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^o\. Astragalus Jilifolius Clos, C. Gay, Fl. Chil. 2, iii, 

 1846. 



Astragalus ceramicus var. im^erfecttis Sheldon, 1. c. 9, 

 19, 1894. All the above belong to A. angustus. 



Astragalus suhcinereus Gray. An examination of a 

 duplicate type specimen of Astragalus Wootoni Sheldon 

 shows that it is the same, the pods varying from deeply 

 mottled to uncolored. 



Astragalus acerbus Sheldon seems to be identical with 

 A . Dodgianus Jones, and the latter is not surely separable 

 from A. Wingatensis Watson. 



Astragalus recurvus Greene proves to be the same as 

 A . lanceareus Gray, and notyl . obscuru-s, as I had supposed, 

 the original type specimen being very poor and in fruit 

 only. My specimen " with crimped edges to the pod " 

 barely in fruit is this species. 



Astragalus Patter soni Gray. An examination of the 

 type of Astragalus diphysus var. albijlorus Gray, Bot. 

 Ives, shows that it is identical with A. Pattersoni. Now, 

 here is a chance to immortalize oneself by making a 

 brand new name for this nauseous and poisonous weed, 

 on the once-a-synonym-always-a-synonym system. 



Astragalus Patterson: var. procerus (Gray, P. A. 

 A. 13, 369, 1878). 



Astragalus procerus Gray, 1. c. 



Astragalus ;prcelongus Sheldon, 1. c. 9, 19, 1894. 



Since this is only a large flowered form with unusually 

 broad pods, but which vary into the typical species, and 

 since there is no reason for not using Gray's original 

 name, which as a variety is unused, I place it as above. 



Astragalus cerussatus Sheldon. This species I think 

 should stand, as it is not the Astragalus tri-jlorus Gray, 

 PL Wright 2, 45, 1853, though it may be proved to vary 

 into it, and therefore may have to be reduced to a variety 



