. 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 . 8. Astragalus Drummondii Dougl. Drum- mond's Milk \'etch. Fig. 2541. Astragalus Drummondii Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 153- 1833- Loosely woolly-pubescent, erect, i°-2° high, rather stout, growing in clumps. • Stipules ovate, long-acuminate, 3"-$" long; leaflets 19-33, oblong or sometimes oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, s"-io" lo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 8. Astragalus Drummondii Dougl. Drum- mond's Milk \'etch. Fig. 2541. Astragalus Drummondii Dougl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 153- 1833- Loosely woolly-pubescent, erect, i°-2° high, rather stout, growing in clumps. • Stipules ovate, long-acuminate, 3"-$" long; leaflets 19-33, oblong or sometimes oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, s"-io" long; flowers yel- lowish-white or the keel purplish tinged, &"-g" long, in loose spikes; peduncles equalling or ex- ceeding the leaves; pod i-celled, the dorsal suture somewhat intruded, distinctly stipitate, cartilagi- nous, linear, pendent, glabrous, grooved, about 2' long; calyx somewhat enlarged at the base, dark- pubescent above. Hills, plains and valleys. South Dakota to Ne- braska, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Colorado. June- July. Robbins' 9. Astragalus Robbinsii fOakes) A. Gray. Milk \'etch. Fig. 2542. Phaca Robbinsii Oakes. Hovey's Mag. Hort. 7: 179. 1841. Astragalus Robbinsii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 98. 1856. Glabrous or nearly so, erect, slender, branched at the base, 9'-l8' high. Stipules ovate-oblong, membranous, 2"-3" long; leaflets 7-11, oblong, obtuse or slightly emarginate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 4"-8" long; flowers white, 3"-S" long in loose short or elongated racemes; pedicels l"-2" long; pod flattened, i-celled, oblong, short-stipitate, rather abruptly pointed at each end, membranous, finely blackish- pubescent, dehiscent, nearly straight, not furrowed, or obso- letely so, 9"-! 2" long. Known only from rocky ledges of the Winooski River, Vermont; station now obliterated, and the species extinct, unless inhabiting .some undiscovered locality. June-July.
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