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lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long; leaflets 9-15, oblong, 8-12 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, mostly rounded 

 at the apex, strigose-canescent on both sides; peduncles 2.5-6 cm. long; racemes 4—6 cm. long; 

 bracts lanceolate, 1 mm. long; calyx more or less black-hairy, the tube about 3 mm. long, the 

 teeth about 2 mm. long, subulate; corolla purple-tinged, 7-S mm. long; banner obovate, 

 slightly notched, strongly arched; wings shorter, the blade oblong, rather strongly falcate, 

 with a reflexed auricle; keel-petals nearly as long, the blade broadly lunate, acute, purple- 

 tipped; pod 2.5-3 cm. long, 3-3.5 mm. wide and 2 mm. thick, glabrous, slightly arcuate or 

 nearly straight, except at the base, triangular-cordate in cross-section. 



Type locality: Moronyo King Mine, east side of Bernardino Mountains, California. 

 Distribution: San Bernardino and Charleston mountains, southern California. 

 Illustration: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 65, f. 220. 



13. Hamosa tricarinata (A. Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 54:20. 1927.' 



Astragalus tricarinatus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 56. 1876. 



A perennial, from a woody base; stems erect, 3-5 dm. high, stout, strigose; leaves 10-15 

 cm. long, ascending; stipules ovate, 2 mm. long; leaflets 25-35, oval, 7-15 mm. long, rounded or 

 retuse at the apex, silvery above, strigose beneath with short lanceolate hairs; peduncles 1-2 

 dm. long; racemes lax, 5-10 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. long; calyx black-hairy, the 

 tube 4 mm. long and nearly as broad, the teeth lance-subulate, 2 mm. long; corolla white; 

 banner broadly obovate, abruptly arcuate, about 15 mm. long; wings 12 mm. long, the blade 

 lanceolate, falcate, with a large reflexed auricle; keel-petals 10 mm. long, the blade broadly 

 lunate, strongly arched, obtuse; pod glabrous, slightly arcuate, 3-3.5 cm. long, 4—5 mm. wide 

 and 4 mm. thick, broadly sulcate on the lower suture, deeply cordate in cross-section. 



Type locality: White Water, San Bernardino County, California. 

 Distribution: San Bernardino County, California. 

 Illustration: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 65, f. 221. 



14. Hamosa Greggii (S. Wats.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 54:' 20. 1927. 



Astragalus Greggii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 343. 1882. 



A perennial, with a cespitose caudex; stems decumbent, 2-3 dm. long, densely short- 

 villous with white hairs; leaves spreading, 2-4 cm. long; stipules deltoid, connate at the apex, 

 2-5 mm. long, villous; peduncles 4-8 cm. long; bracts deltoid, 2 mm. long; calyx villous; 

 corolla 8-10 mm. long, white or red (?); banner broadly obovate; wings slightly shorter, the 

 blade elliptic, falcate; keel-petals much shorter, the blade strongly lunate, rounded at the 

 apex; pod linear, somewhat falcate, compressed, about 2 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick, 

 glabrous, deeply sulcate on the lower suture; seeds nearly black, obliquely reniform, 2 mm. 

 long. 



Type locality: Saltillo. Coahuila. 



Distribution: Coahuila. 



Illustration: M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. pi. 69, f. 246. 



15. Hamosa Congdoni (S. Wats.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 

 54: 20. 1927. 

 Astragalus Congdoni S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 360. 1885. 



A perennial, with a cespitose caudex; stems several, decumbent, 1-4 dm. long, white- 

 villous when young, flexuous; leaves ascending, 5-10 cm. long; stipules deltoid, acuminate, 

 3-4 mm. long; leaflets 13-25, oval or elliptic, 8-15 mm. long, rounded or truncate at the apex, 

 at first densely white-villous, especially beneath; peduncles 6-10 cm. long; racemes 5-12 cm. 

 long; bracts lance-subulate, 2 mm. long; calyx black-villous, the tube 4 mm. long and 2-2.5 

 mm. broad, the teeth subulate, 2 mm. long; corolla white; banner narrowly obovate, strongly 

 arched, about 16 mm. long; wings about 12 mm. long, the blade oblong, falcate, obtuse, with a 



