﻿rowly oblong, shortly acuminate, very much resembling 

 those of Oxytrofis Lambcrti: peduncles i-ii long, su l- 

 cate, rather slender. 



Francisquito, Lower California, October 18, 1891. Per- 

 ennial, with many delicate stems, ascending, with the habit 

 of A . hpahus] but seeming near to A . Nuttallianus, 

 nearly glabrous throughout; nodes 2—3' long: stipules 

 subulate, not united, adnate, 2" long; leaflets 8-1 1 pairs, 

 obovate-oblong to elliptical, emarginate. delicate, finely 

 petiolulate; proper petiole 6-9" long; leaves 4' long: pe- 

 duncles filiform, 6' long, subcapitately 10-15 flowered: 

 pedicels slender, %" long, about equaled by the tri- 

 angular bracts; calyx campanulate -cylindric, tube ii" 

 long by y^" wide, subulate teeth about half the tube, tube 

 hyaline, nigrescent; banner blade 2A" long, oblong, as- 

 cending 45 , the curve beginning beyond the calyx tips, 

 sides reflexed, %" wide: wings linear, straight. A" wide, 

 just about as long as banner, not at all arched (thus re- 

 sembling those of A. arictiuus), iA" longer than keel: 

 keel short, very obtuse and rounded: pods linear-oblong. 

 6" long by 1-1A" wide, obtuse, sessile, completely 2-celled. 

 glabrous, not sulcate, chartaceous. 



Astragalus metanus. Hanson's Ranch, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, near the border, Brandegee, April 18, 1885. Has 

 the habit of A. Inyoensis. Prostrate from a perennial 

 root. 2-3"' long; stems rather stout and sulcate, minutely 

 pubescent throughout with fine appressed hairs, fixed by 

 the base, nodes about 3' long, rather flexuous; stipules 

 very small, green, reflexed, 1" long, adnate, not connate : 

 leaves 4-7' long; proper petiole 1' long on the lower 

 leaves, but none on the upper ones; leaflets linear-lanceo- 



