Tephrosia pachypoda L. Riley

Cracca velutina Rydberg, sp. nov
A shrubby perennial; stem densely velutinous, somewhat yellowish, angled; leaves 1-1.5 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, velutinous; petiole 1 cm. long or less, as well as the rachis densely velutinous; leaflets oblong, often acutish, coriaceous, strongly reticulate, shining and glabrous or slightly pubescent on the midrib above, finely velutinous beneath, 2-3 cm. broad, the lowest pair about 4 cm. long, the odd leaflet 8-10 cm. long; racemes terminal, about 2 dm. long; bracts lanceolate; flowers 2-4 at each node; calyx yellowish-velutinous, the tube 3 mm. long, the lobes 4 mm long, lance-subulate; corolla rose-colored, 1S-20 mm. long; banner suborbicular, villous without, wings obliquely oblaneeolate; pod 4-5 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, velutinous, S or 9-seeded.
Tvpc collected at Zopelote, Tepic, Pebruary, 1895, F. //. Lamh 575 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). Distribution: Tepic.