Tephrosia cana Brandegee

Cracca californica Rydberg, sp. nov
A peiennial, somewhat woody at the base; stems branched, somewhat angled, finely pilose with spreading short hairs, often purple-tinged; leaves 10-15 cm. long; stipules subulate, reflexed or spreading, S-10 mm. long; petiole 1.5-3 cm. long; rachis pilose; leaflets 15-19, oblong, acute at each end, mucronate, strongly veined beneath, 2-i cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, glabrate above, short-pilose beneath; racemes lax, including the peduncle 1-2 dm. long; flowers 1-3 at each node; bracts subulate; calyx densely pilose, the tube 2 mm. long, the lobes lance-subulate, 3 mm. long, acuminate; corolla ochroleucous, or the banner tinged with purple, 12 mm. long; banner rounded-obovate, pilose on the back; wings obliquely oblanceolate, with a small basal auricle; pod about 5 cm. long or more, 4-5 mm. wide, about 12 seeded.
Type collected at Mesa Verde, Lower California, in 1899, T. S. Brandegee (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.;.

Cracca cana (Brand) Rydberg
Tephrosia cana Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 3: 126. 1891.
A perennial, shrubby below; stem 6-9 dm. high, strigose-canescent; leaves 8-15 cm. long; stipules often deflexed, 3-5 cm. long, subulate; petiole 1-3 cm. long; rachis strigose; leaflets 11-21, oblong-elliptic, acute at each end, 3-4 cm. (according to the original description up to 8 cm.) long, green and sparingly silky above, grayish-silky beneath; racemes including the peduncle 1.5 dm. long or more, rather lax, many-flowered; flowers 1 or 2 at each node; bracts lance-subulate; calyx silky-pubescent, the tube 2.5-3 mm. long, the lobes lance subulate, 3-4. mm. long; corolla ochroleucous, sometimes turning purplish, 12-15 mm. long; banner rounded-obovate; wings broadly obliquely oblanceolate; pod 6-8 cm. long, 4 mm. wide; seeds 5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad.
Type locality: Sierra de la Laguna, Lower California.
Distribution : Lower California.