. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . l|, > I. Indigofera leptosepala Nutt. Wild or Western U iW Indigo-plant. Fig. 2520. Indigofera lebtosepala Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. Perennial decumbent, cinereous-pubescent, slender, branching, 6-24' long. Leaves short-petioled; leaflets 5-9, oblanceolate or oblong-linear, 3"-i2" long, i"-3" wide, obtuse and often mucron- ulate at the apex, narrowe
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . l|, > I. Indigofera leptosepala Nutt. Wild or Western U iW Indigo-plant. Fig. 2520. Indigofera lebtosepala Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. Perennial decumbent, cinereous-pubescent, slender, branching, 6-24' long. Leaves short-petioled; leaflets 5-9, oblanceolate or oblong-linear, 3"-i2" long, i"-3" wide, obtuse and often mucron- ulate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, short-stalked; spikes peduncled, loosely few-flowered; flowers pink or purplish, about 3" long; calyx-teeth subulate, equal; pods linear, acute, obtusely 4-angled. sessile in the calyx, S"-I2" long, i" thick, re- flexed at maturity. Prairies. Kansas and Arkansas la. May-No V. Texas and Me east to Flo 21. CRACCA L. Sp. PI. 752. 1753. [Tephrosi.\ Pers. Syn. 2: 328. 1807.] Herbs, sometimes slightly shrubby, with odd-pinnate not punctate leaves, and purple red or white flowers in terminal or lateral racemes or sliort clusters. Stipules small. Leaflets entire. Calyx-teeth usually nearly equal. Petals all clawed. Standard orbicular or broadly ovate; wings obliquely obovate or oblong; keel curved. Stamens monadelphous or diadel- phous; anthers all alike. Ovary sessile; ovules several or many. Pod linear, flat, 2-valved, several-seeded, continuous, or with membranous septa between the seeds. [Latin, vetch.] About 120 species, mainly natives of warm and tropical regions. Besides the following, eleven species occur in the southern and southwestern United States. Type species : Cracca vdlosa L. Raceme terminal, dense, nearly sessile, many-flowered. i. Peduncles lateral and terminal, elongated, few-flowered. Villous : flowers in an interrupted spike or raceme. 2. C. spicata Pubescent; peduncles few-flowered near the summit. 3- C.
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