52 A New Astragalus. 



The following is a list of all the Cephalopods known to our coast, 

 from San Diego to Alaska: 

 Argonauta argo L. 

 Octopus punctatus Gabb. 

 Ammostrephes Ayresii Gabb. 

 Ammostrephes giganteus Gabb. 

 Onychoteuthis fusiformis Gabb. 



A NEW ASTRAGALUS. 



BY SERENO WATSON. 



Astragalus grallator n. sp. Perennial, the decumbent 

 stems nearly two feet long, g-labrous or nearly so: stipules distinct, 

 acuminate-deltoid; leaves finely appressed-pubescent or glabrate, 

 about 3 inches long; the narrowly oblong leaflets (about 20) 5 to 10 

 lines long: racemes loose, erect on peduncles exceeding the leaves; 

 pedicels very slender, erect, 3 or 4 lines long: flowers small (3 

 lines long), pale rose-color or white; calyx-teeth narrow, shorter 

 than the narrowly campanulate tube: pod (immature) 3 lines long, 

 ascending upon a stipe nearly equalling the calyx, thin-coriaceous, 

 nearly glabrous, transversely rugose, straight, i-celled, at first com- 

 pressed, becoming somewhat obcompressed-turgid, roundish dor- 

 sally and the ventral suture prominent. — At Steamboat Springs, 

 Routt County, Colorado. Peculiar in its unusually long, slender 

 pedicels, etc. In some respects it resembles species of the Homalobi 

 section, but it is more nearly related to the Bistdcati, though the pod 

 is not at all furrowed on the ventral side. 



[The above Astragalus was found at Steamboat Springs in July, 

 1891, by the writer and sent to Dr. Watson for identification. It 

 grew on the banks of a small stream in adobe soil, and has the 

 odor of carrion peculiar to the Astragali that are found in similar 

 localities. The flowers are white, but turn light pink in drying. It 

 was a single plant, large and with many stems, and grew where As- 

 tragahis Haydenianus was very abundant. It was referred to in 

 The Additions to the Flora of Colorada, Zoe, vol. ii, No. 3, as A. 

 Grayi. 



The manuscript was found by Mr. B. L. Robinson among Dr. 

 Watson's papers and kindly sent to Zoe for publication. 



Alice Eastwood.] 



