December 31, 1906 217 



Astragalus andersonii Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 0: 524. 1866. 



Tragacantha Andersonii Kimtze, Rev. Gen. PI. ^; 943. 

 1891. 



No. 8357, collected May 31, in the foothills west of Bi.shop, 

 Inyo county, in coarse granite .sand, and rather plentiful at an 

 elevation of about 5500 feet. Determined by Professor Greene. 



Xylophacos purshii Dougl. teste Rydb. Fl. Colo. 207. 1906. 



Astragalus Purskii Tiowgl.: Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 152. 

 1830. 



Tragacantha Purschii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2:917. 1891. 



Phaca purshii Piper, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. 11: 369. 1906. 



No. 8318, collected May 23, in the foothills west of Bishop, 

 Inyo county, in coarse granite sand, the plants prostrate. Plen- 

 tiful at one place, elevation about 5000 feet. The type was col- 

 lected "on the low hills of the Spokan River." Determined by 

 Profes.sor Greene. 



Xylophacos cocciiieiis (Brandegee) 



Astragalus Coccineus Brandegee, Zoe, 2: 72. 1891. 



Astragalus grandifiorus Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 370. 

 1882; not Pall. 1800. 



No. 8190, collected May 7, on the steep stony slopes of Sil- 

 ver canyon opposite Laws, Inyo county. Watson's type was 

 collected in the "San Bernardino mountains, toward the Mohave 

 Desert, at 5,000 feet altitude." The flowers of this handsome 

 plant are totally different in structure from those of the species 

 with which it has been associated, and if flower characters are 

 to be taken into account, it may fall into some other genus. 



Phaca franciscaiia (Sheldon) 



Astragalus franciscanus Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1: 135. 

 1894. 



No. 8385, collected June 8, in San Mateo county near Ocean 

 View, San Francisco, on the Lake Merced side of the Ocean 

 Shore tracks in sandy soil, where it is not uncommon, as in 



