Cystium ormsbyense

Cystium ormsbyense Rydberg, sp. nov
A perennial; stems diffuse and much branched, 3-5 dm. long or more, terete, strawcolored, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs; leaves ascending, 5-6 cm. long; stipules lancedeltoid, 2-3 mm. long; leaflets 15-19, elliptic, rounded at the apex, acute at the base, S-12 mm. long, glabrous above, sparingly strigose beneath; peduncles 1-3 cm. long; racemes dense, 1-2 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 2 mm. long; calyx white-strigose, the tube 3 mm. long, the teeth subulate, 1 mm. long; corolla white, 8-9 mm. long; pod ovoid, acuminate, 12-15 mm. long, 8-9 mm. thick, strigulose, papery, unmottled, scarcely incurved at the tip.
Type collected in Eagle Valley, Ormsby County, Nevada, 1902, Baker 1275 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.).
Distribution: Western Nevada.