. 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 . 32. GLYCYRRHIZA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 741. Perennial herbs, with thick sweet roots, odd-pinnate leaves, and blue or white flowers in axillary spikes or heads. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, the two upper sometimes partly united. Standard narrowly ovate or oblong, short-clawed; wings oblong, acutish; keel acute or obtuse, shorter than the wrings. Stamens mainly diadelphous; a
. 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 . 32. GLYCYRRHIZA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 741. Perennial herbs, with thick sweet roots, odd-pinnate leaves, and blue or white flowers in axillary spikes or heads. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, the two upper sometimes partly united. Standard narrowly ovate or oblong, short-clawed; wings oblong, acutish; keel acute or obtuse, shorter than the wrings. Stamens mainly diadelphous; anthers alternately smaller and longer. Pod sessile, covered with prickles or glands, nearly indehiscent, continuous between the seeds. [Greek, sweet-root.] About 15 species, natives of the north temperate zone, southern South America and Australia. Besides the following, another occurs in California. Type species: Glycyrrhisa echinata L. I. Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh. Wild or American Licorice. Fig. 2569. LiqmVi/ia/e/>idofa Nutt. in Fraser's Cat. Hyponym. 1813. Clycyrrhisa lepidota Pursh. Fl. \m. Sept. 480. 1814. Erect, branching, i°-3° high, the foliage with minute scales or glands. Stipules lanceolate or ovate- lanceolate, acute, 2"-3" long, deciduous; leaves pe- lioled; leaflets n-19, lanceolate, or oblong, acute or obtuse and mucronate at the apex, rounded or nar- rowed at the base, entire, verj' short-stalked, io"-i8" long, 3"-6" wide; peduncles much shorter than the leaves; spikes dense, many-flowered, 1-2' long, about 9" thick: flowers yellowish-white. 6" long; calyx- teeth slender, longer than the tube; pod about 6" long, few-seeded, oblong, densely covered with hooked prickles. Hudson Bay to Minnesota. Saskatchewan. Washington, lowai, Missouri, Chihuahua and Arizona. Locally in waste grounds farther east. May-Aug. Licorice-root.
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