. 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. Botany. Clypcola alyssoides L. Sp. PI. 65J. 1753. Alyssum alyssoides L. Syst. Ed. 10, iijo. Alyssum calycinum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 908. 1763. .\nntial, densely erect, simple, or branching from the base, tufted, 3-10' high. Leaves linear-oblong or spatulate, nar- rowed at the base, obtuse, entire, 3"-i5" long, the lower some- what petioled; flowers yellowish-white, l&qu
. 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. Botany. Clypcola alyssoides L. Sp. PI. 65J. 1753. Alyssum alyssoides L. Syst. Ed. 10, iijo. Alyssum calycinum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 908. 1763. .\nntial, densely erect, simple, or branching from the base, tufted, 3-10' high. Leaves linear-oblong or spatulate, nar- rowed at the base, obtuse, entire, 3"-i5" long, the lower some- what petioled; flowers yellowish-white, l" broad; pedicels spreading or ascending, 2" long in fruit; pods orbicular, I*" in diameter, margined, minutely pubescent, notched at the apex, tipped with the minute style; sepals persistent around the base of the pod; seeds 2 in each cell; style minute; fila- ments of the shorter stamens minutely toothed at the base. In fields, Ontario to Massachusetts, southeastern New York, New Jersey and Iowa, and in ballast about the seaports. Also in the Far West. Naturalized or adventive from Europe. Heal-bite. Heal-dog. Summer. 5. LESQUERELLA S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23: 249. 1888. Low annual or perennial herbs, with stellate pubescence, simple leaves, and racemose mainly yellow flowers. Petals entire. Anthers sagittate. Pod generally inflated, globose or oblong; valves nerveless; septum translucent, nerved from the to the middle. Seeds several or many in each cell of the pod, flattened, marginless or narrow-margined; cotyledons accumbent. [Dedicated to Leo Lesquereux, 1805-1889, Swiss and American botanist.] .\ genus of about 35 species, natives of America, and mainly of the western parts of the United States. Type species: Lesquerella Leseurii (A. Gray) S. Wats. Pods stellate-pubescent. Pods ob'ong, acute, 2" long; low perennial. i. Pods glubose, i" in diameter; tall annual or biennial. 2. L. globosa. Pods oval or subglobose. 2" long; ta
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