Part 7, 1929] FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 403 



mm. long, exceeding the calyx-tube, the body oblong-ellipsoid, acute at each end, 1.5-2 cm. 

 long, 6 mm. wide, cross-reticulate, glabrous, the septum about 2 mm. wide. 



Type locality: Green River. Utah. 



Distribution: Western Colorado, southeastern Utah, and northeastern Arizona. 



4. Jonesiella Ellisiae Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A perennial; stem 3-5 dm. high, sulcate, more or less flexuose; leaves about 1 dm. long, 

 the rachis glabrous; stipules deltoid, 3-5 cm. long, reflexed; leaflets 15-19, oblong or oblance- 

 olate, about 1 cm. long, glabrous; peduncles about 1 dm. high, sulcate; racemes about 3 cm. 

 long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. long; pedicels 2 mm. long; calyx nearly glabrous, the tube 5 

 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla apparently white, with a purple-tipped 

 keel; banner obovate, slightly arcuate, about 18 mm. long; wings somewhat shorter, the blade 

 oblanceolate, with a large basal auricle; keel-petals about 15 mm. long, the blade broadly 

 lunate, with a dark-purple tip; pod somewhat arcuate, about 3 cm. long, 6 mm. wide and S 

 mm. thick, tapering at each end, almost sessile, glabrous, the septum 1.5 mm. broad, at least 

 the lower suture sulcate. 



Type collected in the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, April 30, 1914, Charlotte C. Ellis 421 

 (U.S. Nat. Herb.). 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



5. Jonesiella recedens (Greene) Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Rydbergiella praelonga Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. 501, in part. 1917. 

 Astragalus recedens Greene, Mss. 



A perennial, with a woody root; stems several, sometimes purple-tinged, striate, glabrous, 

 3-5 dm. high; leaves ascending, 7-12 cm. long, the rachis glabrous; stipules deltoid, 4 mm. 

 long, reflexed; leaflets 15-19, broadly oval or obovate, more or less retuse at the apex or those 

 of the upper leaves elliptic and rounded at the apex, 1-3 cm. long, 5-12 mm. wide, glabrous or 

 nearly so; peduncles 10-15 cm. long, striate; racemes dense, 2-6 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 

 2-3 mm. long; pedicels 2 mm. long; flowers many, drooping; calyx usually with scattered short 

 black hairs, rarely glabrate, the tube 5 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla 

 ochroleucous or white, about 2 cm. long, the keel purple-tipped; banner obovate, moderately 

 arcuate; wings slightly shorter, the blade oblanceolate, longer than the claw, with a rather 

 large auricle; keel-petals shorter, the blade broader, semi-orbicular; pod ellipsoid, acute at 

 each end, cross-reticulate, puberulent when young, 2.5-3 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, 12 mm. thick, 

 slightly sulcate on both sutures, the partial septum fully 2 mm. broad. 



Type collected at Arboles, Colorado, June 1899, Baker 432 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard). 

 Distribution: Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. 



6. Jonesiella Mearnsii Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A perennial; stem stout, 5 dm. high or more, erect, more or less sulcate, glabrous; leaves 

 spreading, 7-15 cm. long, the rachis glabrous; stipules broadly deltoid, 5-10 mm. long, thin; 

 leaflets 15-19, oval or elliptic, often retuse at the apex, glabrous, rather thick, 1-2 cm. long, 

 5-12 mm. wide; peduncles 7-15 cm. long, erect; racemes 4-7 cm. long, many-flowered; bracts 

 lanceolate to deltoid, 5—7 mm. long, acuminate; pedicels 2 mm. long; flowers drooping; calyx 

 sparingly pilose, the tube 5 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla white, the keel 

 barely tipped with purple; banner about 18 mm. long, obovate; wings shorter, the blade 

 oblanceolate, longer than the claw, with a large reflexed auricle; keel-petals still shorter, the 

 blade semi-orbicular, with a very large basal auricle; pod (not mature) ellipsoid, nearly 3 cm. 

 long and fully 1 cm. wide, glabrous. 



Type collected at Fort Verde, Arizona, in May 1887, Edgar A. Mearns 163 (herb. N. Y. Bot. 

 Card.). 



Distribution: Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. 



