638 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Astragalus trijio}-iis Sheldon (not DC), Death Valley 

 Rep., is A. Tejoiiensis or near it. 



Astragalus holosericeus. Between King City and 

 Jolon, Monterey County, California. Miss Eastwood, 

 June 7, 1893. 



This is probably a variety of A . certissatus or A . tri- 

 Jlorus, but until the limits of those species are clearly 

 made out this must stand, for there are no transitions 

 yet known. Perennial seemingly, short-shaggy through- 

 out but the stems and mature pods less so, hairs white, 

 fixed by the base , spreading, tangled ; stems a little flexuous , 

 1-2° high, with nodes 1-2^ apart, barely striate, ascend- 

 ing, unbranched; lower leaves small, 2-3' long, with 5-7 

 pairs of elliptical and acute leaflets 3" long, and petioles 

 equaling the rachis ; stipules subulate with short filiform 

 tip, 3" long, reflexed, thick, adnate, not connate; upper 

 leaves 4-6' long, with short petiole i' long or less, leaflets 

 about 10 pairs, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 6-8" long; 

 flowers nearly white, 3" long, on stout pedicels i^i" long 

 which are twice the ovate and minute bract, in a short close 

 raceme 1-2' long; peduncles and rachis about 4-6' long, 

 rather stout; calyx tube campanulate, i^" long and nearly 

 as wide, with subulate to triangular teeth nearly as long 

 and curved; banner short and rounded, blade 2" long, 

 arched in short curve to 90° just beyond calyx tube, erect 

 part less than i" high, sides reflexed a little; wings nar- 

 rowly oblong, arched to 45° or less, a trifle longer than 

 keel and but little shorter than the banner, narrower than 

 the keel; keel a little arched below, rather abruptly bent 

 at apex to 90° and vertical portion with straight edge, the 

 very tip a little recurved so as to make a short boss, erect 

 part as long as base and i/^" high, a trifle longer than the 

 calyx teeth; pods oval i' long, 9" wide, ventral sutureless 



