﻿proper stems rather short; leaves 3-4 on the stem, aboi 

 7' long, about 6-8 pairs of oval, obtuse, almost contiguoi 

 leaflets, 8" long, 3" wide, glabrous above, hoary below, ; 

 well as the stems; peduncles and petioles with whit 

 short, narrow, appressed hairs, fixed by the base. Th 

 is a perenni ngthe juniper 



on the mesa above the Grand Wash. 



This seems to differ well from A. urs/nits, and in ca: 

 it should prove distinct, may bear the name A. ensiformi 



No. 5006. April 4, 1894, Copper Mine, 18 miles we 

 of St. George, Utah, in gravel, 5000° alt. 



Leaflets 2-3 pairs; calyx usually black-hairy, 8" Ion, 

 and teeth 1 )/ 2 " long; corolla dark purple like the typ 

 5" long; pod i%' long, arched into three-fourths of 

 circle and long-acuminate from the base, completely o 

 compressed at the base and not at all so at the apex, b 

 rather compressed, shortly shaggy all over, with rath 

 sparse hairs. In other respects this appears like the typ 

 but the pod is very different. Because of the variabili 

 of the pod in this species I cannot consider this as mo 

 than a good variety. 



This may prove to be too near to A. cibarius Sheldo 

 Astragalus remulcus. Rusby, No. 576, Banghartt 

 Ranch, Arizona, May, 1883. Probably also G. R. Vase 

 Kingman, Arizona, June, 1881. With the habit of . 

 Short ianus, and somewhat related to it. Perennial, rath 

 stout, stems spreading over the ground, with erect 

 ascending peduncles; proper stems 6' long, but may 

 much longer; puberulent; stipules triangular, gree 

 adnate, not connate, reflexed, 2" long; leaves 6' or k 

 long; the petiole one-third the rachis, and stout and s 

 cate: leaflets glabrous above, strigose below, with fi 



