 
Yunnan: at an altitude of 3600 m. on the eastern flank of 
the Lichiang Range, Forrest, 6606! (type). 3600-3900 m., 
Forrest, 6514! 3300-3600 m., Forrest, 2745! Herb. Edin. 
g. Astragalus tanguticus, Batalin in Act. Hort. Petrop. xi, 
485 (1891) ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi, 
459 (1904). 
Kansu: Tangut, Grum-Grshmailo! Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
10. Astragalus minutebracteolatus, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov. 
2 W. China : at an altitude of 3300 m., Wilson, 3420! Herb. 
ew. 
