. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 8. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh. Large-bracted Psoralea. Fig. 2498. Fig. Psoralea inacrorhiza Nutt. Eraser's Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 741. 1814. Psoralea cryptocarpa T. & G. Fl. N. A. I : 301. 1838. Erect or ascending, stout, branched, finely appressed- pubescent, at least above, l°-2° high, from a long deep tuberous-thicken
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 8. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh. Large-bracted Psoralea. Fig. 2498. Fig. Psoralea inacrorhiza Nutt. Eraser's Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 741. 1814. Psoralea cryptocarpa T. & G. Fl. N. A. I : 301. 1838. Erect or ascending, stout, branched, finely appressed- pubescent, at least above, l°-2° high, from a long deep tuberous-thickened root. Petioles equalling or shorter than the leaves, iJ'-2' long; stipules linear, acuminate, 6"-8" long; leaflets 5, digitate, short-stalked, entire, broadly oblanceolate or oval, obtuse and commonly mu- cronate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, i'-2' long, 4"-7" wide; spikes oblong, dense, iV-i' long, i'-i4' thick; peduncles longer than the petioles; bracts lanceolate, long-cuspidate, equalling or exceeding the bluish corolla; pod oval, membranous, enclosed in the calyx. Prairies and plains, South Dakota to Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. May-June. 9. Psoralea esculenta Pursh. Pomme Blanche. Prairie Apple or Turnip. Indian Bread-root. Fig. 2499. Psoralea esculenta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 475. 1814. Rather stout, erect from a large farinaceous root or cluster or roots, little branched, 4'-i8' high, densely villous-pubescent with whitish hairs. Lower petioles 2-4 times longer than the leaves; stipules lanceolate, 8"-i2" long; leaflets 5, digi- tate, short-stalked, oval or obovate, entire, obtuse, narrowed at base, l'-2' long, 4"-io" wide; pe- duncles equalling or longer than the petioles; spikes oblong, dense, i¥-z' long, I'-ii'^ thick; bracts lanceolate or ovate, acute, s"-8" long, nearly equalling the bluish corolla; pod oblong, glabrous, about 2*" long, slightly wrinkled, en- closed in the calyx-tube. Prairies
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