Contributions to Western Botanp. 65 
not oblique at either end, sessile, circular to a little oblate in 
cross section, 9-15’ long, 3” wide, conical beaked; leaflets none 
to 2-4 pairs. Gathered at House Rock, near Lee’s Ferry, north- 
ern Arizona, June 18, 1890, Jones. 
A. diphacus var. peonis n. var. This differs from the type 
in being prostrate with ascending tips, silvery-hoary throughout, 
leaflets about 8 pairs and 3” long. It appears to be very dif- 
ferent from the type but there seem to be intergrades, while the 
species is known to be variable. Zacatecas, Mex., Jones, 1892. 
, A. agrestis var. ee (T.&G.) A. Hypoglottis var. 
polyspermus T. & G. Fi. 1 328. A. virgultulus Sheld. Minn. 
Bot. Stud.9 165. This ese deserves varietal rank. 
A. Simplicifolius var. spatulatus (Sheld. Minn. Bot. Stud. 9 
19.) A. spatulatus Sheld. |.c. A. caespitosus Gray. 
A. Pattersoni var. praelongus (Sheld.) A. eee es 
Minn. Bot, Stud. 9 19, A. procerus Gray Proc. A. A. 1 
A. Shortianus var. cyaneus (Gray). A. cyaneus Hos ‘Fi. 
Fend. 34. A. Shortianus var. minor Gray Proc. A. A. 6 211. 
A. Antiselli var. phoxus n. var. Plants with the habit of A. 
leucopsis var. curtipes, shrubby below, stems apparently 2° or 
more high, ashy-white, rather stout, 2” thick; leaves minutely 
pubescent with short appressed hairs fixed by the base, sessile 
or with petiole little Jonger than the lowest leaflet, 6’ long, the 
lower ones smaller; leaflets 12-14 pairs, nearly contiguous, 6” 
loug, elliptical-oblong, retuse to rounded, not conspicuously re- 
duced toward end of leaf; stipuies very small, deltoid, adnate, 
not connate; internodes 1’ long or less, rarely more; peduncles 
and stems deeply suleate, the former 6-12’ long, straight and 
stout, racemosely flowered on the upper third; pedicels 1” long, 
as long as the campanulate calyx, three times as long as the 
minute and ovate bract, reflexed in flower and fruit; calyx white, 
hyaline; subulate teeth half shorter; flowers 7” long, straight, 
with petals on exserted claws; keel surpassing the tube by 4”, 
