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Cracca Virginiana holosericea (Nutt.) Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 27. 1895. 
Tephrosia holosericea Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 105. 1834. 
Densely woolly-pubescent; leaflets acutish. Illinois to Wisconsin, Louisiana and Arkansas. 
2. Cracca spicata (Walt.) Kuntze. Loosely-flowered Goat’s Rue. 
(Fig. 2118.) 
Galega spicata Walt. Fl. Car. 188. 1788. 
setae spicata T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 2096. 
1838. 
Cracca spicata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 175. 
18901. 
Villous-pubescent with long brown hairs, 
decumbent or straggling, much branched, 
1°-2° long. Leaves few and distant, short- 
petioled; leaflets 9-15, short-stalked, oval, 
oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, nar- 
rowed, cuneate or rounded at the base, ob- 
tuse and mucronate at the apex, 9//-15’’ 
long, 3/’-6’’ wide; peduncles lateral and 
terminal, slender, 4/10’ long; inflorescence 
interrupted, very loose, 2’-5’ long; flowers 
purplish, 6’’-8’7 long; pod linear, finely 
pubescent, about 2’ long, 21%4’’ wide. 
In dry soil, Delaware to Florida, west to 
Alabama and Mississippi. June-Aug. 
3. Cracca hispidula (Michx.) Kuntze. 
Few-flowered Goat’s Rue. 
(Fig. 2119.) 
Galega hispidula Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:68. 1803. 
Tephrosia hispidula Pers. Syn. 2: 329. 1807. 
Cracca hispidula Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 175. 1891. 
More or less pubescent, procumbent or straggling, 
much branched, slender, 1°-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, 1/-114’ long, 
2/’ wide, minutely pubescent. 
Dry sandy soil, Virginia to Florida, west to Alabama. 
May-Aug. 
20. 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 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 ©. Pod elongated, torulose, 2-valved, 
coriaceous, not septate between the seeds. [Named for Kraunh.] 
Four known species, the following of southeastern North America, the others Asiatic. 
