Part 7, 1929] FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 393 



rounded-cordate in cross-section, the septum 1 mm. wide and thick; seeds obliquely reniform, 



3 mm. long. 



Type locality: Georgia. 



Distribution: North Carolina to Florida. 



Illustration: M. E. Jones. Rev. Astrag. pi. 65, / 216. 



20. Tium terminale (S. Wats.) Rydberg. 



Astragalus terminate S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 370. 1882. 

 Astragalus revenloides M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5: 661. 1895. 

 Astragalus terminate rerentoides M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. 167. 1923. 



A perennial, with a woody root and cespitose caudex', stems many, 2-3 dm. high, silky- 

 canescent, somewhat flexuose; leaves ascending, 5-8 cm. long; stipules deltoid, 3-4 mm. long, 

 silvery; leaflets 13-19, elliptic or oblong, 5-10 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded at 

 the apex, silvery-silky on both sides; peduncles 7-10 cm. long; racemes short and dense, 2-4 

 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 1-2 mm. long; pedicels less than 1 mm. long; calyx black-hairy, 

 the tube 4 mm. long, the teeth deltoid, 1 mm. long; corolla cream-colored, with purple-tipped 

 keel (originally described as purple); wings shorter, the blade oblanceolate, falcate, with a large 

 reflexed auricle; keel-petals 9-10 mm. long, the blade broadly lunate, rounded at the apex; 

 pod glabrous, subsessile, erect, 15-19 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, and 6 mm. thick, rounded-cordate 

 in cross-section, the septum fully 1 mm. wide. 



Type locality: Red Rock Creek, southern Montana. 

 Distribution: Southwestern Montana and northern Idaho. 

 Illustration: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 39, f. lib. 



21. Tium oxytropoides (M. E. Jones) Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Astragalus conjunctus oxytropoides M. E. Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 5: 665. 1895. 



" A cespitose perennial, with a woody root; stems proper short, 1-2 dm. high, numerous, 

 striate, sparingly strigose, erect; leaves borne close to the base, erect, 1-1.5 dm. long, the rachis 

 strigose; stipules deltoid, reflexed, 3-4 mm. long; leaflets 13-23, linear, 1-1.5 cm. long, acute, 

 strigose on both sides; peduncles 1.5-2 dm. long, striate or sulcate, erect; racemes 8-15 cm. 

 long; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long; calyx loosely white-hairy, the tube 6-7 mm. long, the 

 teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, nearly 2 cm. long; banner oblanceolate, 

 moderately arched at the middle; wings about 1.5 cm. long, the blade oblanceolate, with a 

 reflexed auricle; keel-petals still shorter, the blade broadly lunate, rounded at the apex; pod 

 nearly erect, subsessile, straight, 1.5-2 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, and 5-6 mm. thick, coarsely 

 strigose with white-hairs, the cross-section rounded-cordate, the septum 0.5 mm. wide. 



Type locality-: Near the Dalles. Oregon. 

 Distribution: Type locality and vicinity. 



22. Tium Sheldoni Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A perennial, with a cespitose caudex; stems proper less than 1 dm. high, erect ; leaves erect, 

 1-1.5 dm. long; stipules lance-deltoid, 3 mm. long; leaflets 19-25, linear or oblong, 5-10 mm. 

 long, 2-3 mm. wide, pilose on both sides or glabrate above; peduncles 1-2 (rarely 3) dm. long, 

 sulcate; bracts subulate, 3 mm. long; calyx sparingly pilose, with some black hairs, the tube 



4 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 2 mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, about 12 mm. long; banner 

 obovate, slightly arched; pod nearly sessile, slightly arcuate, 2 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, finely 

 strigose with hairs black, sulcate on the lower suture, the partial septum nearly 1 mm. broad. 



Tvpe collected in Horse Creek Canyon, Wallowa Countv, Oregon, Mav 14, 1897, Sheldon S032 

 (herb. N. Y Bot. Gard.). 

 Distribution: Oregon. 



23. Tium conjunctum (S. Wats.) Rydberg. 



Astragalus conjunctus S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 371. 1882. 

 Astragalus reventus conjunctus M. E. Jones. Contr. W. Bot. 10: 61. 1902. 

 Phaca conjuncta Piper. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 11: 373. 1906. 



A perennial, with a woody caudex; stems (including the peduncles) 3-5 dm. high, glabrous 

 or sparingly strigose; leaves 8-20 cm. long, erect; stipules deltoid, 3-5 mm. long; leaflets 15-25, 



