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sparingly strigose; leaflets 7-17, elliptic-oblong or lance-oblong, 1-2 cm. long, 4-8 mm. wide, 

 acutish at both ends, those of the lower leaves rounded or even retuse at the apex, apiculate, 

 often reflexed. glabrous or sparingly strigose above, silky-strigose beneath, the veins often 

 reddish; racemes opposite the leaves, lax, 5-10 cm. long; flowers few, 1 or 2 at each node near 

 the end of the peduncle; bracts subulate, 2-5 cm. long; calyx sparingly hairy, the tube 2 mm. 

 long, the lobes lance-subulate, 2 mm. long; corolla purple, 12-16 mm. long; banner rounded- 

 obovate; wings broadly obliquely obovate; pod about 4 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, slightly 

 falcate (curved downward), 8-12-seeded; seeds dark brown, nearly orbicular, 3 mm. long. 

 Typr locality: "Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia." 

 DISTRIBUTION: Virginia (?); North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 

 Illustration: Britt. & Krown, 111. Fl./. 2119; ed. >.). 2523. 



47. Cracca ambigua (M. A. Curt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 174 

 1891. 



Galega ambigua M. A. Curt. Host. Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 121. 1834. 

 Tephrosia hispidula ft T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 290. 1838. 



Tephrosia ambigua M.A.Curtis; (D. Dietr. Syn. 1M.4: 1043, as synonym. 1847) Chapm.Fl.S. U.S. 

 96. 1860. 



A perennial, with a woody caudex and strong woody root; stems prostrate or ascending, 

 3-5 dm. long, often purplish, dichotomously branched, angled, more or less strigose; leaves 

 7-15 cm. long; stipules 5-7 mm. long, lance-subulate, persistent; petiole 3-8 cm. long; rachis 

 strigose; leaflets 7-13, linear-oblong to oblanceolate or euneate-oblong, or obovate, 2-4 cm. 

 long, 5-15 mm. broad, mostly obtuse or rounded and mucronate at the apex, coriaceous, 

 sparingly strigose or glabrate above, more densely strigose beneath, red- veined; racemes 

 opposite the leaves, including the peduncle 1-1.5 cm. long, lax; flowers 1 or 2 at each node; 

 bracts subulate, 5 mm. long; calyx hirsute, the tube 2.5 mm. long, the lobes subulate, 3 mm. 

 long; corolla purple, 12-15 mm. long; banner rounded -obovate; wings oblong-oblanceo- 

 late, with a rounded basal auricle; pod 3.5-4.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, strigose-hispidulous. 



TvPB locality: Wilmington, North Carolina. 



Distribution: Pinelands from North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



48. Cracca gracillima (B. L, Robinson) A. Heller, 

 Cat. N. Am. PI. ed. 2. 7. 1900. 



Cracca anguslissima Vail. Bull. Torrey Club 22: i2. 1895. Not C. angustissima Kuntze, 1891. 

 Tephrosia ambigua gracillima U h. Roliins.ni. Hot. Gaz. 28: 201. 1899. 



A p. rennial, with a somewhat ligneous base; stem 3-6 dm. long, prostrate, diffuse, flexuose, 

 sparingly strigose or glabrate; leaves 5- 15 cm. long; stipules 3-7 mm. long, subulate-setaceous, 

 persistent; petiole 2-8 cm. long; rachis sparingly strigose; leaflets 5-17, linear, acute at each 

 end, 2-3 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, minutely strigose beneath; racemes lax, including the pedun- 

 cle 5-10 cm. long; flowers 1 or 2 at each node; bracts subulate, setaceous; calyx sparingly 

 strigose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes subulate, about 2 mm. long; corolla 10-12 mm. long, 

 purple; banner suborbicular; wings broadly obliquely oblanceolate, with an acute basal 

 auricle; pod 3-4 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, hirsutulous, 6-8-seeded; seeds dark-brown, 3 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. broad. 



Type locality: Near Eau Gallie, Indian River, Florida. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



49. Cracca tepicana Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb 20: 217. 1919. 



A perennial, somewhat woody below; stems flexuose, probably 5 dm. high, sparingly 

 pilose with spreading hairs, the upper part triangular; leaves 7-12 cm. long; rachis pilose; 

 stipules subulate-setaceous, 5-10 mm. long; leaflets 5-11, elliptic, 2-5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. 

 wide, obtuse at each end, cuspidate, rather strongly veined and reticulate beneath, glabrous 

 above, sparingly pubescent beneath; racemes including the peduncle 1-3 dm. long, the peduncle 

 3 angular; flowers 2 or 3 at each node; bracts subulate-setaceous, 8-10 mm. long; calyx silky- 



