108 PEA FAMILY (PULSE FAMILY) 



Indigofera leptosepala. Flowers pale scarlet. Seedpods 1 

 in. long. Stems 1-3 ft. long, spreading on ground. Leaflets 

 7-9. Dry soil. Fla. to Ga., Texas, and Kan. 



Indigofera tinctoria. Flowers small, reddish or purplish. 

 Pods 1 in. long. Shrubby, 3-6 ft. tall. Leaflets 7-11. Waste 

 places. Blooming in summer. Fla. to N. C. and La. 



Indigofera Anil. Flowers small, reddish brown. Pods 

 curved, Vz in. long. Shrubby, 3-6 ft. tall. Leaflets 7-15. 

 Waste places. Blooming in summer. Fla. to N. C. and La. 



Sand Pea. Goat's Rue (Genus Cracca (Tephrosia)) 



Our most common plants of this genus grow with some- 

 what zigzag prostrate stems in dry soil, and from early 

 spring to fall bear, opposite the leaves, stalked racemes of 

 small flowers, about half an inch long, that usually open 

 about noon. At that time they are white, by sunset they 

 have changed to pale pink, and the following day are 

 crimson. 



C. amhigua, common in dry pinelands, has angled stems, 

 long, erect leaves of 7-17 narrow leaflets that often are 

 several inches in length, and narrow seedpods from one 

 to two inches long. 



C. spicata has leaves of 9-15 oblong or oval leaflets, 

 one-half to one inch long, which are covered with silky 

 brownish hairs, and are often reflexed. 



C. chrysophylla, whose stems are often partly buried 

 in the sand, has short leaves of 3-7 oval or wedge-shaped 

 leaflets that are shining above and are densely hairy be- 

 neath. The flowers are often a bright pink and change to 

 crimson. 



C. virginiana, deviFs shoe-strings, is less common in the 

 peninsula than the above species. It is erect, one to two 

 feet tall, with leaves of 13-25 leaflets, and bears terminal 

 racemes of many yellowish white flowers, tinged with 

 purple. 



