﻿Not Astragalus Wfolius Clos, C. Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, in, 

 1846. 



Astragalus ceramicus var. imperfectus Sheldon, 1. c. 9, 

 19, 1894. A11 the above belong to .1. anguslus. 



Astragalus subc/nereus Gray. An examination of a 

 duplicate tvpe specimen of Astragalus Wootoni Sheldon 

 shows that it is the same, the pods varying from deeply 

 mottled to uncolored. 



Astragalus acerbus Sheldon seems to be identical with 

 A ■ Dodgianus Jones, and the latter is not surely separable 

 from A. Wingatensis Watson. 



Astragalus recurvus Greene proves to be the same as 

 .1 . lauccarcus Gray, and not A . obscurus, as 1 had supposed, 

 the original type specimen being very poor and in fruit 

 only. My specimen " with crimped edges to the pod " 

 barely in fruit is this species. 



Astragalus Patterson/' Gray. An examination of the 

 type of Astragalus dipliysus var. alb/ floras Gray, Bot. 

 Ives, shows that it is identical with A. Patterson/. Now, 

 here is a chance to immortalize oneself by making a 

 brand new name for this nauseous and poisonous weed, 

 on the once-a-synonym-always-a-synonym system. 



Astragalus Pattersoni var. procerus (Gray, P. A. 

 A. 13,3*9. 1878). 



Astragalus procerus Gray, 1. c. 

 Astragalus prcelongus Sheldon, 1. c. 9, 19, 1894. 

 Since this is only a large flowered form with unusually 

 broad pods, but which vary into the typical species, and 

 since there is no reason for not using Gray's original 

 name, which as a variety is unused, I place it as above. 



Astragalus cerussatus Sheldon. This species I think 

 should stand, as it is not the Astragalus triflorus Gray, 

 PI. Wright 2, 45, 1853, though it may be proved to vary 

 into it, and therefore may have to be reduced to a variety 



