. 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. Genus 26. PEA FAMILY. Flexile 19. Astragalus flexuosus ( Dou Milk Vetch. Fig. 2552. 140. 1830. Not Astragalus Phaca elongata Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : i elongatus Willd. 1803. Phaca flexuosa Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 141. 1830. Astragalus flexuosus Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 140. 1830. Erect or ascending, finely pubescent, branching froin the base, i°-ii° h


. 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. Genus 26. PEA FAMILY. Flexile 19. Astragalus flexuosus ( Dou Milk Vetch. Fig. 2552. 140. 1830. Not Astragalus Phaca elongata Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : i elongatus Willd. 1803. Phaca flexuosa Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 141. 1830. Astragalus flexuosus Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 140. 1830. Erect or ascending, finely pubescent, branching froin the base, i°-ii° high. Stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2"-3" long; leaflets 9-21, linear, oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, 3"-6" long; peduncles exceeding the leaves; flowers purple or pur- plish, 4"-5" long; pod i-celled, sessile, cylindric, linear or hnear-oblong, puberulent, dehiscent, pointed, 8"-i2" long. Prairies and plains, Minnesota to Kansas, Saskatchewan, Al- berta and Colorado. June-Aug. 27. PHACA L. Sp. PL 755. 1753. Perennial herbs, similar to Astragalus, mostly with pinnate leaves, and racemed or spicate, purplish or purple flowers. Pod much inflated, membranous in texture, strictly i-celled, neither of the sutures intruded. [Greek, Lentils.] A large genus, mainly of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, species occur in the western parts of North America. Type species : Phaca baetica Leaflets 7-21, oblong, elliptic or ovate. Pod stalked ; flowers slender-pedicelled. Pod sessile ; flowers short-pedicelled. Leaflets only i, or sometimes 3-5, very narrowly 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner


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