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 8. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh. Large-bracted Psoralea. Fig. 2498. PsQralea macrorhiza Nutt. Fraser's Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 741. 1814. Psoralea cryptocarpa T. &; G. Fl. N. A. i: 301. 1838. Erect or ascending, stout, branched, finely appressed- pubescent, at least above, i°-2° hig
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 8. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh. Large-bracted Psoralea. Fig. 2498. PsQralea macrorhiza Nutt. Fraser's Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea cuspidata Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 741. 1814. Psoralea cryptocarpa T. &; G. Fl. N. A. i: 301. 1838. Erect or ascending, stout, branched, finely appressed- pubescent, at least above, i°-2° high, from a long deep tuberous-thickened root. Petioles equalling or shorter than the leaves, li'-s' long; stipules linear, acuminate, 6'-8' long; leaflets 5, digitate, short-stalked, entire, broadly oblanceolate or oval, obtuse and commonly mu- cronate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, i'-2' long, 4'-7' wide; spikes oblong, dense. l*'-3' long, I'-ii' thick; peduncles longer than the petioles; bracts lanceolate, long-cuspidate, equalling or exceeding the bluish corolla; pod oval, membranous, enclosed in the calyx. Prairies and plains. South Dakota to Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. May-June. 9. Psoralea esculenta Pursh. Pomme Blanche. Prairie Apple or Turnip. Indian Bread-root. Fig. 2499. Psoralea esculenta Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 475. 1814. Rather stout, erect from a large farinaceous root or cluster or roots, little branched, 4-18' high, densely villous-pubescent with whitish hairs. Lower petioles 2-4 times longer than the leaves; stipules lanceolate, 8'-i2' long; leaflets 5, digi- tate, short-stalked, oval or obovate, entire, obtuse, narrowed at base, 1-2' long, 4'-io' wide; pe- duncles equalling or longer than the petioles; spikes oblong, dense, ii'-3' long, I'-iJ' thick; bract? lanceolate or ovate, acute, 5'-8' long, nearly equalling the bluish corolla; pod oblong, glabrous, about ai' long, slightly wrinkled, en- closed in the calyx-tube. Prairies and plains. Manitoba
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