Part 3, 19231 FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 17? 



grayish-strigose; leaflets 13-19, oblong, elliptic, oblanceolate, or oblong-obovate, 2-4 cm. 

 long, 6-15 mm. wide, acutish to truncate and mucronate at the apex, acute or obtuse at the 

 base, strongly veined, glabrous or nearly so above, grayish-strigose beneath; racemes opposite 

 the leaves, including the peduncles 3-7 dm. long; bracts subulate, 5 mm. long; calyx sparingly 

 pubescent with ascending hairs, the tube 3 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 2.5-3 

 mm. long; corolla rose-purple, 15 mm. long; banner broadly obovate; wings obovate with an 

 acute basal auricle; keel-petals semiorbicular, with a small basal auricle; pod 5-6 cm. long, 

 4 mm. wide, slightly downwardly arcuate, strigulose, S-10-seeded. 



Type collected on prairies at Hempstead, Texas, June 1, 1872, Elihu Hall 111 (herb. N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard.). 



Distribution: Western Louisiana and eastern Texas; apparently also near Mobile, Alabama 



54. Cracca angustifolia (Featherman) Pennell, Bull. Torrey 

 Club 44: 337. 1917. 



Tephrosia hispidula S T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 297. 1838. 



Tephnsia angustifolia Featherman, Rep. Bot. Surv. Louisiana 1870: 73. 1871. 



A perennial herb, with a woody root; stem 5-10 dm. high, pubescent with more or less 

 ascending hairs, leaves about 1 dm. long; stipules subulate, 5-7 mm. long; petiole 1-2.5 

 cm long, sparingly pubescent; leaflets 7-15, linear or linear-oblanceolate, obtuse to truncate 

 at the apex, 2.5-4 cm. long, 5-8 mm. wide, glabrous or sparingly hairy above, silky-strigose 

 beneath; racemes slender, lax, including the peduncle 2-5 dm. long; flowers 1 or 2 at each 

 node; calyx hirsute, the tube 3.5 mm. long, the lobes subulate, 3-5 mm. long; corolla 15-20 

 mm. long; banner broadly obovate; wings obliquely oblanceolate, with an acute basal lobe; 

 pod about 6 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, hirsutulous, 8-10-seeded 



Type locality: Pine barrens near Ponehatoula, Louisiana. 



Distribution: Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana 



55. Cracca Palmeri (S. Wats.) Rose, Contr. U S. 

 Nat Herb. 12: 270. 1909. 



Tephrosia Palmeri S. Wats. Proc Am. Acad. 24: 46. Ja 1889. 

 Tephrosia Pitrisimae Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 2: 149. N 1889. 



A tall perennial; stem probably 1 m. high, silvery-strigose, angled; leaves 8-12 cm. long; 



stipules subulate, 4-7 mm. long, persistent; petiole 2.5-4 cm. long; rachis strigose; leaflets 



7-13, linear or linear oblong, 15-4 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, silvery-strigose on both sides, 



acute at each end, apiculate; racemes lax, many-flowered, including the peduncle 2-4 dm. 



long; flowers 1 or 2 at each node; bracts subulate, 2-5 mm. long; calyx silvery-canescent, the 



tube 3.5 mm. l6ng, the lobes lance-subulate, 4 ram.Jong; corolla light-yellow or purplish, 



about IS mm. long; banner pubescent on the back, broadly obovate; wings slightly shorter, 



oblong-oblanceolate, with a prominent basal auricle; pod nearly straight, 6 cm. long, 4 mm. 



wide, canescent, 8-10-seeded; seeds nearly 4 mm. long, 2 mm broad. 



Typs locality: Mountains near Guaymas, Sonora. 

 Distribution: Sonora and Lower California. 



56. Cracca hamata (Brand ) Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Tephrosia Palmeri Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 3: 126. 1891. Not T. Palmeri, S. Wats. 1889. 

 Tephrosia hamata Brand. MS. 



A perennial, shrubby below; stem 5 dm. high or more, silvery-strigose, angled, flexuose; 

 leaves 5-10 cm. long; stipules subulate, about 3 mm. long; petiole 1-2 cm. long; rachis sil- 

 very-strigose; leaflets linear-oblanceolate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 2-6 mm. broad, retuse at the apex, 

 with a recurved mucro, silvery-strigose on both sides; racemes lax, many-flowered, 1-2 dm. 

 long; bracts subulate; flowers 1 or 2 at each node; calyx silvery-canescent, the tube 2.5 mm. 

 long, the lobes 3 mm. long, subulate; corolla yellowish, 12-14 mm. long; banner orbicular; 

 wings broadly oblanceolate; pod about 5 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, 8-9-seeded, strigose-canescent. 



I . pi I ollected at San Jose del Cabo, Lower California, October 1, 1890, T. S. Brandegee (herb. 

 Columbia Univ.K 



Distribution: Cape region of Lower California. 



