Woolly Locoweed

Astragalus pervelutinus Rydberg, sp. nov
A cespitose perennial; stems short, usually less than 2 dm. high, densely pubescent with brownish short densely tangled hairs, decumbent below; leaves 1-2 dm. long, ascending; stipules deltoid, acuminate, 8-10 mm. long, densely pubescent; leaflets 17-23, broadly obovate, 1-2 cm. long; calyx velutinous, the tube 5-6 mm. long, 2-3 mm. thick, the teeth subulate, 3-4 m. long ; corolla white or purplish, 15-17 mm. long ; banner obovate, slightly arched ; wings shorter, the blade oblong, with a large basal auricle; keel-petals 11-12 mm. long, the blade lunate, rounded at the apex; pod ovoid (not mature), 12 mm. long, 6 mm. thick and 4 mm. wide, slightly curved, sulcate on the upper suture, densely short-pubescent.
Type collected near the City of Chihuahua, April 1, 1885, Pringle 189 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Chihuahua and Durango.

Astragalus earlei Greene, sp. nov
Astragalus Humboldtii M. E. Jones, Rev. Astrag. 232. 1923. Not .4. Humboldtii A. Gray. 1864.
A cespitose perennial, with a woody root; stems several, very short or sometimes 1-2 dm. long and decumbent, densely villous-tomentose, usually yellowish; leaves 1-3 dm. long, ascending; stipules deltoid, 5-8 mm. long; leaflets 25-35, oval or obovate, 0.5-2 cm. long, densely silky-villous with mostly appressed yellowish hairs; peduncles 1-3 dm. high; racemes dense, 5-1.5 cm. long; bracts lance-subulate, 5-7 mm. long; calyx densely silky, the tube 5-6 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, the teeth subulate, 3 mm. long; corolla white or purplish, about 15 mm. long; banner obovate, moderately arched; wings shorter, the blade oblong, with a large auricle; keel-petals 12 mm. long, the blade broadly lunate, rounded at the apex; pod lanceoblong, abruptly acuminate, 12-15 cm. long, 5 mm. thick and 3 mm. wide, rather densely short-pubescent, sulcate on both sutures.
Type collected in Limpia Canon, Texas, April 5-May 3 [Apr. 25], 1902, Earle & Tracy 226 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution: Western Texas. New Mexico, and Chihuahua.