. 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 . 14. Astragalus missouriensis Xutt. ^lissouri Milk \'etch. Fig. 2547. Astragalus melanocarpus Nutt. Fraser's Cat. Name only. 1813. Astragalus missouriensis Nutt. Gen. 2: 99. 1818. Densely silky-canescent all over, tufted, branching from the base, 2-5' long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2"-^' long, leaflets 7-21, elliptic or obovate, obtuse but sometimes mucronate at
. 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 . 14. Astragalus missouriensis Xutt. ^lissouri Milk \'etch. Fig. 2547. Astragalus melanocarpus Nutt. Fraser's Cat. Name only. 1813. Astragalus missouriensis Nutt. Gen. 2: 99. 1818. Densely silky-canescent all over, tufted, branching from the base, 2-5' long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2"-^' long, leaflets 7-21, elliptic or obovate, obtuse but sometimes mucronate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 3"-$" long; flowers few. violet- purple, 5"-9" long in loose heads or short spikes; pod i-celled, sessile, acute, oblong, pubescent, dehiscent, coriaceous, circular in section, slightly keeled along the ventral su- ture, transversely wrinkled, about l' long. Plains, Kansas and Nebraska to Saskatchewan and New Mexico. May-July. 15. Astragalus Shortianus Xutt. Short's Milk \'etch. Fig. 2548. .; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 331 Silvery canescent, nearly acaulescent, somewhat branched from the base. Stipules ovate, acutish, about 2" long; leaflets 9-15, elliptic or obovate, acutish at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 5"-9" long; flowers blue or violet, 7"-g" long; peduncles commonly shorter than the leaves; pod i-celled, sessile, coriaceous, 8-shaped in section, de- hiscent at maturity, lanceolate-ovoid, puberulent, transversely wrinkled, strongly curved and beaked at the summit, I'-ii' long.
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