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3. P. Douglasii ; decumbens elongata glabra, caule striato, foliolis fere semper oppo- 
sitis 12-14-jugis oblongis obtusis subapiculatis subsessilibus, pari inferiore remote, stipulis 
ovatis acutis membranaceis, pedunciilis folio longioribus, raceme plurifloro laxo ovali- 
oblongo, bracteis pedicellum brevissimum superantibus, calycis villosuli dentibus lato- 
subulatis brevibus rectis submqualibus albo-ciliatis, legumine (unciali) ovali-oblongo 
acute inflate. Torr. et Gr. FI. 1 . p. 346. 
Apparently a straggling plant, or 2 feet long, glabrous in every part, except the calyx and the ovary, 
though the hairs almost disappear on the fully formed legumes. 
4. P . densijlora ; decumbens subincano-pubescens, caule striato, foliolis 16-18-jugis 
densis obovato-cuneatis retusis, stipulis connatis ovatis acuminatis membranaceis, pedun- 
culis folio longioribus, racemis ovatis demuin reflexis densifloris, bracteis parvis subulatis 
pedicellum tequantibus, calycis tube brevi dentibus lato-subulatis brevibus rectis sub- 
aequalibus, legumine maximo subbiunciali elliptico acuto inflate.— in Rees’ Cycl . — 
De Cand. Prod, 2. p. 274. Hook, et Arn. supra, p. 138. Hook. Ic. PI. 3. t. 282. Torr. et 
Gr. FI, ]. p. 344. — P. canescens. Nutt, in Torr, et Gr. 1. p. 344. 
A straggling plant, slightly hoary with down. The leaves and leaflets crowded. 
5. P. astragalina. De Cand. — 13. foliolis floribusque minoribus. 
We have compared what we have here considered a slight variety of P. astragalina, with the common 
alpine and arctic state of the jflant, and can find no difference, except in the smaller and slenderer flowers and 
leaflets. California, however, must undoubtedly be considered a very southern station for it. It is scarcely 
distinguishable from P. debilis, Nutt., but that is a Rocky Mountain and not a coast plant. 
1. Astragalus Hypoglottis. L. — A. goniatus. Nutt, in Torr. et Gr. FI. 1. p. 330. 
Hab. Pine Creek, Snake Country. ( To/mfe.)— Mr Nuttall’s A. goniatus, from the Rocky Mountains, 
N. California, is precisely the same. 
2. A. glareosus. Dougl. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 152. Torr. et Gr. FI. 1. p. 333. 
—A. argophyllus. Nutt, in Torr. et Gr. Fl. l.p. 331 {excl. the synonym). 
Hab. About Snake Fort, Snake Country. ( PoZmee.)— Mr Nuttall had considered his A. argophyllus as 
probably the same as the A. melanocarpus of Dr Richardson ; but on a comparison of specimens, we find 
that not to be the case. The argophyllus is identical with the A. glareosus of Douglas. 
3. A. didymocarpus ; suberectus pilosiusculus, foliolis sub-8-jugis oblongo-subobovatis 
emarginatis, stipulis parvis ovatis membranaceis ad basin petioli subconnatis, pedunculis 
folio longioribus, floribus capitatis parvis, calycis hirsuti dentibus subulatis rectis longi- 
tudine tubi, leguminibus coriaceis didymis rugoso-venosis lobis monospermis. (Tab. 
LXXXI.) 
This is a very remarkable species, especially in the structure of its legumes. These are obovate, laterally 
compressed, strongly nerved and wrinkled, with the introflexed margins (from beneath) reaching nearly to 
the back, so as to divide them into two compressed one-seeded lobes. 
Tab. LXXXI. Fig. 1. Flower and bractea ; Jig. 2. Carina ; Jig. 8. Ovary ; Jig. 4. Fruit, with the per- 
sistent calyx; Jig. 5. View of the underside of the fruit; Jig. 6. The lobes of the fruit forced back, when 
they easily separate into two 1-seeded portions ; Fd ' Seed : — magnified. 
