LEGUMINOS. 267. 
New Mexico.—Nortn Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry 
& Palmer, 173), Chihuahua, Coahuila (Gregg); Sourn Mexico, Tepeacualco, on march 
down from Puebla to meet General Pierce (Halsted), without locality (Coulter, 627), 
valley of Mexico (Schaffner, 108). Hb. Kew. | 
24, Astragalus vaccarum, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 43. 
Norra Mexico, Ojo de Vaca, Chihuahua (Thurber). 
25. Astragalus, sp. 
Phaca astragalina, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. pars 2, p. 51, nee DC. 
Sours: Mexico, Cerro Ventoso, near Pachuca, north of Mexico, 7000 to 8000 feet 
(Galeotti, 3357). , 
This name belongs to an Old-World species, and is probably a mistake on the part 
of Martens and Galeotti. 
28. OXYTROPIS. 
Oxytropis, DC. Astragal. pp. 94 et 26; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 507. 
' A large genus of herbs and shrubs, often spiny, confined to the cold regions of the 
northern hemisphere. Hooker and Bentham state that there are nearly 100 species ; 
but Bunge, in a monograph of the genus (1874), enumerates 181 species. 
1. Oxytropis lamberti, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii. p. 277. 
Orncon, southward to—Nortu Mexico, Mimbres &e. ( Wright). Ub. Kew. 
This species scarcely comes within the limits of our territory. 
29. GLYCYRRHIZA. 
Glycyrrhiza, Linn. Gen, Plant. n. 882 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 508. 
A genus of about twelve herbaceous perennial species, the greater number inhabiting 
the Mediterranean region and Temperate and Subtropical Asia. The genus is also repre- 
sented in Western North America, in Extratropical South America, and in Australia 
by outlying species. | 
1. Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Nutt. Gen. Am. Pl. ii. p. 106; Bot. Mag. t. 2150. 
SASKATCHEWAN and down the western side of N. America to—Norta Mexico, Ojo de 
Vaca, Chihuahua (Thurber), Mimbres (Wright). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe HEDYSARE. 
“Between forty and fifty genera of herbaceous and shrubby plants, with a few 
arboreous species. They are generally dispersed, including the tropics. 
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