22 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



Astragalus apilosus n. n. 



Astragalus glaber Mtchx. F1. Bor, Am. 2 : 66. 1803. 

 not Astragalus glaber Lam. Ency. Meth. 1 : 525. 1783, 



a synonym of Oxytrojns glabra DC. Astrag. 95. 1802, a Siber- 

 ian plant. 



not Astragalus glaber DC. Astrag. 118. 1802, 

 which is a synonym of Astragalus fragrans Willd. Sp. PL 

 3 : 1294. 1803, a native of the Orient. 



Astragalus spatulatus n. n. 



Astragalus caespitosus A, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6 :230. 1866. 

 Eomalobns caespitosus Nutt. in T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 352. 1838. 

 not Astragalus caespitosus Pall. Astrag. 70. 1800, 



which is a synonym of Oxytropis caespitosa Willd. Sp. PI. 

 3: 1304. 1803, occurring in Dahuria. 



Homalobus canescens Nutt. in T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1:352. 1838, 

 not Astragalus canescens DC. Astrag. 114. 1802, 



an Armenian species. 



not Astragalus canescens Soland. in Lowe, in Trans. Camb. Ptiil. Soc. 

 4:34. 1831, 



which is a synonym of Astragalus solandri Lowe, in Hook. 

 Kew. Journ. 8 : 294. 1856, a species occurring in Morocco and 

 Madeira. 



Homalobus brachycarpus Nutt. in T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 :352. 1838. 

 not Astragalus brachycarpus Bieb. Fl. Taur. 2 : 201. 1809, 



which is the accepted name for a Caucasian plant. 



Astragalus syrticohis n. n. 



Astragalus thompsonae Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. lO : 345. 1875. 

 not Astragalus thomsoniamis Benth. in Hook. f. & Thom. Fl. Ind. 234. 

 1855, 



which is a syrionym of Astragalus nivalis Kar. & KiR. Enum. 

 PI. Song. 341. 1842, a native of Thibet and Soongaria. 



Astragalus jepsoni n. n. 



Astragalus demissus Greenb., 'Evythea,, 1:221. 1893. 

 not Astragalus demissus Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss. Diag. I. 2 : 50. 1849 



a synonym of Astragalus amoenus Fenzl. Pugil. PL Nov. Syr. 

 4. 1842, a Cilician plant. 



The species is named for Mr. Willis L. Jepson, of the Uni- 

 versity of California. 



