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linear; fruit not seen, but certainly belonging to the In- 

 -fiati and probably near to A . serpens. Ordinarily I should 

 not think of describing an Astragalus without the pods, 

 but this is so distinct in its characters that I venture to 

 publish it. 



This grows in sandy soil on gravelly slopes. 



Astragalus Tejonensis. Allied to A. oocarpus. 



Pringle, Mojave desert, May 13, 1882, on hills border- 

 ing the desert. Tehachapi, Cal., June, 1884, hills near 

 Tejon Pass, Cal., May 13, 1882. This seems like a 

 hybrid between Parishii and allochrous, but cannot be, as 

 alloc/irons does not grow there ; the only possible parents 

 are Parishii and Douglasii. Green throughout, but on 

 close inspection there is the same ashy pubescence as of 

 the allied species, which is composed of flattish, narrow, 

 short hairs, fixed by the base and closely appressed; 

 leaflets and leaves as in A. Parishii, but leaves 3-5' long 

 and ascending, and leaflets 10 pairs, i' long or less, ellip- 

 tical to oblong lanceolate, rounded at apex, 2-2^'' wide ; 

 proper petiole present in all; peduncles and rachis 5-8' 

 long, finely sulcate as well as the stems ; flowers race- 

 mose, usually ascending, often distant, inflorescence 2-3' 

 long in flower and 4-6' long in fruit; pods ascending 

 usually, half ovate-oval, ventral suture straight, 1-1 }4' 

 long, 3^ to i' wide, nearly round, sessile, variously reticu- 

 lated, nearly glabrous when ripe; flowers like^. Parishii 

 but banner not elongated; keel tip but little incurved 

 and broader; calyx lobes subulate and half the tube; 

 decumbent, many stemmed. A. Parishii s&Qms to have 

 longer nodes, narrower leaflets, and is more open and 

 erect. This is instantly recognized from alhed species 

 by its small yellow flowers, long calyx lobes, broad leaf- 

 lets and green appearance. Specimens from Palmer 

 from Edgewood, Cal., July, 1892, have pods i' long, 



