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24. Cracca submontana Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 8:46. 1903. 



A tall perennial, woody below; branches reddish or brownish, velutinous, sulcate; leaves 

 1—1.5 dm. long; stipules lanceolate, silky; petiole 1-2 cm. long, as well as the rachis densely 

 velutinous; leaflets 13-17, lanceolate or lance-oblong, acute at the apex, 2-6 cm. long, glabrous 

 and shining above, densely reddish- or silvery-silky beneath; racemes several, terminal and 

 in the upper axils, 2-3 dm. long, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 1 cm. long or less; calyx 

 densely silky, the tube 4 mm. long, the lobes deltoid, 4 mm. long, the lowest one narrower; 

 corolla 2.5 cm. long; banner suborbicular, silky without; wings broadly oblanceolate; pod 

 9-11 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, finely velutinous. 



Type LOCALITY: Between Pedro Paulo and San Blascito, Tepic. 

 Distribution: Tepic. 



VII. Pringleanae. Stem monopodial, short, decumbent; racemes terminal, short, few- 

 flowered. Leaves 15-21-foliolate; leaflets obovate, green and glabrous above, silky-strigose 

 beneath. Corolla 2.5-3 cm. long, white. Pod sparingly strigose. 



25. Cracca Pringlei Rose, Bot. Gaz. 40: 143. 1905. 



A low perennial, woody at the base, cespitose; stems several, 1-2 dm. high; branches dense- 

 ly strigose-canescent; leaves 4-6 cm. long; stipules subulate, 4-5 mm. long; leaflets 15-21, 

 oblong or oblanceolate, green and sparingly pubescent, strongly reticulate above, densely 

 white-silky beneath, rounded and mucronate at the apex, 8-15 mm. long; racemes terminal, 

 dense and short; flowers mostly 2 at each node; calyx sericeous, the tube 3 mm. long, the 

 lobes lance-subulate, 5 mm. long; corolla purplish, 15 mm. long; banner obovate, silky-strigose 

 without; pod 4-4.5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, acute, hirsute-pilose, about 8-seeded. 



Type locality: Las Sedas, Oaxaca. 

 Distribution: Oaxaca. 



VIII. Vicioides. Stem monopodial or pseudo-sympodial, slender and branched; racemes 

 terminal and axillary, often placed obliquely to the leaves. Leaves 9-21-foliolate; leaflets 

 lanceolate, oblanceolate, or linear, acute. Corolla 6-8 ram. long, purple or rose-colored. Pod 

 strigose or pilose. 



26. Cracca vicioides (Schlecht.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 175. 1891. 



Tephrosia vicioides Schlecht. Limiaea 12: 297. 1838. 



A perennial herb, somewhat lignescent below; stems several, about 3 dm. high, angular 

 above, striate, reddish-pilose, especially above; leaves about 1 dm. long; stipules setaceous, 

 5-S mm. long, persistent; petiole 1 cm. long or less; rachis angled, channeled, pilose; leaflets 

 15-21, oblanceolate, 2-3 cm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous above, sparingly 

 silky-strigose beneath; racemes slender, terminal and in the upper axils, 8-15 cm. long; flowers 

 1 or 2 at each node; bracts setaceous, persistent; calyx pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes 

 subulate, 2.5 mm. long; corolla about 6 mm. long, purple; banner rounded, strigose without; 

 upper stamen free at the base; pod about 4 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, strigose, 7-8-seeded. 



Type locality: Hacienda de la Laguna, Veracruz. 



Distribution: Veracruz to Guerrero. 



27. Cracca Brandegei Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 20:217. 1919. 



A diffusely branched perennial, with woody base; s\ems 3-5 dm. high, angled, densely 

 hirtellous with short white hairs; leaves 3-7 cm. long, spreading; stipules subulate, 3 mm. 

 long; petiole 1-2 cm. long, as well as the rachis hirtellous; leaflets 9-19, linear or linear-oblanceo- 

 late, 1-4.5 cm. long, 1-6 mm. wide, acute at each end or obtuse at the apex, short-pilose on 

 both sides; racemes terminal and axillary, or sub-opposite the leaves, including the peduncle 10- 

 23 cm. long; calyx hirtellous, the tube about 1.5 mm. long, the lobes deltoid, attenuate, about 



