. 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 . 31. OXYTROPIS DC. Astrag. 19. 1802. [.-\R.\G.\LLfS Neck. Elem. 3: 12. Hyponym. 1790.] [ Neck. Elem. 3: 13. H\-ponym. I/QO.] Herbs, sometimes shrubby, and mostly acaulescent, with odd-pinnate leaves, and racemose or spicate flow-ers. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Petals clawed; standard erect, ovate or oblong; wings oblong: keel erect, shorter than or equalling the wings,
. 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 . 31. OXYTROPIS DC. Astrag. 19. 1802. [.-\R.\G.\LLfS Neck. Elem. 3: 12. Hyponym. 1790.] [ Neck. Elem. 3: 13. H\-ponym. I/QO.] Herbs, sometimes shrubby, and mostly acaulescent, with odd-pinnate leaves, and racemose or spicate flow-ers. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Petals clawed; standard erect, ovate or oblong; wings oblong: keel erect, shorter than or equalling the wings, its apex mucronate, acuminate or appendaged; stamens diadelpjious; anthers all alike; style fiHform. Pod sessile or stipitate, 2-valved, i-celled, or more or less 2-celled by the intrusion of the ventral suture. [Greek, referring to the sharp-pointed keel of the corolla.] About 130 species, natives of the others occur in the western and nor montana (L.) DC. Leaves simply pinnate. Plants I'-4' high ; heads few-flowered. , much inflated, i-celled. i. inflated, pubescent, partly 2-ceUed. rth temperate zone. In addition estern parts of North .\merica. Pod membranous, pube Pod coriaceous, ovoid. Calyx gray-pubescent; leaflets 7-9. oblong. Calyx dark-pubescent; leaflets 7-21, linear. Plants 6'-i8' high : heads or spike-like racemes many-flowe Sparingly pubescent; flowers 8"-g" long : pods papery. Silky-pubescent; flowers 9"-i5" long: pods coriaceous. Leaves pinnate, the leaflets verticillate. Pod scarcely longer than the , its tip spreading. Pod 2-3 times as long as the calyx, its tip erect. â ed.
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