Genus 21 



PEA FAMILY. 



373 



2. Cracca spicata (Walt. ) 



Galega spicata Walt. Fl. Car. 188. 



Tephrosia spicata T. & G. Fl. N. 

 1838. 



Cracca spicata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 175. 



Villous-pubesccnt with long brown hairs, 

 decumbent or straggling, much branched, 

 l-2 long. Leaves few and distant, short- 

 petioled ; leaflets 9-1S, short-stalked, oval, 

 oblanceolate or narrowlj' obovate, narrowed, 

 cuneate or rounded at the base, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate or emarginate at the apex, 9"-i5" 

 long, 3"-6" wide; peduncles lateral and ter- 

 minal, slender, 4-10' long ; inflorescence 

 interrupted, very loose, 2'-5' long; flowers 

 purplish, 6"-8" long; pod linear, finely pu- 

 bescent, about 2' long, 22" wide. 



In dry soil. Delaware to Florida, Tennessee, 

 Alabama and Louisiana. This was included 

 by Linnaeus in the preceding species. June- 

 Aug. 



Kuntze. Loose-flowered Goat's Rue. Fig. 2522. 



296. 



1891. 



3. Cracca hispidula (Mich.x.) Kuntze. Few- 



flowered Goat's Rue. Fig. 



Galega liispidula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 68. 1803. 



Tcphrosa liispiJiila Pers. Syn. 2: 329. 1807. 



Cracca hispidula Kuntze. Rev. Gen. PI 175. 1891. 



}iIore or less pubescent, procumbent or straggling, 

 inuch branched, slender, i-2 long. Leaves petioled; 

 leaflets 5-19, short-stalked, oval, oblong, oblanceolate 

 or obovate, narrowed, rounded or cuneate at the base, 

 obtuse, emarginate or acute at the apex ; peduncles lat- 

 eral or terminal, slender, 2'-4' long; flowers red-purple, 

 few, terminal, about 6" long; pod linear, I'-il' long, 

 2" wide, minutely pubescent. 



Dry sandy soil, Virginia to Florida, Alabama and Louisi- 

 ana. May-Aug. 



22. KRAUNHIA Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 352. 1808. 



[Wisteria Nutt. Gen. 2: 125. 1818.] 



High-climbing woody vines, with odd-pinnate leaves, and showy blue, lilac or purplish 

 flowers in large terminal racemes. Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, the 2 upper teeth slightly shorter 

 than the 3 lower. Standard large, reflexed, clawed, with 2 small appendages at the base of 

 the blade ; wings oblong, falcate, auriculate at the base ; keel incurved, obtuse. Stamens dia- 

 delphous; anthers all alike. Ovary stalked; ovules M. Pod elongated, torulose, 2-valved, 

 coriaceous, not septate between the seeds. [Named for Kraunh.] 



Five known species, the following of southeastern North .America, the others Asiatic, the first 

 of ours typical. 



Racemes 2'-4' long : calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. 



I. K.frutcscens. 



Racemes 8'-i2' long: calyx-teeth nearly or about as long as the tube, or the lower one longer. 



2. K. macrostachys. 



