. 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 . 2. Petalostemum candidum (Willd.) Michx. White Prairie-clover. Fig. 2513. Dalea Candida Willd. Sp. : 1337- 1803. P. candidum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2; 49. 1803. Kuhnistera Candida Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 192. 1891. Glabrous, stems erect, assurgent, or rarely prostrate, simple, or sparingly branched, i°-2° high. Leaves petioled; leaflets 5-9, oblong, or oblanceolate, 8"-
. 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 . 2. Petalostemum candidum (Willd.) Michx. White Prairie-clover. Fig. 2513. Dalea Candida Willd. Sp. : 1337- 1803. P. candidum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2; 49. 1803. Kuhnistera Candida Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 192. 1891. Glabrous, stems erect, assurgent, or rarely prostrate, simple, or sparingly branched, i°-2° high. Leaves petioled; leaflets 5-9, oblong, or oblanceolate, 8"-i2" long, i4"-3" wide, obtusish or acute and often mucronulate at the , narrowed at the base, very short-stalked; pe- duncles terminal, elongated, bracted; spikes cylindric, l'-4' long, 5"-6" thick; bracts awn- pointed, longer than the calyx; corolla white, 2"-3" long; wings and keel-petals oval;, stand- ard cordate; calyx-teeth and pod slightly pu- bescent. Prairies and plains, Indiana to Minnesota, Manitoba, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Colo- rado. June-Aug. White tassel-flower. 3. Petalostemum oligophyllum Torr. Slender White Prairie-clover. Fig. 2514. Pclalostemon gracile var. oligophvllmn Torr. Em- ory's Mil. Rec. 139. 1848. Kuhnistera Candida var. occidentalis Rydlierg, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3 : 154. 1895. Kuhnistera oligophylla Heller, Bull. Torr. Club 23; 122. rsge. Petatostemon oligophyllum Torr.; Smyth, Trans. Kans. .Acad. 15: 61. 1898. Glabrous, stem slender, erect or ascending, usu- ally_ much branched, i°-2J° tall, the branches straight, ascending. Leaves short-pctioled; leaf- lets about 7 C5-g), linear, linear-oblong or some- what oblanceolate, firm, varying from less than i" wide to 2" wide, mostly less than 10" long, or those of the lower leaves larger; spikes oblong or short-cylindric, blunt; bracts lanceolate, acu- minate, equalling the calyx, or longer, deciduous; calyx-teeth usually pubescent; corolla
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