Astragalus hegelmaieri, Willk. Astragalus albicaulis, DC.

130. A. hegelmaieri Willk. View in CoL , Suppl. Prodr. FI. Hisp. 235 (1893).

Like 127(a) but more suffruticose at base; leaflets linear, convolute; standard 20-25 mm; legume 15-25 mm, slightly curved, with dense, closely appressed hairs. Grassy slopes. • S.E. Spain (near Crevillente). Hs. Further information is required about this plant, and no material of it has been traced; it is perhaps conspecific with 129.

131. A. albicaulis DC. View in CoL , Astrag. 166 (1802).

Stems 5-20 cm, erect, woody at base, densely hairy with appressed, white hairs. Leaves 2-6 cm; leaflets 3-4 pairs, oblong or ovate, with appressed hairs on both surfaces; stipules 2-3 mm, not connate. Peduncles 2-3 times as long as leaves; racemes 2-7 cm, lax, with 10-20 flowers; bracts 3-5 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 12-15 mm, with ascending hairs, the teeth 1 as long as tube, subulate. Corolla yellowish; standard 18-23 mm, emarginate at apex. Legume 10-15x3-4 mm, equalling calyx, oblong, with dense almost patent hairs. S.E. Russia and W. Kazakhstan. Rs (C, E).