. 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 . 29. PEA FAMILY. 3^7 29. KENTROPHYTA \utt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 353. 1838. Low tufted perennial pubescent herbs, with pinnately 3-7-foiiolate leaves, the linear per- sistent leaticts firm in texture, spinulose-tipped. Flowers 2 to 4 together in the axils or soli- tary, nearly sessile, yellow or yellowish. Calyx campanulate, the teeth nearly equal. Keel obtuse, sh
. 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 . 29. PEA FAMILY. 3^7 29. KENTROPHYTA \utt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 353. 1838. Low tufted perennial pubescent herbs, with pinnately 3-7-foiiolate leaves, the linear per- sistent leaticts firm in texture, spinulose-tipped. Flowers 2 to 4 together in the axils or soli- tary, nearly sessile, yellow or yellowish. Calyx campanulate, the teeth nearly equal. Keel obtuse, shorter than the wings. Ovary fevv-ovulcd. Pod short, ovate, i-celled, somewhat coriaceous, with i or 2 seeds. [Greek, referring to the sharp-tipped leaflets.] .-\bout 5 species, natives 01 central North America, the following typical. I. Kentrophyta montana Nutt. Prickly Milk Vetch. Fig. 2558. Kentrophyta montana Xutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i; 353. 1838. Kentrophyta viridis Nutt.: T. & G. Fl. \. A. i: 353. 1838. Astragalus Kentrophyta A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1863: 60. 1863. Homalobus monlanus Britton, in Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 2 : 306. 1897. Densely tufted, intricately branched, 2-10' high, finely canescent. Stipules linear-lanceolate, spiny-tipped, 2"-5" long; leaflets 3-7, linear, rigid, spiny, widely spreading, 3"-6" long, i" wide; flowers 1-4 together in the axils, nearly sessile, yellowish-white or bluish-tinged, 2"-3" long; pod sessile or very short-stalked, 1-3-seeded, ovoid-oblong, acute, coriaceous, dehiscent, pubescent, 3"-4'' long. 30. OROPHACA Britton, in Britton & Brown, III. Fl. 2 : 306. 1897. Perennial, silvery or villous-pubescent low tufted herbs, with branched woody caudices, deep roots, membranous scarious stipules, sheathing and united below, and digitately 3-folio- late (rarely S-foliolate) leaves, resembling those of Lupines. Flowers few, capitate or race- mose, the clusters sessile or peduncled. Kee
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