. 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. I. Acuan leptoloba (T. & G.) Kuntze. Prairie Mimosa. Fig. 2431. Desmanthus leptolobus T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 402. 1840. Acuan leptoloba Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 158. 1891. Herbaceous, ascending, branched, stems rough- angled, 2°-3° long. Leaves short-petioled, bipinnate; pinnae 5-10 pairs, sessile; leaflets 10-24 pairs, sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, in
. 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. I. Acuan leptoloba (T. & G.) Kuntze. Prairie Mimosa. Fig. 2431. Desmanthus leptolobus T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 402. 1840. Acuan leptoloba Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 158. 1891. Herbaceous, ascending, branched, stems rough- angled, 2°-3° long. Leaves short-petioled, bipinnate; pinnae 5-10 pairs, sessile; leaflets 10-24 pairs, sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, inequilateral, rounded at the base, usually glabrous, ii"-2" long, i" wide or less; peduncles 6"-i2" long, few-flowered; stamens (always?) 5; pods 3-8, narrowly linear, acuminate, nearly straight, glabrous, about 3 times the length of the peduncle, 6-8-seeded. Prairies, Kansas to Texas. Summer. 2. Acuan illinoensis (Michx.) Kuntze. Illinois Mimosa. Fig. 2432. Mimosa illinoensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 254. 1803. Acacia brachyloba Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1071. 1806. Desmanthus brachylobus Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4 : 358. 1842. A. illinoensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 158. 1891. Ascending or erect, glabrous or nearly so, stems angled, l°-3° high. Foliage resembling that of the preceding species, but the pinnae and obtusish leaflets are sometimes more numerous; peduncles i'-2' long; pods nu- merous, densely capitate, oblong or lanceo- late, strongly curved, 8"-i2" long, acute, slightly impressed between the 2-5 seeds. Prairies and river-banks, Ohio to Kentucky, Florida, South Dakota, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. Illinois acacia. 4. PROSOPIS L. ]\Iant. i: lo. 1767. Trees or shrubs often with spines in the axils, with 2-pinnate leaves, the leaflets few or numerous, and small spicate or capitate perfect flowers. Calyx campanulate, with 5 short teeth. Petals S, valvate, distinct, or connate below. Stamens 10, distinct; filaments long. Ovary
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