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2. Hoffmanseggia Drummóndii T. & G. Stem branched at the base, the branches 
more or less spreading, 10-20 cm. long, glabrous, much branched: leaves with 3 pinnae; 
leaflets usually 8-12, the blades oblong-cuneate or nearly oblong, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, obtuse, 
not glandular-punctate: calyx glabrous or nearly so, except the ciliate margins of the 
lobes; lobes narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate, 3.5-4.5 mm. long: corolla 1-1.2 em. 
broad: pods narrow, about 2 cm. long. 
On plains or prairies, southern Texas. 
3. Hoffmanseggia Texénsis E. M. Fisher. Stem branched at the base, the branches 
intricately branched, 15-30 cm. long, their gray bark finely pubescent: leaves with 3 
pinnae: leaflets 6-10, the blades mainly oblong, 1-2 mm. long: calyx finely pubescent or 
nearly glabrous ; lobes narrow, 2-2.5 mm. long: corolla mainly less than 1 cm. broad: 
pod narrow, about 1 cm. long. 
In rocky soil, southern Texas. 
4. Hoffmanseggia Jamésii T. & G. Stem branched at the base, the branches erect 
or ascending, 10-35 em. long, finely pubescent and more or less glandular: leaves with 
5-7 pinnae: leaflets approximate, 10-20, the blades oblong to ovate-oblong, 3-5 mm. long, 
obtuse, glandular-punetate : calyx strigillose; lobes narrowly oblong or linear-oblong, 7-9 
mm. long: corolla 10-12 mm. wide : pods about 2 cm. long, nearly 1 cm. wide, glandular, 
slightly curved along the upper edge. 
On plains and prairies, Kansas to Texas and New Mexico. 
5. Hoffmanseggia caudàta A. Gray. Stem often branched at the base, the branches 
ascending, 10-30 em. long, glabrous: leaves with 7-9 pinnae : leaflets separated, 8-22, the 
blades suborbicular to ovate, 2-5 mm. long, acute, prominently veined : calyx puberulent ; 
lobes oval to ovate, 5-6 mm. long: corolla about 1.5 em. wide: pods about 2 cm. long, 1 
em. wide, glandular. 
On plains, southern Texas. 
FAMILY 175. KRAMERIACEAE Dumort. KRAMERIA FAMILY. 
Shrubs or perennial herbs, generally with prostrate or spreading rigid branch- 
ing stems and silky pubescent foliage. Leaves alternate, without stipules : 
blades entire or trifoliate, relatively small. Flowers perfect, irregular. Calyx 
of 4-5 petal-like unequal sepals, deciduous. Corolla of 4-5 petals, shorter than 
the sepals, the posterior with long claws, thin, their claws often united, the 2 
anterior thick, sessile. Androecium of 3-4 stamens. Filaments united at the 
base or as far as the middle. Anthers 2-celled : sacs opening by terminal pores. 
Gynoecium of a single carpel. Ovary 1-celled or apparently 2-celled by the 
intrusion of the placentae. Style simple. Stigma truncate or acute. Ovules 2, 
collateral, pendulous, anatropous. Fruit indehiscent, woody, 1-celled, armed. 
Seed usually solitary. Endosperm wanting. Embryo with thick cotyledons 
including the radicle. 
1 KRAMERIA Loefl. 
Characters of the family. 
Herbs : branches prostrate or decumbent. 1. K. secundifiors. 
Shrubs: branches diffusely spreading. 
Plants canescent or somewhat tomentose. K. canescens. 
Spines on the fruit barbed. : K. ramosissima. 
Spines on the fruit not barbed. 4. K. parviflora. 
Plants silky-strigillose. 
1. Krameria secundiflòra DC. Herbaceous, from a stout underground d 
foliage strigose. Stems ascending or spreading, 1-4 dm. long, branching: A T init 
oblanceolate, linear-oblong or narrowly linear, 1-3 cm. long, pie with sma ti e pe- 
sessile : peduncles 2-3 em. long, slender, 1-flowered : pedicels much shorter ae 0 
duncles, subtended by 2 leaf-like bracts: flowers axillary : sepals avit its ate, fruit 
mm. long, aeute : petals 5, the 3 upper with united claws : stamens 4, monadelphous : 
subglobose, 7-9 mm. in diameter, the stout spines retrorsely scabrous. 
In sandy soil, Kansas to Florida, New Mexico and Mexico. Spring. 
2. Krameria canéscens A. Gray. Shrubby, tomentose-canescent. Stems ipeo 
leaf-blades linear-lanceolate to linear, 0.5-2 cm. long, acute, sessile, straight or bended 
peduncles about 1 cm. long: pedicels about as long as the peduncles or shorter, ine oni 
by 2 bracts: flowers axillary : sepals lanceolate, nearly 1 cm. long, the smaller on 
