Genus 21 



PEA FAMILY. 



373 



2. Cracca spicata (Walt.) Kuntze. Loose-flowered Goat's Rue. Fig. 2522. 



Galega spicata Walt. Fl Car. 1&8. 1788. 



Tephrosia spicata T & G. Fl N. A* i : 206. 

 1838. 



Cracca spicata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 175. 1891. 



Villous-pubesceiit with long brown hairs, 

 decumbent or straggUng, much branched, 

 i°-2° long. Leaves few and distant, short- 

 petioled; leaflets 9-15, short-stalked, oval, 

 oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, narrowed, 

 cuneate or rounded at the base, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate or emarginate at the apex, 9"-is" 

 long, s''-6" wide ; peduncles lateral and ter- 

 minal, slender, 4-10' long; inflorescence 

 interrupted, very loose, 2'-$' long; flowers 

 purplish, 6"-8" long; pod Unear, finely pu- 

 bescent, about 2' long, 2™" wide. 



In dry soil. Delaware to Florida, Tennessee, 

 Alabama and Louisiana. This was included 

 by Linnaeus in the preceding species. June- 

 Aug. 



3. Cracca hispidula (Michx.) Kuntze. Few- 

 flowered Goat's Rue. Fig. 2523. 



Galega Itispidiila Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 68. 1803. 



Teplji-osa hispidula Pcrs. Syn. 2: 329. 1807. 



Cracca In'spidiila Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI 175. 1891. 



^lore or less pubescent, procumbent or straggling, 

 much branched, slender, i°-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 terminaj, slender, 2'-4' long; flowers red-purple, 

 few, terminal, about 6" long; pod linear, i'-i4' long, 

 2" wide, minutely pubescent. 



Dry sandy soil, Virginia to Florida, Alabama and Louisi- 

 ana. May-Aug. 



22. 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, lilac 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 °o. Pod elongated, torulose, 2-valved, 

 coriaceous, not septate between the seeds. [Named for Kraunh.] 



Five known species, the following of southeastern North America, the others Asiatic, the first 

 of ours typical. 



Racemes 2'-4' long; calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. i. K. frutescens. 



Racemes 8'-i2' long; calyx-teeth nearly or about as long as the tube, or the lower one longer. 



2. K. macrostachys. 



