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PHANEROGAMIA. 



4. Astragalus procumbens, Hook. & Am. I. c. 

 Hab. Chili; with the preceding species. (Without flowers or fruit.) 



5. Astragalus Garbancillo, Cav. 



Astragalus Garhancillo, Cav. Ic. PI. 1, t. 85; DC. Prodr. 2, p. 283 j Hook. Bot. 

 Misc. 2, p. 214. 



Hab. High Andes of Peru, at Banos ; abundant. (In flower, with- 

 out fruit.) 



The stems are herbaceous, and the calyx black with a dark pubes- 

 cence, as in Cruckshanks' plant, described by Hooker : but the leaflets 

 are not bidentate, and seldom even retuse. Except in being less 

 hairy, it seems not distinct from A. unifultus, L'Her. If I rightly 

 identify the plant, the flowers are said in Dr. Pickering's notes to be 

 cream-colour. 



6. Astragalus (Phaca) Richii, Sp. Nov. 



A. hirsuto-canescens, humilis ; caidibus e basi suffrutescente adscenden- 

 tibus; stipulis oppositifoliis coalitis ; folioUs 15-21 oblongo-linearibus ; 

 pedumulo folium adcequante; spica brevi paucifiora; dentibus calycis 

 nigro-hirsuti subulatis tubo cequilongis ; legumine ovoideo chartaceo 

 inflato glabello acumine subincurvo apiculato unilocidari polyspermo, 

 suturis liaud intrusis. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, below Obrajillo. 



A loiv, canescently hirsute plant, with many slender stems, ascending 

 from a slightly woody base, a span or less in height. Stipules united 

 opposite the leaf, small. Leaves about an inch and a half long, in- 

 cluding the short petiole. Leaflets 15 to 21, oblong-linear or linear, 

 mostly obtuse, 3 lines long, both sides clothed, like the stems, with 

 whitish hirsute pubescence. Peduncle as long as the leaf, bearing a 



