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Astragalus layneae Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1 : 156. 1885. 



Astragalus malacus var. Layneae Jones, Zoe, 4: 29. 1893. 



No. 7669, collected April 13, at Kramer, San Bernardino 

 county, on the Mojave desert, where it is abundant, as it also is 

 at Randsburg. Mrs. Curran first collected it in 1884 at Hink- 

 ley Station, 23 miles east of Kramer. Jones, in the place cited 

 above, says: "In addition to the characters given, I find the 

 flowers are purple, one half an inch long." Our specimens, 

 which seem to be quite typical, have flowers three-fourths of an 

 inch long, pale lilac with part of the banner darker. 



Phaca leucoloba (Jones) 



Astragalus leucolobus Jones, Zoe, 4: 270. 1893. 



No. 7712, collected April 18, at Girard Station, in the Te- 

 hachapi mountains, Kern county. It occurred sparingly on 

 grassy hillsides. The type was collected by "S. B. Parish in 

 Bear Valley on San Bernardino Mountain, Cal., June, 1892." 

 As originally described the leaflets are "elliptical to oval," the 

 "whole plant hoary with close, fine short hairs," while in Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. II. 5: 669. 1895, Jones says "^. leucolobus is well 

 marked by the roundish, long-villous pubescent leaflets." Our 

 specimens are not altogether typical, since they agree better with 

 the later description. 



Phaca tejoneiisis (Jones) 



Astragalus Tejonensis Jones, Proc. Cal. Acad. II. 5: 644. 

 1895. 



No. 7815, collected May i, at Keene Station in the Te- 

 hachapi mountains, Kern county, on grassy hillsides, where it 

 is rather abundant. The decumbent stems are two or three feet 

 long. It was first noticed about Girard Station, and Jones also 

 records it from Tehachapi. 



