. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 372 FABACEAE. Vol. II.. I. Indigofera leptosepala Nutt. Wild or Western Indigo-plant. Fig. 2520. Indigofera let>tosepala Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 298. 1838. 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
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. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 372 FABACEAE. Vol. II.. I. Indigofera leptosepala Nutt. Wild or Western Indigo-plant. Fig. 2520. Indigofera let>tosepala Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 298. 1838. 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, 8"-i2" long, i" thick, re- flexed at maturity. Prairies, Kansas and Arkansas to Texas and Mexico, east to Flor- ida. May-Nov. 21. CRACCA L. Sp. PI. 752. 1753. [Tephrosia Pers. Syn. 2; 328. 1807.] Herbs, sometimes slightly shrubbj-, with odd-pinnate not punctate leaves, and purple red or white flowers in terminal or lateral racemes or short 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 villosa L. Raceme terminal, dense, nearly sessile, many-flowered. Peduncles lateral and terminal, elongated, few-flowered. Villous ; flowers in an interrupted spike or raceme. Pubescent ; peduncles few-flowere