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and lyi" high; calyx tube 4" long, with teeth i" long or 

 less, triangular; flowers white; peduncles floriferous on 

 the upper third. Type in National Herbarium. 



Astragalus ari'ectus Gray. Mr. Sheldon has rede- 

 scribed this species under the name of A. eremiticiis, 1. c. 

 9, 161, and Coulter and Fisher have done the same under 

 the name of A. atro-fuhescens in Bot. Gaz. I have seen 

 the types of both species. Mr. Sheldon's name eremit- 

 iciis I think can be maintained as var. eremiticus (Shel- 

 don, 1. c.) for the southern plant growing among the ju- 

 nipers in the Beaverdam Mts., Ariz., and vicinity (my 

 numbers 5071, 5003, 5082b, 5098m, 5oo4e), which is a 

 part of his type, but my specimens from Sprucemont, 

 Nevada, included in his type are true A. arrectus. 



Astragalus atratus var. mensanus. No. 792, Co- 

 ville and Funston. Along the Darwin road about two 

 miles southward from Mill Canon Divide, Darwin Mesa, 

 Inyo County, California, May 20, 1891. Pods narrowly 

 oblong, i' long, 2" wide, obliquely apiculate, narrowed 

 below into a very short stipe, puberulent, decidedly flat- 

 tened, ventral suture very thick, dorsal thin and not at all 

 sulcate; keel not produced; lower leaves elliptical, up- 

 per linear; whole plant ashy. Type in National Herba- 

 rium. 



Astragalus conjunctus var. oxytropidoides. No. 

 798, Howell, near the Dalles, Oregon, May 8, 1885. Leaf- 

 lets 8-10 pairs, linear, rachis notgreatly prolonged, leaves 

 6' long or less; flowers white, 15-20; calyx teeth over half 

 the tube, i^" long, subulate, hairs silky and white, flow- 

 ers long and narrow; banner elongated, 2" longer than 

 the wings, blade at least 6" long, oblong, ascending 30° 

 remotely from keel; wings oblanceolate, nearly straight, 

 i" longer than the keel; keel about 2" longer than calyx 



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