. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. LEGUMINOSiE 73 corolla white, standard longer than the other petals. Waste places, fairly common, introduced, 9. AMPHICARPA. Hog Pbanttt. Flowers of two kinds, — small white or violet perfect flowers in axillary racemes, and solitary apetalous fertile flowers on flliform creeping from the base and generally underground; calyx 4 or rarely 5-toothed; sta- mens diadelphous; pods of the upper flowers curved and stalked, those of the lower pear-shaped, 1-seeded. ~ Low slender perennial herbs wi
. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. LEGUMINOSiE 73 corolla white, standard longer than the other petals. Waste places, fairly common, introduced, 9. AMPHICARPA. Hog Pbanttt. Flowers of two kinds, — small white or violet perfect flowers in axillary racemes, and solitary apetalous fertile flowers on flliform creeping from the base and generally underground; calyx 4 or rarely 5-toothed; sta- mens diadelphous; pods of the upper flowers curved and stalked, those of the lower pear-shaped, 1-seeded. ~ Low slender perennial herbs with pin- Fig. 57. — Amphicarpa monoica, showing a nately 3-foliate leaves. leaf, and a cleistogamous flower at a. 1. A. mon6ica, (L.) Ell. Leaflets thin, broadly ovate, acute at the apex and rounded at the base; upper flowers purplish white in nodding racemes; pods of the perfect flowers pubescent along the margin. Rich moist woods. Red River Valley. 10. ASTRAGALUS. Milk Vetch. Calyx 5-toothed; corolla papilionaceous, the standard long and narrow with reflexed sides; keel blunt; stamens diadelphous; pod several-seeded, often turgid, and frequently apparently 2-ceUed by the intrusion of one or both sutures. Perennial herbs with odd- pinnate leaves, and flowers in spikes or racemes. A very large genus, and impossible to determine all the species without matured pods. * Pod sttoottlent and indehiscent. 1. A. caryocarpus, Ker. Ground Plum. Tufted, ascending, minutely pubescent with appressed hairs; flowers purple, in a short spike; fruit glabrous, ovoid-globular, with very thick walls, and completely divided into 2 cells. Prairies, common, ** Pod det and dehiscent. t Pod completely 2-celled. 2. A. canadensis, L. Erect, 1-3 ft. high, somewhat pubescent, leaflets 21-27; flowers yellowish white,in a long, dense spike; pod sessile, erect, very slightly grooved on the back, almost straight and pointed. Light soil, common, Please note that these images are extra
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