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LEGUMINOSiE. LXXVIII. Psoralea. 



plant 



. Hoary Psoralea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 824. PI. 1 foot. 



43 P. lupine'lla (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p, 56,) 

 smootli ; leaves on long petioles, having 5 or 7 leaflets, which 

 are disposed palniately ; leaflets narrow, linear; racemes axil- 

 lary, longer than the leaves ; bracteas I-flowered ; lower seg- 

 ment of the calyx longer than the rest. % . F. Native of 

 North America, from South Carolina to Florida. Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 2. p. 103. Calyx and leaves glandular. All the lower 

 leaves have 7 leaflets, and all the upper ones 5. Flowers pur- 

 plish, not remarkably small. A very singular plant, the leaflets 

 are so narrow as scarcely to be distinguished from the petiole, 

 2 or 3 inches long. 



dular beneath 



or 



peduncles racemose, length of leaves ; racemes 



linear; bracteas acuminated, longer than the calyx 



Native of Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and Te- 



Sims, hot. 

 f. 1. 



spikes 



1/. F. 



nessee in open forests. 

 454. Bart. fl. t. 51. 



2063. 



reg. 



pale-purple, 

 minated by the style. 

 Melilot-like Psoralea. 



mag. 

 P. melilotiis, Pers. 



toL 



Ker. 



Flowers 



Legume length of calyx, gibbous, wrinkled, ter- 



Fl. Aug. 



Clt. 1814. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



51 P. onobry'chis (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 104.) plant nearly 



; leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 



glabrous 



rather pubescent ; racemes axillary, on long peduncles; flowen 

 secund ; legume obovate, muricated, glabrous. %. F. Native 

 Small-litpine Psoralea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 1 ft. of North America, on the banks of the river Merimeki a few 

 44 P. MULTi'jUGA (Ell. sketch. 2. p. 198.) stem branched, miles from St. Louis. Ker. hot. reg. 433. Root flagellate. 



Stems brownish. Flowers small, purplish. 



smoothish 



; leaves pinnate, with 9 or 10 pairs of leaflets ; leaf- 

 lets oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent ; spikes oblong ; brac- 

 teas small, membranous, glandless. % . F. Native of Carolina, 

 about Abbeville. Corolla violaceous. Ovary perhaps 1 ovulate. 



Many -paired -le^deiieiX Psoralea. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



45 P. 



uiFLouA (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 475.) plant 

 nearly smooth, much branched ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ellip- 

 tic, obtuse, rugged from dots on both surfaces, pubescent be- 

 neath ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 calycine segments nearly equal. 1/ . F. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, on the plains of the Missouri, near the Arikaree village. 

 Habit and mode of vegetation similar to Baptisia tinctoria. 



Root flagel- 



Perhaps P. hedjj' 



saroidesy Muhl. Perhaps a trifoliate species of Onobrijchis. 



A^amZ/om-like Psoralea. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl.StoSft. 



52 P. GLANDULOSA (Liu. spec. 1075.) plant glabrous; leaves 

 pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; pe- 

 tioles scabrous from glands ; racemes axillary, pedunculate, 

 longer than the leaves. %. G. Native of Chili, where it is 

 called Culen. Sims, hot. mag. 990. Feuill. per. 7. t. 3. 



1. D. 24. t. 11. P. lutea, Mol. chil. 135. P. Ciilen, 



Ard. 



Flowers bluish-purple, the wings and keel 



spec. I. p 

 Poir. diet. 5. p. 685. 



white. The plant has the smell of rwt^, and is considered vulne- 

 rary and purgj^tive ; the leaves are applied in the forming of aca- 

 Bracteas 3-flowercd, shorter than the pedicels. Root flagel- taplasm to heal wounds, and an infusion of the roots is purgative, 



lately fusiform. Racemes slender, 2 or 3 inches long, inter- G/«/2r7w/ar Psoralea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1770. Sh. 2to4fl 



rupted, 9-12-flovvered. 



Flowers very small, pale-purple. 

 Fl.July, Aug. PI. 2 feet. 



Finc-Jloivercd Psoralea. 



46 P. LONGiFOLiA (Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 741.) 

 clothed with silky villi ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets linear, 



plant 

 elon- 



gated ; spikes pedunculated, loose-flowered, shorter than the 



leaves; teeth of calyx as well as bracteas subulate. 1/. F. pubescens, Willd. enum. 788. 



53 P. pube'scens (Balb. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 347.) leaves 

 pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, pubescent, dotted 

 on both surfaces ; branches, petioles, and peduncles hairy; 

 bracteas and calyxes villous and glandular ; spike interrupted, 



rather shorter than the leaves, b . G. Native of Peru. P- 



Poir. diet 



Native of Upper Louisiana. Leaves glandless. Flowers ap- 

 parently white. 



