. 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. 4. Astragalus Hypoglottis L. Purple Milk Vetch or Cock's-head. Fig. 2537. Astragalus Hypoglottis L. Mant. 2: 274. 1771. Pubescent or glabrate, decumbent or ascending, slender, branched at the base, 6'-24' long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute. 2"-$" long; leaflets 17-25. oblong or elliptic, obtusish and generally emarginate at the apex, rounded at the base,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 4. Astragalus Hypoglottis L. Purple Milk Vetch or Cock's-head. Fig. 2537. Astragalus Hypoglottis L. Mant. 2: 274. 1771. Pubescent or glabrate, decumbent or ascending, slender, branched at the base, 6'-24' long. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute. 2"-$" long; leaflets 17-25. oblong or elliptic, obtusish and generally emarginate at the apex, rounded at the base, 3"-/" long; flowers violet-purple, 6"-io" long, in dense heads; pods membranous, sessile, 2-celled, dehiscent, densely vil- lous with white hairs, ovoid-oblong, deeply furrowed on the back, 4"-5" long. Kansas to Minnesota, north to Hudson Bay, west to Alaska. Also in northern Europe and Asia. May-Aug. 5. Astragalus bisulcatus (Hook.) A. Gray. Two-grooved ^lilk \'etch. Fig. 2538. Phaca bisulcata Hook. FI. Bor. Am. i: 145. 1833. Astragalus bisulcatus A. Gray. Pac. R. R. Rep. 12: Part 2, 42. pi. I. i860. Rather stout, erect, nearly simple, i°-3° high. Stipules membranous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4"-6" long; leaflets 17-27, oval or oblong, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, 8"-i2" long; flowers deep purple, fS" long, in elongated narrow racemes ; peduncles longer than the leaves; pod i-celled, linear, stipitate, deflexed, pointed, glabrous at maturity, mem- branous, with 2 deep furrows on the upper side, 6"-lo" long. Plains and river-valleys, Nebraska and Colorado to Montana and Saskatchewan. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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