﻿CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY. 643 



Astragalus megacarpus var. caulescens. 



No. 56391- July 17, 1894, Loa Pass, Utah, 8ooo° alt., 

 in gravel under sagebrush. 



This has large leaves, 6' long, stems a foot high, with 

 large, green triangular stipules 2-3" long and stipe as 

 long as the calyx. 



The variety Parry i Gray has elliptical leaflets and pods 

 \)4' long„;on a stipe ]/ 2 " long. What appears to be nearly 

 the same, from Peach Springs, Arizona, by Lemmon, has 

 a stipe as long as the calyx, and teeth, and stems from 4- 

 6' long: the pod is as described above, but elliptical-oval. 

 It is quite probable that both varieties will prove to be 

 only forms not deserving varietal rank. 



No. 6080k. September 25, 1894, above Springdale, 

 Utah, 4000° alt., in red sand. 



Perennial from an erect root; stems prostrate, 2—6' 

 long, herbaceous; nodes 6" long or less; stipules hya- 

 line, light chestnut colored, connate and cup -like, 2" 

 high, a -little pointed; whole plant densely appressed- 

 hairy with rather long slender hairs fixed by the base, 

 and stems short-shaggy with white hairs; leaves on slen- 

 der petioles which are a trifle longer than the rachis, 

 leaves 2' long; leaflets contiguous, 4-6 pairs, orbicular, 

 folded, 2" long; peduncles slender, bearing few subcap- 

 itate flowers at the apex, 2^-5' long; pedicels %" long, 

 shorter than the ovate bracts; calyx tube campanulate, 

 i-i*4" long, 1" wide: triangular teeth a little shorter; 

 flowers about 4" long, banner greenish white, purple be- 

 low and purple veined, oval, the blade 2" long, its sides 

 reflexed a little, arched abruptly at tip of calyx tube to 

 90°; wings oblong, equaling the keel, %" wide, arched: 

 keel ]A" wide at base and with the apex produced grad- 

 ually into a long, narrow, nearly erect sharp tip; ovary 



