Sheldon: SPECIES OF astragalus. 143 



Astragalus caiidelarius n. sp. var. exiguiis n. var. 



Dwarfish, caespitose, with less pubescence than in the type 

 of the species, but of the samo character; sfems short, procum- 

 bent, matted, not striate, with white, close, woolly pubescence; 

 leaves 2 to 3:5 cm. in length, numerous; leaflets 4 to 6 mm. in 

 length, narrowly obovate, in five or six pairs, absent from the 

 lower half or two thirds of the rachis; pechincles shorter than 

 the leaves; flowers 2 to 2.5 cm. in length; calyx not colored, the 

 teeth unequal, one-fourth the length of the tube; corolla 

 ochroleucous, tinged with purple; legume^ cm. in length, cavity 

 not lined with a brownish membrane. Collected beside road 

 to Sierra Valley, Nevada county, California, May, 1886, by C. 

 P. Sonne; also near Candelaria, Esmeralda county, Nevada, 

 May, 1888, by W. H. Shockley; Yreka, Siskiyou county, Cali- 

 fornia, April and May, 1876, by Edward L. Greene; Mulford, 

 Utah, June, 1880, by M. E. Jones. 



This species and its variety are no doubt near to Astragalus 

 lectulus Wats, and may be regarded as' a connecting link 

 between it and Astragalus cousectus Sheld. 



Astragalus consectus n. sp. 



Perennial, woolly-pubescent with long, white hairs; stems 

 short, branching at the bose, woody; leaves 4 to 8 cm. in 

 length, the rachis sulcate above; leaflets 5 to 10 mm. in length, 

 in five to eight pairs, absent from the lower half of the rachis, 

 obovate to elliptical, obtuse or retuse; stij^ules falcate, acumi- 

 nate, not sheathing; peduncles exceeding the leaves, subcapi- 

 tately six to eight flowered; flowers 2 cm. in length, narrow, 

 spreading; calyx long-cylindrical, with equal, subulate teeth 

 one-fourth the length of the tube; corolla ochroleucous, some- 

 times tipped with purple; legume 2 to 2.5 cm. in length, coria- 

 ceous, pubescent with yellowish-white hairs, sessile, ovate- 

 arcuate, obcompressed, bisulcate, both sutures intruded so as 

 to form a nearly two-celled pod, breaking at the tip when 

 mature, cavity smooth within, few to many seeded. 



Collected in California, 1846, Premont; Carson Valley, Utah, 

 1859, Henry Engelman; Utah, 1874, C. C. Parry; and at Tejon 

 Pass, southern California, June, 1887, S. B. Parish. This 

 species Is nearest to Astralagus wcdsonianus (OK.) Sheld., 

 but it is the most nearly two- celled species of the section. 



The last specimen being the most perfect one yet found of 

 this species, may be taken as the type. 



