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Var. ineptus Jones. Pods thin, very short-pointed, small (5 to 6 lines long). — Montane, 

 4000 to 9000 feet: east slope of the Sierra Nevada from Mono Co. to Lassen Co. 



Var. sierrae Jones. Stems several from a heavy root-crown, spreading, 8 inches long ; leaves 

 9 to 12 lines long, bright green, nearly glabrous; leaflets rather crowded; pods subglobose, 

 shortly pointed, 7 to 8 lines long. — San Bernardino Mts. (Bear Valley). 



Var. semotus Jepson var. n. Stems numerous, slender or wiry, arising from a stout root- 

 crown, prostrate or reclining, 3 to 6 inches long, the clusters of pods resting on the ground, the 

 leaves rather stiffly erect, much exceeding the short racemes ; herbage appressed-pubescent or the 

 upper surface of the leaflets merely bordered by strigose hairs; leaves 2i/4 to 4 inches long, the 

 petioles slender and wiry; leaflets 17 to 27, obovate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 1^4 to 4 lines long; 



racemes few-flowered, % to ly^ inches long; flowers 

 4 to 5 lines long ; calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate, % to 

 % as long as the tube; corolla yellowish-white; pods 

 ovate, beaked, sparsely strigulose, 6 to 9 lines long. — 

 (Caules numerosi, graciles vel rigido-filiformes, pros- 

 trati vel reclinati, unc. 3-6 longi ; folia unc. 2%-4 

 longa, paucifloros racemos superantia; foliola 17-27, 

 obovata vel oblongo-oblanceolata, lin. l%-4 longa; 

 calycis dentes lanceolato-subulatis, quam tubo Vi-Vz 

 breviores; corolla albido-flavescens ; Icgumina sparse 

 strigulosa, lin. 6-9 longa.) — Dry flats or hill slopes, 

 7000 to 11,000 feet: White Mts., Inyo Co. June-July 

 (fl. and fr.). 



Locs. — Campito Mt., Jepson 7280 (type) ; Summit 

 trail. Silver Canon to Big Prospector Mdw., Jepson 

 7250 ; Chiatovitch Creek, Duran 2776. 



Eefs. — Astragalus IjENTIGInosus Dougl. ; Hook. 

 Fl. Bor. Am. 1:152 (1831), type loc. Blue Mts., Ore., 

 Douglas; Jepson, Man. 568 (1925). Tragacantha lenti- 

 ginosa Ktze. Eev. Gen. PI. 2:946 (1891). Cystium 

 lentiginosum Eydb. Bull. Torr. Club 40:50 (1913). A. 

 lentiginosus var. floribundiis Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 

 6:524 (1865), type loc. near Carson City, Nev., Ander- 

 son 157, 247; type spm. (Gray Herb.), leaves rather 

 short, racemes capitate, pods acuminate ; we have seen 

 no California spms. corresponding to this form. Cystium 

 yforibwndwmEydb. N.Am. Fl. 24:411 (1929). A. lenti- 

 ginosus var. carinatus Jones, Eev. N. Am. Astrag. 125 

 (1923), type loc. Baker City, Ore., Jones. Var. fre- 

 MONTii Wats. Bot. King 66 (1871). A. fremontii Gray; 

 Torr. Pac. E. Eep. 4:80 (1857), type loc. Eio Virgen, 

 Fremont. A. coulteri var. fremontii Jones, Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. ser. 2, 5:669 (1895). Cystium fremontii Eydb. 

 N. Am. Fl. 24:407 (1929). A. eremicus Sheld.; Cov. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4:86 (1893), type 

 loc. Lone Pine, Coville 888; a synonym as evidenced by type (U. S. Nat. Herb.). Cystium 

 eremicum Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:409 (1929). A. arthu-schottii Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6:209 

 (1864), type loc. Mohave Eiver, Fremont, in part. Cystium arthu-schottii Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24: 

 409 (1929). C. pardalotum Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:415 (1929), type loc. Mohave Desert, David- 

 son; type spm. (N. Y. Bot. Gard.) fragmentary, without fruits; corolla purple. C. vtilpinum 

 Eydb. I.e. 24:409 (1929), type loc. Grass Valley, Nev., Watson 254; type spm. (Gray Herb.) less 

 pubescent than is usual in var. fremontii, pods less pubescent, more closely congested but not capi- 

 tate. Var. ALBlFOLius Jones, Eev. N. Am. Astrag. 124 (1923), type loc. Lone Pine, Owens 

 Valley, Jones. Cystium alUfolium Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:413 (1929). Var. coulteri Jones, Con- 

 trib. W. Bot. 8:4 (1898). A. coulteri Benth. PI. Hartw. 307 (1848), type loc. probably in Colo- 

 rado Desert, Coulter, not "Monterev"; Jepson, Man. 568 (1925). Tragacantha coulteri Ktze. 

 Eev. Gen. PI. 2:944 (1891). Cystium coulteri Eydb. Bull. Torr. Club 40:50 (1913). A. arthu- 

 schottii Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6:209 (1864), as to the Schott spm. (Gray Herb.). Var. NIGRI- 

 CALYCis Jones, Proc. Cal. Acad. ser. 2, 5:674 (1895), type loc. Bakersfield, Fastivood. Cystium 

 nigricalyce Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:408 (1929). Cystium tehachapiense Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:414 

 (1929), type loc. Tehachapi, Kern Co., Heller 7833. Var. cuspidocarpus Jones, Proc. Cal. Acad, 

 ser. 2, 5:673 (1895). A. cuspidocarpus Sheld. Minn. Bot. Stud. 1:147 (1894), type loc. Grafton, 

 Mont., E. S. Williams. A diphysus Wats. Bot. King 65 (1871) in part, Toyabe and East Hum- 

 boldt mountains, Nev., Watson 253; not A. diphysus Gray (1864). Cystium platyphyllidium 

 Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:410 (1929), type loc. Pine Creek, Gilliam Co., Ore., Leiberg 171. A. lentigi- 

 nosus var. idriensis Jones, Contrib. W. Bot. 10:63 (1902), type loc. New Idria, San Carlos Eange, 

 Eastwood. Cystium idriense Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:414 (1929). Var. ineptus Jones, Eev. N. Am. 

 Astrag. 124 (1923). A. ineptus Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6:525 (1865), type loc. near Sonora Pass, 



Fig. 209. Astragalus lentiginosus 

 Dougl. var. nigricalycis Jones; a, 

 fl. branch, X % ; 6, fl., X 1^/2 ; c, pod, 

 X V2; d, cross sect, of pod, X 1. 



