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gose; leaflets 17-23, crowded, obovate, usually conduplicate, 5-8 mm. long, sparingly strigose 

 beneath when young, glabrate in age, glabrous above; peduncles 2-3 cm. long; racemes dense, 

 1-2 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. long; calyx white-strigose, the tube nearly 4 mm. 

 long, the teeth deltoid, 1 mm. long; corolla white, about 12 mm. long; banner obovate, only 

 slightly arched; wings about 10 mm. long, the blade oblong; keel-petals 8 mm. long, the blade 

 lunate, with a large auricle; pod mottled, papery, strigose, ovoid, about 2 cm. long, and 12 

 mm. thick. 



Type locality: Bear Valley, California. 

 Distribution: Mountains of southern California. 

 Illustration: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 23. 



24. Cystium ineptum (A. Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 32:659. 1906. 



Astragalus ineplus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 525. 1865. 

 Phaca inepta Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 246. 1900. 

 Astragalus lentiginosis ineplus M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. 124. 1923. 



A cespitose perennial; stems diffuse, 1-2 dm. high, cinereous with loose kinky hairs; leaves 

 ascending, 4-5 cm. long; stipules deltoid, 3 mm. long; leaflets 13-19, oblong-oblanceolate, 1 

 cm. long or less, obtuse to emarginate, pubescent with kinky hairs beneath, less pubescent 

 above; peduncles 1-2 cm. long; racemes dense, 1-2 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. long; 

 pedicels about 1 mm. long; calyx pubescent, the tube about 4 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 

 2 mm. long; corolla described as white or ochroleucous, but seems to have been pinkish when 

 fresh; banner obovate, 12 mm. long; wings 10 mm. long, the blades oblong; keel-petals S mm. 

 long, the blade broadly lunate, obtuse, with a large basal auricle; young pod strigose, the 

 mature one unknown. 



Type locality: Near Sonora Pass, California. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



25. Cystium albifolium (M. E. Jones) Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Astragalus lentiginosus albifolius M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. 124. 1923. 



A perennial, with a woody root; stems several, erect, branched, terete, strigose, 3-4 dm. 

 high; leaves ascending, 4-6 cm. long; stipules deltoid or lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, strigulose; 

 leaflets 13-25, oblong, obtuse, strigose on both sides, 8-15 mm. long; peduncles 2-4 cm. long; 

 racemes dense, 2-4 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. long; pedicels less than 1 mm. long; 

 calyx strigose, the tube 4 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 1.5 mm. long; corolla white; banner 

 obovate, fully 1 cm. long; wings somewhat shorter, the blade oblong, with a large auricle; pod 

 ovoid, papery, short-acuminate, 12-15 mm. long and almost as wide, sparingly strigulose; 

 seeds brown, obliquely reniform, 2.5 mm. long, 2 mm. thick. 



Type locality: Lone Pine, Owens Valley, California. 

 Distribution: Southern California. 

 Illustration: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 23. 



26. Cystium kernense (Jepson) Rydberg. 



Astragalus kernensis Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 569. 1925. 



A perennial, with thick root and short caudex; stems many, less than 1 dm. long, ascending, 

 strigose; leaves 2-5 cm. long, ascending; stipules deltoid, scarious; leaflets 11-15, obovate, 

 obtuse or retuse, 3-5 mm. long, glabrous above, strigose beneath; peduncles about 1 cm. long; 

 racemes short, 4-6-flowered; calyx strigose, the tube 3 mm. long, the teeth subulate-deltoid, 

 1 mm. long; corolla white, 8-9 mm. long; banner obovate, notched, with recurved sides; 

 wings shorter, the blade oblong; keel-petals much shorter, the blade broadly lunate, rounded 

 at the apex; pod subglobose, 6-7 mm. long, grooved on both sutures, strigose, about 4- 

 seeded. 



Type locality: Volcano Creek, Sierra Nevada, Tulare County, California. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



