Part 5, 1929] FAB ACE AE: GALEGEAE 279 



slightly exceeding the calyx, the body spirally twisted into about two complete coils, 4-4.5 

 mm. broad; seeds obliquely reniform, 2.5 mm. long. 



Type locality: Wenass, in the valley of the Upper Columbia. 



Distribution: Washington, east of the Cascades. 



Illustrations: M. E. Jones. Contr. W. Bot. 10: pi. 12; Rev. Astrag. pi. 29, f. 99. 



61. Homalobus alvordensis (M. E. Jones) Rydb. Bull. Torrey 



Club 51: 18. 1924. 



Astragalus alvordensis M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 67. 1902. 



A perennial; stems slender, flexuose, much branched, 1.5-4 dm. high, strigose; leaves 3-5 

 cm. long; stipules triangular, free, 1-2 mm. long; leaflets 13-17, obovate-cuneate, emarginate, 

 3-S mm. long, 2-6 mm. wide, canescent with incurved hairs; racemes including the peduncle 

 3-6 cm. long, few-flowered; calyx with short incurved hairs, the tube 2 mm. long, only slightly 

 gibbous, the teeth deltoid, less than 1 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, purple- veined ; banner 

 obovate, 5-6 mm. long; wings somewhat shorter, the blade narrowly obliquely oblanceolate, 

 acutish; keel-petals 3-4 mm. long, with a rounded apex; pod pubescent, flat, stipitate, the stipe 

 5-6 mm. long, the body curved, forming a complete coil to a coil and a half; reticulate, 3- 

 3.5 mm. broad. 



Type locality: Alvord Valley, Oregon. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: pi. 2; Rev. Astrag. pi. 29, f. 100. 



62. Homalobus podocarpus (Hook.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 



51: 18. 1924. 



Phaca podocarpa Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 142. 1831. Not .4 stragalus podocarpus C. A. Meyer. 1831. 

 Astragalus sclerocarpus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 225. 1864. 

 Tragacantha sderocarpa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 948. 1891. 



A perennial, with a cespitose rootstock; stems branched, canescent-strigose, striate, 3-6 

 dm. high; stipules triangular, free, 3-4 mm. long; leaves 8-10 cm. long; leaflets 13-19, linear 

 or oblong, 1-2 cm. long, 1-3 mm. wide, strigose-canescent, obtuse; peduncles 5-10 cm. long; 

 racemes lax, 5-8 mm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, about equaling the pedicels; calyx 

 strigose, more or less black-hairy, the tube about 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, slightly gibbous 

 above, the teeth lanceolate, 1.5 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous; banner 14 mm. long, obovate, 

 with a broad claw; wings 12 mm. long, the blade about equaling the claw, obliquely oblong- 

 lanceolate, with a rounded basal auricle; keel-petals about 10 mm. long, the blade shorter than 

 the claw, nearly semicircular; pod strigose, stipitate, the stipe 15-18 mm. long, bent, the body 

 lunate, long-attenuate at both ends, reticulate, coriaceous, with very strong thick sutures; 

 seeds nearly black, obliquely reniform, 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad. 



Type locality: Great Falls of the Columbia. Washington. 

 Distribution: Washington and northern Oregon. 

 Illustrations: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 31, f. 108; pi. 74. 



63. Homalobus bicristatus (A. Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 51: 19. 1924. 



Astragalus bicristatus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 75. 1883. 



Astragalus bicristatus tetrapteroides M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 58. 1902. 



A perennial, with a cespitose caudex; stems 3-6 dm. high, more or less strigose, striate; 

 leaves 7-10 cm. long; stipules triangular, free, 2-3 mm. long; leaflets 15-21, linear, 12-20 mm. 

 long, 1-3 mm. wide, strigose-canescent; peduncles 7-10 cm. long; racemes short, dense at first, 

 elongate in fruit; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, longer than the pedicels; calyx strigose with 

 black hairs, the tube 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, gibbous below on the upper side, the teeth 

 lanceolate, 2 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous; banner obovate, acute, long-clawed, about 15 

 mm. long; wings 14 mm. long, the blades equaling the claw, obliquely lanceolate, acutish, with 

 a large basal auricle; keel-petals 12 mm. long, the blade shorter than the claw, nearly semi- 

 circular, rounded at the apex, with a rounded basal auricle; pod stipitate, glabrous, the stipe 