Long-leaved Psoralea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



47 P- Jame'sii (Torrey, in. ann. lye. new york. vol. 2. p. 

 165.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets obovate, very obtuse, cuneated 

 at the base, quite entire, silky on both surfaces ; petioles pubes- 

 cent ; spikes of flowers capitate ; bracteas oblong, acuminated ; 



5. p. 68G. P. frutescens, Poir. diet. 

 Puhescent Psoralea. 



Lincil. hot. reg. 9C8. 



Flowers bright blue. 



Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



calyx very hairy ; the teeth subulate, and nearly equal. 

 Native of Canada, in the plains. Flowers blue. 



If.F. 



Fl. Aug. Clt. 1825, 

 54 P. macrostVchya (D. C. prod. 2. p. 220.) leaves pin- 

 nately trifoliate, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, mucronate; petioles 

 scabrous from glands ; peduncles axillary, 4-times longer than 

 the leaves ; spikes cylindrical, and are as well as the rac iSj 



- - F. Native of Nooto 



Bracteas acu- 



bracteas, and calyxes very hairy. % 

 Sound, on the north-west coast of America. 



stantly monadelphous. 



Stamens con- minated, length of calyx. Spike a little branched. 



Jameses Psoralea. PI. -A foot. 



1 



Long-sjnked Psoralea. PI. 2 feet. .. 



55 P. cane'scens (Michx. bor. amer. 2. p. 57.) leaves tnto- 

 liate, on very short petioles, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, 

 longish petioles ; peduncles axillary, 2 or 3-times the length 

 leaflet on a long petiole ; spikes loose-flowered, elongated, axil- the leaves; spikes or racemes interrupted; calyx rather gi 



bous, villous ; bracteas ovate, mucronate. • If.. F. I^^tn ^ 



Root rather fusiform, bulbous 

 Leaves and calyxes full of pellucid dots. Flowers blue. 

 Caneseent Psoralea. Fl. Jul. Auff. Clt. 1821. VIA io'^^ 



48 P. LATiFOLiA (Torrey, 1. c.) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets broad- 

 ovate, acuminated, smooth, but ciliated on the margins, terminal 

 leaflet on a long petiole ; spikes loose-flowered, elongated, axil- 

 lary ; bracteas deciduous ; calyx glabrous, with acutish teeth. 

 7/. F. Native of the plains of Missouri, near St. Louis. 



Broad-leaved Psoralea. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



49 P. EGLANDULosA (Ell. skctch. 2. p. 198.) plant pubescent 

 and glandless ; leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; racemes of flowers oblong ; bracteas broad- 

 lanceolate, ending each in a long acumen, and are pubescent as 

 well as the calyx. 1/ . ? F. Native of Carolina and Florida, 



Carolina and Georgia. 

 neck. 



at tlie 



and common in the open forests of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tenes- to P. pubescens. 



56 P. niVARicA^TA (H. B. in Willd. enum. 788.) ^^^''^'^^ 

 foliate, glabrous ; leaflets lanceolate ; spikes i"^^^'*"P^^^'/^:^.j. 

 culate, axillary, longer than the leaves ; stem ^'"^" Aiijei 

 ricate. Ij . ,S. Native of Peru, near Guancabamba. 



see. Melilotus psoraleoldes, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 104. ex Ell. 

 Stem minutely strigose, grooved ; spike or raceme of flowers 

 3-4 inches long, oh a peduncle, which is from 4 to 6 inches long. 

 Flowers jiale-violet, pedicellate. Legume gibbous and trans- 

 versely wrinkled. The plant appears to be a connecting link 

 between Psordlea and Melilotus, 



Glandless Psoralea. Fl. July. PL 1 to 1^ foot. 



50 P. MELiLOTOiDES (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 5^.) plant 

 pubescent; leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets lanceolate, glan- 



2. p. 258. 

 Stamens mona 



amer. 6. p. 486. Flowers yellow. 

 Divaricate Psoralea. 



Calyx tomentose, according to Li"^. ^"^^".^j^ 



Stipulas ovate, adnate to the base of the p^ ' 

 ladelphous, ex Bonpland, mss. in Kuntb, nov. g 



Fl. Jul. Aug. 



Clt. 1820. Sh.2toSflj 



57 P. denta'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 221.) leaves pmna^ 



trifoliate, glandular, and almost glabrous ; leaflets o^'"^^' • 



^ ' - ^ -^ - ' • racemes sp" 



cate, interrupted, pedunculated, longer than the ^^^^'^^'^.^jve 

 teas subulate, hardly exceeding the pedicels. Tj . G. ^ 



pandly-toothed, cuneated at the base, and entire; 



