252 LEGUMlNOSJi:. Astragalus. 



oblong or cylindrical spike : calyx-teeth subulate-setaceous, nearly tlie length of the 

 campanulate whitish-villous tube, much shorter than the curved yolluwibh-whito 

 corolla ; this lialf an incii long, and the broad claws shorter than the blades : pod.s 

 pendulous, linear-oblong, falcate or sickle-shaped, half to tliree fourths of an inch 

 long, 2 lines wide, abiiijitly pointed, soft-downy, 10 - 20-seeded. — I'loc. iVm. Acad. 

 vi. 624. 



Eustern ranges of the Sierra Nevada, Sierra Co. to Washoe Co., Nevada, Anderson, Torrcij, 

 Lemman, kc. 



§ 3. Pod neither membranaceous and bladder i/-ivjlated, nor long-hair// or looolly, 



* Conspicuously stipitate in the calyx (stipe equalling or much exceeding the latter). 



+■ One-celled pod with both sutures prominent externally and not ivithin, narroiv. 



++ Calyx very oblujuely attached to the pedicel and soon rectirved on it : corolla yel- 

 lowish-white : pod curved, cartilaginous or rigid, not cimpressed, the cross section 

 obovate : stems afoot or two long, mostly spreading or decumbent : stipules small, 

 distinct. 



28. A. C3nrtoideB, Cray. iSoft-pubescent throughout and mostly hoary, rather 

 stout : leaflets 11 to 21, from obovate-oblong and retuse to obcordate, becoming 

 smoother above : peduncles exceeding the leaves : flowers numerous in a dense 

 spike-like raceme : calyx downy ; the teeth not half the length of the oblung-cara- 

 panulato tube : pod oblong-linear, [tubescent, an inch or more in length, on an 

 ascending slender stipe of half an inch or more, either falcate or at lengtli curved 

 into a ring ; the thick cartilaginous valves very turgid at maturity, obscurely retic- 

 ulated. — Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 201 ii, 525; Watson, Bot. King Exp. 75. 



Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, Placer to Sierra Co. and eastward {Anderson, Lcmmon), 

 and W. Idalio, Spalding. Corolla half an inch long. 



29. A. speirocarpus, C.!ray. Minutely cinereous-pubescent : stems rather 

 slender: leaflets I) to 17, obovato and oblong, emarginato : flowers less numerous 

 and crowded than in the preceding : calyx barely p\iberulent ; the teeth not a 



• (piartor of the length of thii cyliudracoous tube : pod glubi-ous, tapering at Imsti 

 into a stipo only twice the length of the calyx, coiled nearly into one turn or at 

 length into a Hat hpira! ; the valvr.s thinmir and Ichh indumted than in tin- pn-red- 

 ing, more vt-iny, and Ii-hm (uigid. - I'me. /\ni. Ai-ail. vi. 'J'Jft ; Walftnii, I. e, 



Vur, fttlolfonnlK, (irav. Sll|(i> lllllonit. half lo Ihroo fouilhn of an lii.'h I.«iih. 

 nimily tlm l<<ngth of ihe liiinnorwalliMl and Ii«mn turgid lulralo nr nuMi'ly liooKnd p(Hl. 



HlxiliiCii (/I'fiKMKit) Olid inlJiK'Kiil iihiiiiiliiliitt III Ni'Viidil ( // ii^i'ii) i llit> iiliKiiiiil i>i>lli'i|tid hy 

 /,»/.»// nil III.' U|i|M«rC.iliiiiil.lii. hi I'liiit tiiily. I''liiwi'i'« nnrrowi'niiid nilliiT Uu\^\'V lliiiii In IIik Uiw 



Hll|ll«, Wlllcil HdllH' lullllH ll|>|>l<llll'll 



■¥+ ++ Calyx equal-mled and centrally attached to the pedicel : pod nlraighl, linear- 

 oblong, compressed; the valves thin and parchment-like: stems erect or somewhat 

 spreiuling. 



30. A. filipes, Torr. Minutely puberulent or glabrous : stems slender, branch- 

 ing, 2 feet high : stipides small and subulate : leailets 9 to 17, rather scattered, 

 linear (one third to two tliirds of an inch long) : racemes virgate, long-peduncled, 

 loosely-flowered : iiedit-els soon 8i)reading or pendulous : calyx-teeth not half tho 

 length of tho campanulate tube : corolla yellowish-white (half an inch long) : pod 

 an inch or less in length and 2 or 3 lines broad, abruptly contra(aed at base into a 

 filiform stipe of about half an inch in length. — Cray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 22G. 



N. W. Nevada ( IVatsmi, Lemvwn), extending towards and probably within the State, and in 

 the dry interior country to Washington Territory. 



31. A. Antiselli, Oray. Cinereous-pubescent, a foot or so in height: leaflets 

 21 to 29, linear-oblong, crowded, 2 to 4 lines long, hoary beneath but glabrous 



