506 FABACEAE 



the middle, scarcely sulcate. A. eriocarpus S. Wats. Mountains: Nev. 

 (? Utah). Submont. My. 



20. X. utahensis (T. & G.) Rydb. Stems usually less than 1 dm. long, 

 densely floccose; leaflets 9-17, obovate or orbicular, rounded at the apex, 5-10 

 mm. long, densely white-floccose ; raceme 3-10-flowered, dense; calyx densely 

 villous; tube about 12 mm. long; teeth subulate, about 4 mm. long; corolla 25- 

 28 mm. long, violet or purple; pod ovoid, about 2 cm. long, somewhat curved, 

 only slightly sulcate on the sutures. A. utahensis T. & G. A. nudisiliquus A. 

 Nels. PINK LADY-FINGERS. Hills and benchlands: Mont. Wyo. Utah 

 Nev. Submont. Ap-My. 



21. X. Purshii (Dougl.) Rydb. Stems usually less than 5cm. long, villous; 

 leaflets 9-13, oblanceolate or oblong, acute, 8-15 mm. long, villous; calyx densely 

 villous; tube about 1 cm. long; teeth subulate, about 3 mm. long; corolla 2-2.5 

 cm. long, ochroleucous; keel tipped with purple; pod ovoid, densely woolly, 

 about 2 cm. long, slightly curved, scarcely sulcate. A. Purshii Dougl. A. 

 Booneanus A. Nels., in part. Dry plains and hills : Mont. Colo. Calif. B.C. 

 Son. Submont. My-Je. 



22. X. glareosus (Dougl.) Rydb. Stems usually less than 1 dm. long; 

 leaflets 11-17, oblong, canescent-hirsute, 4-10 mm. long, acute; peduncles very 

 short; racemes 3-8-fl owered ; calyx-tube 8-9 mm. long; teeth subulate, 2 mm. 

 long; corolla purple, about 2 cm. long; pod villous, ovoid, about 2.5 cm. long. 

 A. glareosus Hook. A. Booneanus A. Nels., in part. Hills and flats: Wash. 

 Mont. Wyo. Utah. Plain Submont. My-Je. 



23. X. inflexus (Dougl.) Rydb. Stems 2-4 dm. long, decumbent, white* 

 villous; leaflets 15-25, obovate or elliptic to oblanceolate, 7-15 mm. long, white~ 

 villous; raceme 5-10-flowered, capitate, calyx long- villous; tube 10-12 mm. long? 

 teeth subulate-setaceous, 6-7 mm. long; corolla light purple, 20-25 mm. long; 

 pod oblong-ovoid, strongly curved, villous, deeply sulcate on both sutures, 2.5 

 cm. long. A . inflexus Dougl. Plains and river-bars: Wash. Mont. Ore. Son. 

 Plain. My-Je. 



24. X. Parryi (A. Gray) Rydb. Stems 0.5-2 dm. long, hirsute-villous ; leaf- 

 lets 15-27, obovate or oblong, 4-15 mm. long, sparingly hirsute on both sides; 

 raceme short, 6-10-flowered ; calyx sparingly hirsute; tube 5-6 mm. long; teeth 

 4-5 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, 15-18 mm. long; keel tipped with purple; 

 pod 2.5-3 cm. long, 7 mm. broad, long-beaked, arcuate, hirsute; lower suture 

 slightly more sulcate than the upper. Mountains: Wyo. Colo. n Tex. Sub- 

 mont. Mont. My-Jl. 



31. MICROPHACOS Rydb. 



Subcinereous perennials, with very slender stems. Leaves pinnate, with 7-21 

 linear to oblong leaflets; stipules very broad, triangular, free from the petioles and 

 only the lower more or less united with each other. Racemes many-flowered. 

 Calyx short-campanulate, about 2 mm. long, with very short and broad teeth. 

 Corolla purple, 5-6 mm. long, all petals strongly curved. Pod 6-8 mm. long, 

 coriaceous, cross- wrinkled, wholly 1-celled, 6-7-ovuled, boat-shaped, i. e., upper 

 suture prominent, strongly curved, lower suture nearly straight or curved up- 

 wards, flat or slightly sulcate. 



Pod slightly sulcate on the lower suture, transversely veined; leaflets narrowly linear- 

 obtuse. 1. M. parviflorus- 



Pod merely flattened on the lower suture, cross-wrinkled ; leaflets linear-oblong or linear- 

 cuneate, truncate or emarginate. 2. M. microlobus. 



1. M. parviflorus (Pursh) Rydb. Stem minutely strigose, 3-6 dm. high; 

 leaflets 11-21; racemes very slender, lax; calyx-tube 1 mm. long; teeth triangular, 

 0.5 mm. long; corolla purplish, 5-6 mm. long; pod pendent, straight, ovoid, 5-7 

 mm. long. Astragalus gracilis Nutt. Plains and hills: N.D. Tex. Wyo. 

 Plain. Je-JL 



2. M. microlobus (A. Gray) Rydb. Stem branched, 3-4 dm. high, finely 

 strigose; leaflets 7-17, minutely strigose; raceme lax, short; calyx-tube 1.5-2 mm. 

 long; teeth triangular, 0.5 mm. long; corolla about 7 mm. long, purplish; pod 



