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5. Astragalus Antiselli Gray Bot. Cal. 1 152 (1876). A. Hasseanus 
Sheldon. Pods in the type about 2 em. long and 5-7 mm. high, not 
much flattened laterally and with about oval cross-section finely reti- 
culated all over, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptical, tapering from near 
tip into the dark fili'orm stipe which is about 3 times as long as calyx, 
“tip barely acute and apiculate, sutures about equally arched, Flowers 
about 1 cm. long. Calyx tube as in A. stenophyllus but teeth 
triangular and about half as long as the tube. Pedicels twice as long 
as the short bracts. Peduncles 1-2 dm. long, about as long ag leaves, 
the rachis a half to a third more and rather densely flowered, Leaves 
7-15 cm. long. Leaflets 10-16 pairs, linear-oblong, to elliptical-oblong, 
rounded, 1-2 cm. long, 4-7 mm. wide, white-ribbed, ashy with minute 
white hairs closely appressed and fixed by base. Stems slender but 
rather rigid and from a woody shrubby base, ashy, somewhat sulcate, 
erect. A. Hasseanus Sheldon is a form with longer and more acuminate 
pods. This may hybridize with A. trichopodus. On dry slopes, in 
the hills of the Coast range from San Luis Obispo California and south- 
ward, Antelope Valley, Davidson. Tropical, 
Astragalus Antiselli var. phoxus Jones Cont. 10 65 (1902). A. 
gaviotus Elmer. Pods with body about 2 cm. long, 7 mm. high and 1 
mm. thick, almost completely flattened laterally, on a stipe fully half 
as long, oblanceolate to linear-elliptical, sutures either equally arched 
or the ventral the more so, shortly acuminate at both ends, opening 
first at tip, apiculate. Flowers 15-20, about 1.5 em. long. Banner 
arched to erect, 4 mm. longer than wings, with sides reflexed 2 mm. 
wide in the middle only. Wings linear-oblanceolate, nearly 2 mm. 
longer than keel and much narrower, little arched. Keel exceeding 
the calyx tube by 4 mm. nearly straight, tip sharply incurved to a 
at least 110 degrees, about 3 mm. high, blunt, not dark, Peduncles 
(and stems) sulcate, 1-3 dm. long, stout. Leaflets 12-15 pairs, nearly 
contiguous, oblong-elliptical, about 1.5 cm, long, somewhat. reduced 
above. Stipules small and not connate, The plants have the habit 
of A. leucopsis. Santa Inez river southern California and vicinity. 
Lower Temperate life zone. 
This group connects directly with the Inflati through A. oxyphysus 
and trichopodus, 
, 6. Astragalus porrectus Watson Bot. King 75 (1871). Pods 
about 1.5 cm. long, exclusive of the stipe, about 4 mm. high and 2 mm, 
wide, much laternally flattened, shortly acuminate at both ends, at 
tip into a subulate and straight beak 1-2 mm. long, at base into a very 
stout tapering straight stipe often twice as long as calyx, arcuate near 
the base, erect at tip or a little incurved and calyx nearly hori- 
zontal. Flowers about 1 cm. long, white, ascending, yellowish when 
dry. Banner oblong-oval, abruptly erect at calyx tips, with sides reflex- 
ed about 2 mm. wide at base, less so above, rather fleshy, the erect 
part about 1 mm. long. Wings broadly oblanceolate or obliquely el- 
liptical, acutish, about 1 mm. longer than keel and 2 mm, shorter 
than banner, nearly 2 mm. wide, ascending. Keel about 3 mm. long, 
the base straight and tip nearly erect and triangular. Calyx hyaline 
the tube about 3 mm. long and 2 mm. high, abruptly rounded at base 
and inserted a little below the middle, the triangular teeth about half 
as long. Pedicels rather stout, about 2 mm. long and equaled by the 
triangular bracts. Peduncles stout, in the upper axils, about 1 dm. 
long, the rachis often twice as long or more. Leaves 5-7 em. long, 
short-petioled. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, thick, about 1-1.5 cm. long, nearly 
contiguous, mostly with a broad notch at tip. Stems flexuous, slen- 
der, nearly erect, about 2 ft. high, from a strong erect root. Trinity 
