. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. LEGUMINOSAE—THERMOPSIS 539 racemes chiefly terminal; flowers yellow, pod short-stalked and narrow and some- what curved. Distribution. In the mountains of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Thermopsis rhombifolia Richards. Prairie Thermopsis. An erect perennial from l-2;4 feet high, appressed, silky pubescent; stem angular; leaves with broad conspicuous stipules; leaflets obovate, at length nearly glabrous, bracts oval; flowers
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. LEGUMINOSAE—THERMOPSIS 539 racemes chiefly terminal; flowers yellow, pod short-stalked and narrow and some- what curved. Distribution. In the mountains of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Thermopsis rhombifolia Richards. Prairie Thermopsis. An erect perennial from l-2;4 feet high, appressed, silky pubescent; stem angular; leaves with broad conspicuous stipules; leaflets obovate, at length nearly glabrous, bracts oval; flowers yellow, in a rather short raceme of few flowers; pod hnear and curved, spreading, several seeded. Distribution. In sandy soil and foot hills of the mountains from Manitoba to South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, west to the Rocky Mts., and in Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Poisonous nature. This plant is very common in the foot hills, and is sup- posed to produce poisoning of stock. It is often consumed by sheep. It is said that the seeds of the plant are poisonous and the Canadian Department of Agri- culture reports several cases of poisoning to children where the seeds were eaten. T. mcmtana is a species occurring from western Nebraska anl Kansas to the Pacific Coast. Species of Thermopsis are said to contain cytisin. 4. Baptisia Vent Perennial herbs with palmately 3-foliolate, or rarely simple leaves; basal sheathing scales; flowers large, in racemes; calyx 4-5-toothed; corolla with a. Fig. 296. Yellow-flowered Bitter weed (.Thermopsis montana). Plant is exceedingly bitter. (From U. S. Dept. Agr.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pammel, L. H. (Louis Hermann), 1862-1931. Cedar Rapids, Ia. , The Torch Press
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