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2. Phaca hookeriana Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 693. 1840. 
Astragalus hookerianus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 215. 1864. 
Astragalus olympicus Cotton, Bull. Torr. Club 29: 573. 1902. 
Type Locauity: “Interior of Oregon.”’ Collected by Douglas. 
tance: Washington to Nevada and California. . 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, //mer 2531; Mount Stuart, Brandegee 725; 
upper Yakima River, Brandegee 33; Blue Mountains, Piper 2405; Horner B146, 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
3. Phaca suksdorfii (Howell). 
Astragalus suksdorfii Howell, Erythea 1: 111. 1893. 
Tyre Locauiry: ‘In loose voleanic soil near the base of Mount Adams,’’ Washington. 
Collected by Suksdorf. 
RanGE: Known only from the type locality. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 113. 
4. Phaca purshii (Dougl.). 
Astragalus purshii Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 152. 1830. 
Type vocauity: “On the low hills of the Spokan River,” Washington. Collected by 
Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia and Washington to California and Utah. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Whited 1023; Fort Colville, Lyall in 1861; Coulee 
City, Piper 3861; Spokane, Piper 2288; Henderson 2357; Sandberg & Leiberg, May, 1893: 
Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 18; Spangle, Piper, May, 1898; Chelan Butte, Grif- 
fiths & Cotton 168. 
ZONAL pistRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
4a. Phaca purshii tincta (Jones). 
Astragalus purshii tinctus Jones, Zoe 4: 269. 1893. 
Type Locauity: ‘ Edgewood, near Mt. Shasta,’’ California. 
Rance: Washington to California and Nevada. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Bingen, Suksdorf 50. 
5. Phaca inflexa (Dougl.). 
Astragalus inflerus Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 151. 1830. 
Type Locauity: “On the barren sandy grounds of the Columbia, from the junction of 
Lewis and Clarke’s River to the Mountains.’”’ Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Opposite Umatilla, Howell 42; Kooskooskee to Walla Walla, 
Wilkes Expedition 529; without locality, Brandegee 722; Wawawai, Elmer 112; Hull in 
1892: Almota, Piper 1492, 2938; Illia, Lake & Hull 665; without locality, Vasey in 1889; 
without locality, Sandberg & Levberg in 1892. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
6. Phaca glareosa (Dougl.). 
Astragalus glareosus Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 52. 1830. 
Astragalus allanaris Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Studies 1: 141. 1894. 
Tyre tocauity: “Plentiful on dry gravelly banks of rivers, from the confluence of 
Lewis and Clarke’s River with the Columbia to the mountains.” Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Piper 2680; Whited, April, 1897, and 18; North Yaki- 
ma, Mrs. Steinweg in 1894; Leckenby, April, 1898; Henderson 2356; Pasco, Hindshaw 46; 
Coulee City, Piper 3861; Rattlesnake Mountains, Cotton 552. 
The above identification of Douglas’s A. glareosus with Sheldon’s A. allanaris is not 
without misgivings, but the original description points to this species rather than to any 
other. 
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