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"The subtribe Coluteae is distinguished from the Astragaleae 

 by the hairy style, a character which in Robinieae is barely 

 counted of generic value, while in some species of Astragalus 

 the style is hairy just under the stigma. Colutea and Sutherlandia 

 have escaped from cultivation in the southern statesand Mexico. 



"As to the subtribe Astragaleae the author had not gone over 

 the field enough to suggest any rearrangement. As treated 

 in Engler and Prantl by Taubert it contains only three American 

 genera. Astragalus, Oxytropis (Aragallus) and Glycyrrhiza. 

 Even if these should constitute a subtribe the first genus at 

 least must be broken up, for two of its segregates, Homalobus 

 and Kentrophyta (both American), as already stated, have 

 fiat one-celled, two-valved pods as in Robinieae and the former 

 has the habit of Benthamantha of that subtribe. In Hamosa 

 another segregate, the pod is fiat but longitudinally two-celled, 

 and in Atelephragma rudimentarily so. Whether these genera 

 or some of them should be transferred to the Robinieae or the 

 two tribes merged, requires further study to decide. If these 

 subtribes are to remain as heretofore, other distinguishing 

 characters must be found." 



Adjournment followed. 



Marshall A. Howe, 



Acting Secretary 



DATES OF PUBLICATION 



No. I, for January-February Pages i -i6 Issued l April 1920 



No. 2, March-April 17-36 4 June 1920 



No. 3, May-June 37-65 18 July 1920 



No. 4, July-August 67-90 20 Sept. 1920 



No. 5, September-October 91-106 12 Nov. 1920 



No. 6, November-December 107-132 5 Feb. 1921 



