CATALOGUE. 
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Astragalus cyrtoides, Gray; I, c, 201. Froc. Amer. Acad. 6. 525. 
Softlj pubescent; stems subdecumbent, about 1*^ long; stipules small; 
leaflets 7-10 pairs, 4-6" long, linear-oblong, obovate or obcordate ; pedun- 
cles much longer than the leaves ; racemes spike-like, with spreading or pen- 
dulous flowers on short suberect pedicels ; calyx-teeth subulate, or ovate, 
3-times shorter than the tube ; corolla 6-8'' long, ochroleucous, half longer 
than the calyx ; legume cartilaginous, 1-celled, sublinear, terete, acute at each 
end, pendent upon a stipe longer than the calyx, strongly arcuate-incurved or 
sometimes annular, margined sutures narrow, the ventral one very acute. — 
Washington Territory, (Spalding;) near Carson City, Nevada, (Dr. Anderson.) 
Astragalus filipes, Torr. Grays Rev.^ I. c, 226. Perennial, minutely 
puberulent ; stems 2*^ long, subdecumbent, simple or branched ; stipules 
small, free ; leaflets ¥ long, 5-8 pairs, linear-oblong, obtuse ; peduncles 
slender, much exceeding the leaves; racemes loosely 10-20-flowered ; flowers 
¥ long, ochroleucous, on slender pedicels, spreading ; calyx-tube campanu- 
late, twice longer than the short teeth ; legume 1' long, chartaceous, long- 
stipitate, flat, glabrous, linear-oblong, straight, reflexed, perfectly 1-celled, 
many-seeded. — Collected by Dr. Pickering near Fort Okanagan, Washington 
Territory. Pah-Ute and Toyabe Mountains, Nevada ; 6,000 feet altitude ; 
June, July. (283.) 
Astragalus porrectus. Perennial, subglabrous ; stems ascending, 
simple, 1-2° long; stipules large and membranous, at least the lower ones 
sheathing; leaflets 4-6 pairs, I' in diameter, broadly obovate, retuse or ob- 
tuse ; racemes loosely rather many-flowered, elongating in fruit ; flowers 
h long, yellow, spreading, the campanulate calyx-tube scarcely longer than 
the subulate teeth ; legume long, chartaceous, flat, glabrous, oblong, 
gibbous dorsally, the ventral suture nearly straight, erect upon a spreading 
pedicel and stipe that exceeds the calyx, perfectly 1-celled, about 10-seeded. — 
Of the Homalobus section and of like habit with A. Palmeri. It also much 
resembles A. arrectus, but the structure of the legume is very diflferent. 
Trinity Mountains, Nevada; 5,000 feet altitude; May. (284.) 
Astragalus multiflorus. Gray ; /. c, 226. Perennial, somewhat glab- 
rous; stems 1° high, numerous, ascending, slender, branched; stipules 
dark-colored, the lower ones at least sheathing; leaflets 6-10 pairs, 3-6" 
long, Hnear or narrowly oblong, acute or obtuse; peduncles not exceeding 
the leaves, loosely few^-flowered ; flowers ochroleucous, small, 2-3'' long ; 
