Hamosi. 264 
the crown of a slender root, apparently winter annuals. Darwin 
Mesa near Keeler California. Lower Temperate life zone. 
231. Astragalus Nevinii Watson Proc. Am. Acad. 21 412 
(1886). Pods narrowly oblong and a little arcuate, the body about 
1.5 cm. long and 4 mm. high and 2 mm. wide, smooth and closely 
reticulated, chartaceous, barely to triangular-acute at both ends, 
sharply sulcate to the middle, wholly 2-celled. Stipe about twice as 
long as calyx.’ Flowers rather wide, about 1 cm. long, light-colored, 
rather capitate. Banner oblong, arched abruptly to 45° at calyx 
tips, 6-8 mm. long. Wings narrowly oblong, 2 mm. longer than 
keel, about 3 mm, shorter than banner, arched somewhat. Keel 
straight, with tip erect, triangular and 2 mm. high. Calyx broadly 
campanulate, about 3 mm. long, with the triangular teeth about half 
as long as tube, soon reflexed. Bracts very small and as long as the 
very stout pedicels. Peduncles about as long as the leaves, in 
fruit loosely spicate on the upper half or third. Leaves all petioled, 
about 1 dm. long, recurved. Leaflets 5-7 pairs. Plants a foot or 
two long. San Clemente Island, Nevin and Lyon. 
232. Astragalus Traskie Eastwood Proc. Cal. Acad. 3 102 fig. 
(1897). A. Nevinii var. Traskie Jones. Pods almost exactly 
those of A. Howellii but more arcuate, arcuately half-elliptical-ob- 
long, or obliquely narrowly oblong and rather abruptly narrowed 
to a triangular flat beak 3 mm. long which is in line with the ventral 
suture, the body fully 1.5 cm. long, 3 mm. high and 5 mm. wide, 
very shortly-triangular at base, broadly and rather shallow-sulcate 
dorsally, coriaceous, finely corrugated, short-woolly, completely 2- 
celled, apparently ascending, in close clusters, stipe as long as calyx 
and teeth. Flowers white, becoming yellowish, about 12 mm. long, 
_ ascending in a close head. Banner oval, about 8 mm. long, arched 
abruptly to 45° at end of teeth, with sides reflexed 1 mm. wide be- 
low, 2-3 mm. longer than wings. Wings broadly linear, about 1 mm. 
wide and 1 mm. longer than keel, arched a little. Keel obliquely 
oblong, about 4 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, the tip nearly erect and 
rounded and a little darker. Calyx tube narrowly campanulate, 
about 4-6 mm. long and 2.5 mm. high, rounded at base and equally 
inserted on a very thick pedicel, cleft a little deeper above, not 
oblique, the triangular teeth one-fourth to one-third as long as tube, 
nigrescent. Pedicels and bracts minute. Peduncles nearly 1 dm. 
long, floral rachis 2-3 cm. long. Leaves rarely 1 dm. long, narrow, 
tapering, (Nevinii not noticeably so), with 8-10 pairs of leaflets 3-7 
mm. long. Stems thick, forming broad mats 1-3 ft. long, with innu- 
merable old leaf petioles forming a dense mass below. On cliffs in 
high and dry places, San Nicholas Island. Blanche Trask. This can 
probably be kept apart from A. Nevinii on the pod character and 
larger flowers, but the plants are suspiciously alike. This group 18 
the representative of A. Howellii in the south. 
233. Astragalus Arthuri Jones Cont. 8 20 (1898). Atelo- 
phragma Rydberg. Pods gladiate, about like those of Brassica alba 
but narrower, at tip the dorsal suture is nearly straight and the 
ventral narrowed to it, at base the opposite is true, sulcate dorsally 
with a narrow groove, chartaceous, nearly smooth, mature pods 
laterally flattened with concave sides, fully 2-celled, cross section 
triangular-cordate, ventral suture the more arched, thick at base and 
prominent externally. Flowers reflexed, white, like those of A. 
stenophyllus, about 1.2 cm. long. Banner about 1 em. long, ovate, 
arched at calyx tips to nearly a half circle in gentle curve, the nar- 
row tip much reflexed, about 4 mm. longer than wings. Wings nar- _ 
rowly oblong, about 2 mm. wide, arched to 30°, about 3 mm. 
longer than keel. Keel arched nearly from base to tip in a half 
circle, the tip triangular, a little 
