. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Petalostemum candidum (Willd.) Michx. White Prairie-clover. Fig. 2513. Dalea Candida Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1337. 1803. P. candidum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 49. 1803. Kuhnistera Candida Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 192. 1891. Glabrous, stems erect, assurgent, or rarely prostrate, simple, or sparingly branched, i°-2° high. Leaves petioled; leaflets 5-9, oblong, or oblanceo
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Petalostemum candidum (Willd.) Michx. White Prairie-clover. Fig. 2513. Dalea Candida Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1337. 1803. P. candidum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 49. 1803. Kuhnistera Candida Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 192. 1891. Glabrous, stems erect, assurgent, or rarely prostrate, simple, or sparingly branched, i°-2° high. Leaves petioled; leaflets 5-9, oblong, or oblanceolate, 8"-i2" long, i4"-3" wide, obtusish or acute and often mucronulate at the apex, narrowed at the base, very short-stalked; pe- duncles terminal, elongated, bracted; spikes cylindric, i'-4' long, s"-6" thick; bracts awn- pointed, longer than the calyx; corolla white, 2"-3" long; wings and keel-petals oval;, stand- ard cordate; calyx-teeth and pod slightly pu- bescent. Prairies and plains, Indiana to Minnesota, Manitoba, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Colo- rado. June-Aug. White tassel-flower. 3. Petalostemum oligophyllum Torr. Slender White Prairie-clover. Fig. 2514. Petalostemon gracile van oligophyllum Torr. Em- ory's Mil. Rec. 139. 1848. Kuhnistera Candida var. occidentalis Rydberg, Contr Nat. Herb. 3: 154. 1895. Kuhnistera oligophylla Heller, Bull. Torr. Club 23: 122. 1896. Petalostemon oligophyllum Torr.; Smyth, Trans. Kans. Acad. 1$: 61. 1898. Glabrous, stem slender, erect or ascending, usu- ally_ much branched, l°-2i° tall, the branches straight, ascending. Leaves short-petioled; leaf- lets about 7 (5-9), linear, linear-oblong or some- what oblanceolate, firm, varying from less than l" wide to 2" wide, mostly less than 10" long, or those of the lower leaves larger; spikes oblong or short-cylindric, blunt; bracts lanceolate, acu- minate, equalling the calyx, or longer, deciduous; calyx-teeth usually pubescent;
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