Part 5, 1929] FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 305 



5-6 mm. long; calyx white- villous, the tube 1 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, the teeth subulate, 5 mm. 

 long; corolla about 2 cm. long, dull-white or ochroleucous, the keel tipped with purple; banner 

 broadly elliptic, retuse; wings shorter, the blades oblong, slightly falcate; keel-petals still 

 shorter, the blades broader, rounded at the apex; pod ovate, about 2 cm. long, nearly 1 cm. 

 thick, and 4-5 mm. wide, densely white- villous, slightly curved and scarcely sulcate. 



Type locality: Spokane River. Washington. 



Distribution: British Columbia to Saskatchewan, Nebraska, northern Colorado, northern 

 Nevada, and Oregon. 



Illustrations: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 55, f. 181, and var. interior; Contr. W. Bot. 10: 

 pi. 5. 



39. Xylophacos glareosus (Dougl.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. 



506, 1063. 1917. 



Astragalus glareosus Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 152. 1831. 

 Tragacantha glareosa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 945. 1891. 

 Astragalus allanaris Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 141. 1894. 

 Astragalus inflexus glareosus M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 62. 1902. 

 Phaca glareosa Piper. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 11: 369. 1906. 

 Astragalus booneanus A. Nelson, Bot. Gaz. S3: 223. 1912. 



A cespitose perennial, with a much branched caudex; stems 2-5 cm. long, decumbent; 

 leaves 4—7 cm. long, ascending; stipules lance-subulate, 4-5 mm. long, villous; leaflets 13-19, 

 oblanceolate or narrowly lance-elliptic, acute at each end, 5-15 mm. long, villous-canescent; 

 peduncles 2-5 cm. long; racemes 5-10-flowered; bracts lanceolate, about 5 mm. long; calyx 

 strigose, more or less black-hairy, the tube about 1 cm. long, 3-3.5 mm. wide, the teeth subulate, 

 2-3 mm. long; corolla purple, about 2 cm. long; banner obovate, retuse, moderately arched; 

 wings 2 mm. shorter, acutish, the blades oblong, with a rounded auricle; keel-petals still 

 shorter, the blade broadly lunate, rounded at the apex; pod densely villous, strongly arcuate 

 above the middle, rather long-acuminate, about 2.5 cm. long, 1 cm. thick, and 7 mm. wide. 



Type locality: "Confluence of the Lewis and Clark's River with the Columbia" [Washington]. 

 Distribution: British Columbia to southwestern Montana, western Wyoming and Oregon. 

 Illustrations: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 54; Contr. W. Bot. pi. 5. 



40. Xylophacos candelarius (Sheldon) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 52:370. 1925. 



Astragalus Purshii tinctus M. E. Jones, Zoe 4: 269. 1893. 



Astragalus candelarius Sheldon. Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 142. 1894. 



Astragalus candelarius exiguus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 143. 1894. 



Astragalus consectus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 143, in part. 1894. 



Phaca Purshii tincta Piper, Contr. LT. S. Nat. Herb. 11: 369. 1906. 



Xylophacos consectus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 40: 49, in part. 1913. 



Astragalus Newberryi Watsonianus M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. 216, mainly. 1923. 



A subacaulescent densely cespitose perennial, with a deep root and short woody caudex; 

 stems 1-3 cm. long; leaves ascending, 3-5 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long; leaflets 

 9-13, elliptic or obovate, obtuse, 5-10 mm. long, densely villous-canescent; peduncles 1-3 cm. 

 long; racemes 3-8-flowered ; bracts subulate, 4-5 mm. long; calyx short- villous, the tube about 

 1 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, the teeth subulate, 2-3 mm. long; corolla fully 2 cm. long, purple; 

 banner slightly arcuate, obovate, retuse; wings decidedly shorter, the blade elliptic, acutish; 

 keel-petals broadly lunate, rounded at the apex; pod 15-18 mm. long, nearly 1 cm. thick, 5 mm. 

 wide, slightly arcuate and scarcely sulcate. 



Type locality: Candelaria, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 

 Distribution: Western Nevada, northern California, and southern Oregon. 

 Illustrations: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 52 tas A. Newberryi Watsonianus); pi. 56 (as A. 

 Purshii tinctus); Contr. W. Bot. 10: pi. 6. 



41. Xylophacos ventosus (Suksd.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 52:370. 1925. 



Astragalus ventosus Suksd.; Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 52: 370, as a synonym. 1925. 



A perennial, with a tufted cespitose caudex; stems many, less than 5 cm. long, white- 

 villous, densely leafy; leaves spreading, 2-5 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 5-6 mm. 



