144 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



Astragalus watsoiiianus (OK). 



Ti'cigacantha vmtsoniana OK. Rev. Gen. PI. 2:942. 1891. 

 A. eriocari) us Wats. Bot. King. Rep. 5:71. 1871. 

 Not A. eriocarpus DC. Astrag. 237. 1802, 



a species found in Persia and Caucasia. 



A. suturalis Sheld. Bull. Minn. Geol. & Nat. Hist. n. 9: 19. 1894. 



Utah and Nevada. 



Astragalus leucolobus Jones. Zoe. 4:270. 1893. 

 A. leucolobus Wats, in herb. 

 California. 



Astragalus utahensis (Torr.) T. and G. Pac R, Rep. 

 2 ; 120. 1855. 



Phaca mollissima Torr. var. utahensis Torr. Cat. Stansb. Exped. 



385. 1852. 

 IVagacantha uttthensis OK. Rev. Gen. PL 2: 949. 1891. 



Utah and Nevada. 



Astragalus coccineus (Parry) Brandegee. Zoe. 2 : 72. 



1891. 



Asti'agalus x>ursMiDovoij. var. coccineus Parry, West. Am. Sci" 



6:10. 1890. 

 Astragalus granchflorus V/ ATS. Proc. Am. Acad. 18:370. 1882. 

 Not Astragalus grandiflorus Pall,. Astrag. 57. 1800. 



which is a synonym of Oxytropis grandiflora DC. Astrag. 71. 

 1802, a Siberian species. 



California. 



Astragalus lauocarpus n. sp. 



Perennial, caespitose, woolly -pubescent with loug, fine, 

 white hairs; stems very short, branching, forming a close mat; 

 leaves 3 to 5 cm. in length, the rachis channelled; leafleis 5 to 

 10 mm. in length, in three to five pairs, usually absent from 

 the lower half of the rachis, narrowly obovate to oblong, acute 

 or obtuse; stipules triangular ovate, acuminate, sheathing; 

 peduncles equalling the leaves, three to five fiowered; flowers 

 12 to 15 mm. in length, erect; calyx narrowly cylindrical, with 

 unequal teeth one-fifth the length of the tube; corolla ocholeu- 

 cous, tipped with purple; legume 12 to 15 mm. in length, coria- 

 ceous, white pubescent with long stiff hairs, sessile, oblong. 



