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Astragalus eremiticus n. sp. 



Perennial, glabrous throughout; stems 2 to 3 dm. high, erect, 

 strict, solitary, simple, terete, purplish tinged, smooth and 

 shining; leaves 6 to 12 cm. in length, the rachis nearl}- 

 terete; leaflets 10 to 12 mm. in length, in six to nine pairs, 

 oblong-lanceolate, with a cuneate base, obtuse; stipules ovate, 

 obtuse or acute, small and deciduous, the lower large, sub- 

 foliaceous, sheathing, persistent; peduncles 12 to 15 cm. in 

 length, striate, loosely five to ten flowered; ^oiwers 13 to 15 

 mm. in length, erect; calyx narrowly campanulate, slightly 

 pubescent with short, black, appressed hairs, with short, 

 black, filiform incurved teeth; co?'oZZa ochroleucous, the banner 

 narrow and prominently spreading; legume 3 cm. in length, in- 

 cluding the narrow, filiform stipe which is 1.5 cm. in length, 

 coriaceous, body of the legume oblong, with a filiform, in- 

 curved tip, geniculate at the point of juncture, with the stipe, 

 glabrous, minutely cross-reticulated, unilocular, but with the 

 ventral suture intruded so as to make the cross section Y 

 shaped, six to eight seeded. 



Collected in the Beaverdam mountains, southern Utah, May, 

 1874, by Dr. C. C Parry; also near Sprucemont, Nevada, July, 

 1891, by M. E. Jones. 



The species is near to Asti-agalus arrechis A. Gray. 



The type specimen is deposited in the herbarium of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden. 



Astragalus arrectus A. Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 8:289. 

 1878. 



A. leucophyllus 'Roovi. Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 211. 1873. 

 Washington and Idaho. 



Astragalus braudegei Porter and Coulter. PI. ^olo. 

 24. 1874. 



Tmyacantlm hrandegei OK. Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 943. 1891. 

 Colorado. 



Astragalus drepauolobus A. Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 



75. 1883. 

 Washington. 



Astragalus bolanderi A. Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. 7 : 337. 

 1868. 



Tragacantha bolanderi OK. Rev. Gen. Pi. 2:943. 1891. 

 California. 



