ADDITIONS. 



After ASTRAGALUS KEXTROPHYTA, Gray, page 30, insert 



ASTRAGALUS TEGETARIUS, Watson, King's Sep., vol. 5, p. 76, pi. 13. Perennial, dwarf' 

 caeopitose, canescent, with a silky pubescence; stems 2 // -6 // long, numerous and 

 branched, from a much-branched caudex, procumbent ; stipules membranous, mostly 

 acuminate, sheathing ; leaflets 3-5 pairs, 2"-3" long, linear, acute ; peduncles slender, 

 about equaling the leaves, 1-3-flowered ; flowers small, 2"-3 // long, ochroleucons, the 

 keel purplish ; calyx-teeth as long as the campanulate tube ; legume 2"-3 // long, char- 

 taceous, sessile, compressed, pubescent, ovate, oblong, straight, erect, 1-celled, 6-ovuled, 

 1-2-seeded. 



Var. ? IMPLEXUS, \V. M. Canby. Leaflets in 2 pairs, crowded on the stems ; stipules 

 tipped with a short straight point ; flowers violet, the keel deep purple ; legumes 

 mostly smaller, l"-2" long, turgid, ovate, obtuse, 3-4-ovnled, 1- (rarely 2-) seeded. 

 South Park, Canby; Hoopes ; Porter. 



After ZYGADENUS XUTTALLII, Gray, p. 133, insert 

 VERATRUM ALBUM, L. Middle Park, Pawy. 



