﻿Astragalus triflorus Sheldon (not DC), Death Valley 

 Rep., is A. Tejouensis or near it. 



Astragalus holosericeus. Between King City and 

 Jolon, Monterey County, California. Miss Eastwood, 

 June 7 , 1893. 



This is probably a variety of A . cerussatus or A . tri- 

 florus, but until the limits of those species are clearly 

 made out this must stand, for there are no transitions 

 yet known. Perennial seemingly, short-shaggy through- 

 out but the stems and mature pods less so, hairs white, 

 fixed by the base , spreading, tangled ; stems a little flexuous , 

 1-2 high, with nodes 1-2' apart, barely striate, ascend- 

 ing, unbranched; lower leaves small, 2-3' long, with 5-7 

 pairs of elliptical and acute leaflets 3" long, and petioles 

 equaling the rachis; stipules subulate with short filiform 

 tip, 3" long, reflexed, thick, adnate, not connate; upper 

 leaves 4-6' long, with short petiole 1' long or less, leaflets 

 about 10 pairs, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 6-8" long; 

 flowers nearly white, 3" long, on stout pedicels 1%" long 

 which are twice the ovate and minute bract, in a short close 

 raceme 1-2' long; peduncles and rachis about 4-6' long, 

 rather stout; calyx tube campanulate, 1%" long and nearly 

 as wide, with subulate to triangular teeth nearly as long 

 and curved; banner short and rounded, blade 2" long, 

 arched in short curve to 90 just beyond calyx tube, erect 

 part less than 1" high, sides reflexed a little; wings nar- 

 rowly oblong, arched to 45 or less, a trifle longer than 

 keel and but little shorter than the banner, narrower than 

 the keel; keel a little arched below, rather abruptly bent 

 at apex to 90 and vertical portion with straight edge, the 

 very tip a little recurved so as to make a short boss, erect 

 part as long as base and ij4" high, a trifle longer than the 

 calyx teeth; pods oval 1 long, 9" wide, ventral suture less 



