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APPENDIX. 



[Vol. III. 



usually less than i' long; stipules small, lanceolate; flowers few, ou slender i-flowered axil- 

 lary peduncles, llic Jhfl tisiml/y fntiii llu- <i\il ,i/'//ii- Jirs/ s/iiii-lnif, yellow, ,i"-S" broad; petals 

 broadly obovate, slightly exceeding the narrowly lanceolate, sub-equal sepals and bractlets; 

 stamens about 20; style terminal, filiform. 



In poor soil. New England to Pennsylvania. Clostly related to P. Canadensis, but differing in 

 its smaller size, denser and perfectly appressed pubescence, earlier blooming, and the lack of the 

 long adsurgent stems characteristic of that species. 



[Vol. 2: p. 218.] la. ^A^aldsteinia parvi- 



flora Small. Southern Dry Strawberry. 



(Fig- 1939a-) 



Waldsteinia parviflota Small, Bull. Turr. Club, 25: 137. 



1898. 



Perennial by horizontal rootstocks, villous-hirsute, 

 or glabrous in age. Leaves basal, 5'-i2' high; peti- 

 oles much longer than the blades, usually less denselj' 

 pubescent than the scapes; leaflets cuneate-obovate or 

 broadly rhomboidal, i/^'-3' long, coarsely and irregu- 

 larly creuate or lobed; scapes erect, solitary or sev- 

 eral together, commonly shorter than the leaves, cor- 

 ymbose at top; caly.K usually hairy, the tiihr broadly 

 ttirhhiiili-, i!^"-i'/i" A'w^'-, the segments triangular- 

 lanceolate, or lanceolate-acuminate, often shorter than 

 the tube; fctals h'licar-oblong or narrozvly elliptic, 

 ^■liortcr than the calyx-scgmciits or hardy longer; 

 ackcnes obovoid, lyi" long. 



In woods and shaded soil, southwestern Virginia to 

 North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Ascends to 2100 

 feet in \'irgitiia. March-May. 



[Vol. 2; p. 256.] 3a. PROSOPIS L. Mant. i: 10. 1767. 



Trees or shrubs often with spines in the axils, with 2-pinnate leaves, the pinnules few or nu- 

 merous, and small spicate or capitate perfect flowers. Calyx canipanulate, with 5 short teeth. 

 Petals 5, valvate, distinct, or connate below. Stamens 10, distinct; filaments long. Ovary 

 often stalked, many-ovuled; style slender or filiform; stigma ver\- small. Pod linear, straight 

 or curved, compressed, leathery, indehiscent, the mesocarp spongy or dry. Seeds flattened. 

 [Ancient name for some very different plant.] 



About 15 species, natives of warm and tropical regions. Besides the following, 2 or 3 others 

 occur in the southwestern United Slates. 



I. Prosopis glandulosa Terr. Prairie Mesquite. ( Fi,s;. 2032a) 



Prosopis glandnlosa Torr. Ann. I,yc. N. V. 2: 192. 

 pi. .'. 1828. 



A glabrous or minutely pubescent shrub, the 

 axils usually with a pair of sharp spines. Leaves 

 petioled, with 2 spreading short-stalked pinnae, 

 each of numerous sessile pinnules; pinnules lin- 

 ear or linear-oblong, entire, acute or obtuse, 

 mostly mucronulate, firm, veiny, %'-2' long, 

 I "-2" wide; spikes or spike-like racemes axil- 

 lary, often numerous, peduncled, very denselj- 

 many-flowered, 2'-$' long, nearly H' thick ; pedi- 

 cels yi"-l" long; calyx canipanulate; 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, .\rizoua and Mexico. Appa- 

 rently distinct from the West Indian /'. JHliflora. 

 April-June. 



