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EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIIL 



Fig. I. Peucedanum insulare, sp. nov. 



a. and b. Parts of the same leaf, actual size. 



c. External view of carpels, magnified as shown in figure. 



d. Cross-section of a carpel, magnified as shown in figure. 

 Fig. 2. Hosackia veniista, sp. nov. 



a, Calyx, b, Standard, c, Keel, d, Wing. Figures mag- 

 nified 5 times. 

 Fig. 3. Hosackia argophylla Gray. 



a. Calyx, b, Standard, c, Keel, d. Wing. Figures mag- 

 nified 5 times. 

 Fig. 4. Abro7iia alba, sp. nov. 



a. Flower, b. Immature fruit. Figures magnified 5 times. 

 Fig. 5. Lycium verrucosnni, sp. nov. 



a. Tip of branch, actual size. 



b. Flower magnified 5 times. 



c. Interior of corolla showing the position of the stamens. 



d. Interior of the calyx showing the pistil. 

 Fig. 6. Astragalus Traskicz, sp. nov. 



a. Fruiting branch, actual size. 



b. Flower, twice the actual size. 



c. Cross-section of the pod. 



d. Mature pod. 



Fig. 7. Amsitickia St. Nicolai, sp. nov. 



a, Calyx, b, Corolla spread open, c. Outline of corolla, d 

 and e, two views of the akene. Figures about 5 times the 

 actual size. 

 Fig. 8. Amsinckia maritima, sp. nov. 



a, Calyx, b. Corolla spread open, c. Outline of corolla. 

 Enlarged as in fig. 7. 



