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Type locality: “Hab, in Virginia, Carolina et Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cracca chrysophylla (Pursh) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 174. 180. 
PROSTRATE GOATS RUE. 
Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 22489. 1814. 
T. prostrata Nutt. Gen, 2:120, 1818. 
EM. Sk, 2:246. Chap. FI. 95, 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida west to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Sandy pine barrens, Mobile County. Baldwin 
County, Stockton. Flowers white and purplish, July, September, Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘(In Georgia, Hnslen.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cracca cinerea (I..) Morong, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci, 7:79. 1892, 
CINEREOUS TEPHROSIA. 
Galega cinerea L. Amoen, Acad, 5: 403, 1750. 
Tephrosia cinerea Pers, Syn. 22528. 1807. 
From a stout ligneous root. Stems prostrate, diffuse or ascending, 1} to 2 feet or 
more long, appressed cinereous pubescent, becoming vlabrate with age; stipules 4 
to # inch long, subulate, acuminate, persisting; petioles 4 to 4 inch long; leaflets 16 
or 17, linear-oblong, 1 to 2 inches long, } to @ inch broad, obtuse or acutish at the 
apex, glabrous above, cinereous, strigose, or pubescent beneath, becoming often 
glabrate with age; racemes 3 to 34 inches long; flowers geminate or in clusters, 
scattered; bracts subulate or setaceous, persisting, legumen 1 to 1} inches long, 4 
inch wide, spreading, cinercous-pubescent or glabrate, straight. (Vail, shortened. ) 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W > Ind, 182. 
West INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, MONTEVIDEO. 
ALABAMA: Introduced with ballast. Mobile, tirst observed in 1886, established 
since near the shipping. Flowers white, with purple; May, June, Trailing stems 2 
to 4 feet long. bruit ripe in July. 
Type locality: Jamaica. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
KRAUNHIA Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5:352, 1808. 
WisTerRIA Nutt. Gen. 2:115, 1818. 
Four species, eastern Asia. South Atlantic North America, 1. 
Kraunhia frutescens (L.) Greene, Pittonia, 2:175, 1891. AMERICAN WISTERIA, 
Glycine frutescens L. Sp. Pl. 2: 7538. 1753. 
Wisteria speciosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 116. 1818. 
W. frutescens Poir. Tabl. Eneyel. 3: 674. 1825, 
Ell Sk. 2:237. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 184. Chap. FI.95, Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 
2:81. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern Virginia and Tennessee west to 
southern Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, south to Texas, Louisiana, and Florida to 
North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Swampy borders of woods. 
Wilcox County, Pineapple. Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny). Mobile 
County. Flowers deep blue; May to July, Shrub climbing high trees. Most fre- 
quent in the coast plain. 
Economie uses: Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ROBINIA L. Sp. P1.2:722. 1758. 
Six species, temperate North America. ‘Trees or shrubs. 
Robinia pseudacacia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 722, 1753. Biack LOcUsT. 
ELL Sk. 2:242. Gray, Man.ed. 6, 134. Chap. FI.91. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 3:39, é. 1172. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, From Pennsylvania thronghout the Allegheny 
ranges to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountainregion. Rich woods, calcareous soil. Dekalb County, Look- 
out Mountain below Mentone, 1,500 feet; indigenous, In the lower country culti- 
vated and widely disseminated in waste places. Flowers white; May. 
Economie uses: Valuable for its wood. Ornamental shade tree. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
