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green at least at tip, blunt, or rarely acute, often 6" long, 

 and resembling the bracts; pedicels about V A " long. 

 Throughout the Great Plateau, in subalpine meadows, or 

 even as low as 6ooo G alt., in meadows. Apparently from 

 Bolivia. Rusby, but specimens more like those of Europe. 

 Astragalus rirguf tutus Sheldon is the same as A. arrest is 

 apparently. 



Astragalus hyfoglottis L. as figured in Pall. Astrag. 

 has subulate pointed bracts; campanulate calyx, teeth 

 subulate and shorter than the short tube; banner short 

 and oval; wings oblong and barely longer than the keel: 

 leaflets lanceolate and always acute : stipules much smaller, 

 bracts .ovate to linear-lanceolate; calyx lobes less than 

 half the tube; pods with longer stipe and broader, ovate, 

 very blunt at both ends: plants sparsely hairy with long 



simply hairy; leaflets about 8 pairs; peduncles longer 



Astragalus Canadensis L. var. Carolinian 



us (L). 



This seems to be a very good geographical 



varietv. 



abounding from North Carolina to the Ohio Ri\ 



er. and 



rarely beyond. This has long open spikes of sn 



mil. not 



greenish nor thick flowers ; oblong-oval, apiculate. 



2-celled 



pods. 4" long. 





Astragalus simfUcifolius (Nutt. T. & G., Fl. 



I, 350, 



1838) Gray. It is manifest that this is a reduced 



form of 



what has heretofore been called Astragalus casp't 



osus. 



Astragalus simpi.icifoi.ius var. cbspitosus 



(Nutt. 



To this must be referred the very common and 



normal 



form of the species. The synonymy is A . as 



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