An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 MIMOSA FAMILY. Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Prairie Mesquite. Fig. 2433. P. glandulosa Torr. Ann. Lye. X. Y. 2 : 192. pi. j. i8j8. A glabrous or minutely pubescent shrub, the axils usually with a pair of sharp spines. Leaves petioied, with 2 spreading short-stalked pinnae, each of numerous sessile leaflets which are li
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 MIMOSA FAMILY. Prosopis glandulosa Torr. Prairie Mesquite. Fig. 2433. P. glandulosa Torr. Ann. Lye. X. Y. 2 : 192. pi. j. i8j8. A glabrous or minutely pubescent shrub, the axils usually with a pair of sharp spines. Leaves petioied, with 2 spreading short-stalked pinnae, each of numerous sessile leaflets which are linear or linear- oblong, entire, acute or obtuse, mostly mucronulate, firm, veiny, i'-2' long, i'-2' wide; spikes or spike- like racemes axillary, often numerous, pedunclcd, ver>^ densely many-flowered, 2-5' long, nearly V thick; pedicels i'-i' long; calyx campanulate; petals 2-4 times as long as the calyx; ovary villous; pods linear, stipitate, 4'-8' long, 4'-6' wide, con- stricted between the seeds. Kansas to Texas. Arizona, California and Mexico. Apparently distinct from the tropical P. juliflora (Sw.) DC. April-June. 5. MORONGIA Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 191. 1894. [ScHRAXKiA Willd. Sp.'Pl. 4: 1041. 1806. Xot Medic. 1792.] [Leptoglottis DC. Mem. Leg. 451. 1823?] Perennial herbs, or shrubs mainly prostrate or procumbent, armed with recurved prickles. Leaves bipinnate, usually sensitive; leaflets numerous, small; stipules setaceous. Flowers regular, small, 4-5-parted, pmk or purple, perfect or polygamous, in axillary peduncled heads or spikes. Petals united to the middle. Stamens usually 8-12, distinct or united at the base; anthers all alike. Ovary nearly sessile; ovules =0. Pod linear, acute or acuminate, spiny all over, at length 4-valved, several seeded. [Named in honor of the late Rev. Thos. Morong, a contributor to the first edition of this work.] ; of temperate and tropical America, ; Leaflets elliptic, strongly veined. Leaflets linear-oblong, scarcely veined. ro
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