260 SIMPSON—ENUMERATION OF CHINESE ASTRAGALI. 
Sect. 15. Myosproma, Bge. 
Herbae acaules, pube alba. Stifulae petiolo adnatae. Ra- 
cemt subsessiles pauciflori. Bracteae membranaceae ; bracteolae 
nullae. Calyx tubulosus. Corolla flava; stigma nudum. 
55. Astragalus acaulis, Baker in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 
132 (1876). 
ne litangensis, Bur. et Franch. in Journ. de Bot. v, 24 (1891) ; 
Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvi, 459 (1904). 
Yunnan: on the western flank of the Lichiang Range, 3300- 
3600 m., Forrest, 5763! A-tun-tsi, 4200-4500 m., Kingdon 
Ward, 30! Herb. Edin. 
Szechuen: Litang, Bonvalot et Prince Henri! Tongolo, 
Soulié, 71m! Herb. Paris. et Kew. 
There is considerable variation in the amount of indumentum 
in these specimens, but in each case where it is present the type 
of hair is the same. The specimen from Tongolo is more hairy 
and has slightly smaller flowers than the type specimen and 
those from Yunnan. 
PLANTA INCERTAE SEDIS. 
56. Astragalus glanduliferus, Debeaux. Fl. Tientsin, 16 
(1879) ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii, 
Chihli: Tientsin, Peiho river, Debeaux. 
The author of this species gives as its affinities A. melilotoides 
and A. chinensis ; but it is impossible from the description alone 
to decide to which section it rightly belongs. 
Subgenus IT. 
Cercidothrix, Bge. 
Plantae herbaceae vel suffruticosae, perennes, caulescentes 
vel subacaules, inermes, pilis medifixis vestitae. Flores racemosi 
vel capitati, lutei vel purpurascentes. Calyx campanulatus 
vel tubulosus. Pefala glabra. Legumina saepissime bilocularia. 
Sect. 1. Evopmus, Bge. 
Herbae perennes, caulibus erectis. Calyx tubuloso-campanu- 
latus. Flores flavescentes. Ovarium glabrum. Legumina erecta. 
57. Astragalus uliginosus, Linn. Sp. Pl. Pa (1753); Bge. 
Astrag. Sp. Geront. ii, 168 (1869). 
Shinking : Chang-pei-shan, 300-2250 m., H. E. OM. James ! 
Herb. Kew. 
