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ASTRAGALUS MANDONI, sp. n. Stems numerous from a wood 
base, 1 dm. high, blooming while erect, soon decumbent, be- 
coming 4-5 dm. long, slender, at length scantily leafy, very 
finely and softly pubescent ; stipules triangular, acute, villous, 
6 mm. long, closely sheathing; leaves 6-8 cm. long, exclusive 
of the petioles which are 3 cm. long; leaflets about 12 pairs, 
irregularly placed, slightly petiolulate, oblong or very slightly 
anceolate, 10-16 mm. long by one-third as broad, both base 
d apex varying with age from acutish to rounded, or the 
Near La Paz, 10,000 ft., 1890 (174). According to ‘Dr. Brit- 
ton, the same as Mandon's 710. 
ASTRAGALUS COLLICULUS, sp. n. rom a very long, stout, woody 
tap-root, densely tufted to form little hillocks, the branchlets 
very stout, I-2 cm. long, the foliage and flowers mostly 
crowded at their ends; united stipules nearly semi-circular, 
the apex rounded, sheathing, slightly cartilaginous, yellowish, 
glabrous and somewhat shining, 5 mm. long; leaves 5-10 mm. 
long, on petioles of nearly or quite the same length, the latter 
broad and stiff, at the base dilated and sheathing; leaflets 
