Tephrosia platyphylla (Rose) Standl.

Cracca platyphylla Rose, Contr. U S Nat. Herb 12:^270. 1909.
A suffruticose perennial; stem about 3 dm. high, densely villous; leaves unifoliolate; stipules lanceolate, densely villous, about 1 cm. long; petiole very short, villous; leaflets broadly oblong to obovate, 4-7 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, coriaceous, rounded or retuse at the apex, rather densely silky above when young, but soon glabrate, white villous-tomentose beneath; inflorescence short, compact, terminal or rarely with a branch in the uppermost axil; bracts lanceolate, very villous; calyx densely white-villous, the tube 5 mm. long, the lobes broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 7-8 mm. long; corolla rose-red, 15 mm. long; banner suborbicular, silky-villous without; wings broadly obliquely oblanceolate; pod not known.
Type locality: Pine woods between Mascota and San Sebastian, Jalisco.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.