. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Anthyllis Vulneraria L. Kidney \'etch. Lad)'s- fingers. Fig. 2490. L. Sp. PI. 7"9. 1753. Perennial, pubescent; stems often tufted, 8-15' long. Leaflets 3-17. oblong, or those of basal leaves reduced to a solitary terminal broad one: peduncles as long as the leaves or longer; heads subtended by a deeply lobed bract; calyx very hairy, much inflated, narrowed at the mou
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Anthyllis Vulneraria L. Kidney \'etch. Lad)'s- fingers. Fig. 2490. L. Sp. PI. 7"9. 1753. Perennial, pubescent; stems often tufted, 8-15' long. Leaflets 3-17. oblong, or those of basal leaves reduced to a solitary terminal broad one: peduncles as long as the leaves or longer; heads subtended by a deeply lobed bract; calyx very hairy, much inflated, narrowed at the mouth; corolla yellow to dark red, 6"-io" long. In fields. Pennsylvania and Ontario, and in waste and bal- last grounds at the Atlantic seaports. Adventive from Europe. June-Aug. 16. PSORALEA [B. T"ss.] L. Sp. PI. 762. 1753. Herbs or shrubs, with dark glands or pellucid dots, 1-5-foliolate leaves, and purple blue pink or white flowers, mainly in spikes or racemes. Stipules broad. Calyx-lobes equal or the lower longest, or the two upper ones sometimes united. Standard ovate or orbicular, clawed; wings oblong or falcate: keel incurved, obtuse. Stamens monadelphous or diadel- phous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or short-stalked, i-ovuled. Pod ovoid, short, inde- hiscent, l-seeded. [Greek, scurfy, from the glandular dots, whence the name scurfy-pea.] About 120 species, of wide geographic distribution. In addition to the following, about -^5 others occur in the western United States. Type species: Psoraica bituminosa h. Leaves digitately 3-5-folioIate (leaflets all from the same point). Plants leafy-stemmed. Flowers small, ^"-4" long. Pods subglobose. Pods ovoid, or ovate. Pods with a short, mostly abrupt beak. Flowers few. scattered in slender elongated racemes. Flowers numerous, clustered, or crowded in racemes. Pods with a slender sharp or elongated beak. Leaflets linear; flowers in loose elongated racemes. Leaflets linear-lanceolate, oblong, oblanceolate
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