SIMPSON—-ENUMERATION OF CHINESE ASTRAGALI. 257 
I (1869); Franch. Pl. David. i, 85 et 86 (1884); Forbes et 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii, 167 (1887). 
Kansu: Kazan, L. de Loczy, 197b.!_ Herb. Budapest. 
Shensi: Hort. Kew. seeds from Piccolo, 218! Herb. Kew. 
Chihli: Peking, Bretschneider!; Bushell!; Williams in 
Herb. Hance, 11,456!, 12,469! Jehol, David in Herb. Hance, 
12,469! Herb. Kew. 
Shantung: hills near Chi-ning-chow, F. N. Meyer, 254! 
Herb. Kew. 
W. China: 2100 m. alt., Wilson, 3431! Herb. Kew. 
37. ey dependens, Bge. in Mél. Biol. x, 640 (1877) ; 
orbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii, 165 (1887). 
ey : Piasezky! Herb. Hort. Petrop. 
38. Astragalus Loczii, Kanitz.* PI. Exped. Szechenyi, Asia 
entr. 17 (1891); Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
XXXVI, 459 (1904). 
Kansu: Nan-san, L. de Loczy, 78! Herb. Budapest. 
Sect. 9. PoLYPHYLLAE, N. D. Simpson. 
Herbae perennes, caulescentes, erectae. Racemi laxi, pauci- 
flori. Flores bibracteolati, sicco purpurei; pedunculi foliis 
minores. Ovarium uniloculare, glabrum, longe stipitatum, 
stipite calycem multo excedente. 
39. Astragalus Purdomii, N. D. Simpson. Sp. nov. 
N. China: cultivated by Messrs. Veitch & Sons from seeds 
collected by Purdom. 
Sect. 10. CENANTRUM, Bge. 
Herbae caulescentes, erectae. Stipulae a petiolo liberae. 
Racemi longe pedunculati, conferti vel elongati, interdum sub- 
umbellati. Bvacteae persistentes rarissime (cf. A. Duclouxit) 
caducae ; bracteolae nullae. Calyx campanulatus. Corolla 
flava vel ochroleuca. Ovarium stipitatum, uniloculare ; stigma 
nudum. 
40. Astragalus Henryi, Oliver in Hook. Icon. Plant. xx, 1959 
(1891) ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi, 
459 (1904). 
Neodielsia polyantha, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi, Beibl. 
82, p. 68 (1905)—fide Ulbrich in Engl. Jahrb. 1, Beibl. r1o, 
p. 16 (1913). 
’  Hupeh: Henry, 6902 !; Wilson, 2373! Herb. Kew. et Edin. 
* Var. scaposa, Kanitz = Oxytropis Kanitzit, N. D. Simpson, comb. nov. 
