370 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
7. Phaca spaldingii (A. Gray). 
Astragalus spaldingii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 524. 1865. 
Astragalus chaetodon Torr.; A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 194. 1866, not Bunge, 1851. 
Type Locaity: ‘Clearwater”’ River, Idaho. Collected by Spalding. 
Rance: Northern Idaho and adjacent Washington and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Sprague, Sandberg & Letberg 149b; Henderson in 1892; Rattle- 
snake Mountains, Suksdorf 283; Walla Walla region, Brandegee 716; Pullman, Piper 1494; 
Henderson in 1892; Connell, Leckenby, June, 1897. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
8. Phaca lyallii (A. Gray). 
Astragalus lyallii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6 : 195. 1865. 
Type LocaLity: “Upper Yakima River,” Washington. Collected by Lyall in 1860. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Eimer 366; Henderson 2354; Piper 2683; North 
Yakima, Henderson 2354; Upper Yakima River, Lyall in 1860; Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 
282; Pasco, Hindshaw 52; Coulee City, Piper 3856; Sprague, Sandberg d& Leiberg 149a; 
Walla Walla Region, Brandegee 717; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Rattlesnake Mount- 
ains, Griffiths & Cotton 23; Prosser, Griffiths & Cotton 3. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
9. Phaca succumbens (Dougl.). 
Astragalus suecumbens Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 151. 1830. 
Astragalus dorycnioides Dougl.; G. Don, Hist. Dichl. Pl. 2: 151. 1832. 
Type Locauity: “On the barren grounds of the Columbia and near the Wallawallah 
River.” Collected by Douglas. 
RancGeE: Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat, J. Howell; Pasco, Hindshaw, May, 1896; Wallula, 
Brandegee 719; Hunts Junction, Leckenby, May, 1898; Walla Walla, Lyall in 1860; Wal- 
lula, Cotton 1063, 1040; Craigs Ferry, Cotton 1342. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
10. Phaca speirocarpa (A. Gray). ; 
Astragalus speirocar pus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 225. 1865. 
Type Locaity: ‘‘Wenass”’ River, Washington. Collected by Lyall. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Yakima, Leckenby, May, 1898; North Yakima, Leckenby, April 
22,1898; Yakima County, Brandegee 32,728; Henderson 2351; Naches Valley, Piper 2758; 
Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 277; Bickleton, Suksdorf 278; Wenas, Lyall in 1860; opposite 
Alkali, Howell 46; Moxee, Griffiths & Cotton 45; between Mabton and Satus, Cotton 1117. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran. 
11. Phaca sinuata (Piper). 
Astragalus sinuatus Piper, Bull. Torr. Club, 28: 40. 1901. 
Astragalus whitedit Piper, Bull. Torr. Club, 29; 224. 1902. 
Type LocaLity: Eastern Washington. Collected by Brandegee. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Colockum Creek, Whited 1353; Eastern Washington, Brandegee 
739. 
12. Phaca podocarpa Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 142. 1830. 
Astragalus sclerocarpus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 225. 1865. 
Tyre Locaity: ‘Great [Celilo] Falls of the Columbia.”” Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Ellensburg, Hindshaw, May, 1896; North Yakima, Henderson 
2352; Morgans Ferry, Suksdorf 279, 280; near the Great Falls of the Columbia, Douglas; 
