Tephrosia palmeri S. Watson

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 silvery-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.

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.