20 
about 9 pairs, closely approximate or imbricated, in a few 
leaves at length becoming 1.5 to 2.5 mm. long, nearly orbicu- 
bract; calyx tube 3.5 mm. long, and two-thirds as broad, 
densely villous, the teeth triangular, acute, 1.5 mm. long, 1 
mm. broad; corolla deep blue, the standard nearly 1 cm. long 
and broad; ovary lanceolate with short thick style, densely 
Near La Paz, 10,000 ft. (Incorrectly labelled Yungas) 1890 
(660). Dr. Britton, who compared these specimens at Kew, con- 
siders them distinct from any there named, but identical with 
Mandon's 711 and 712, from the Bolivian Andes. Apparently 
the species is a very variable one. Mr. Bang's 660 includes 2 
distinct forms, and both are quite different from Mandon’s TIE 
The other form of Mr. Bang's collection is less stout and com- 
pact, has the leaflets only 6 pairs on longer, more slender petioles, 
and they are less hairy, distinctly obcordate. Mandon’s plant 
(712) is more rosulate and densely white tomentose, with smaller 
flowers. 
Astragalus 
and veins pubescent, very finely reticulate; peduncles 1~sev- 
eral-flowered, the bracts (purplish ?) mostly unequally reniform, 
flabellinerved, 1—1.5 cm. road; pedicels slender, spreading, 
the flowers ascending or erect; flowers at len 4 Or 5 cm. 
Yungas, 1890 (694). — Mandon 765, and Rusby 1333. The 
