if 
through the open woods on mountain sides. Before August 8th, 
all the plants had matured their fruit and no flowers were secured, 
AAMORPHA VIRGATA N. sp. 
Perennial, nearly glabrous, sometimes slightly glaucescent. 
Stems one or several from a woody base, 1-2 meters tall, erect or 
nearly so, rather stout, simple or branched only at the summit, 
wand-like, dark purple-green, more or less channeled, leafy only at 
the summit; leaves 8-16 cm. long, 6-8 cm. broad, leaflets 11-19, 
oblong, oblong-ovate or ovate, 2-5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, mostly 
opposite, on petiolules 2-3 mm. long, emarginate and often apicu- 
late by the excurrent mid-rib, obtuse or cordate, and unsymmetri- 
cal at the base, prominently nerved beneath, pubescent about the 
nerves on the under surface, rather dark but bright green above, 
brown beneath, very coriaceous and firm; inflorescence consisting 
of one or several narrow racemes, confined to the summit of the 
wand-like stems; racemes 8-15 cm. long (in fruit); calyx obconic- 
campanulate, 3 mm. long (in fruit), pubescent with a few spreading 
hairs, arranged in quite regular groups of 3-5, the three dorsal 
teeth acute, the two ventral teeth obtuse and rounded; pediceles 
short, inclined to separate at the proximal articulation; legume 
one-seeded, 7 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, straight along the dorsal 
suture, much curved along the ventral suture, resinous dotted, 
dorsal suture distinctly margined; persistent style attached, ap- 
parently, above the beak ; seed ovoid, laterally compressed, incon- 
spicuously beaked, about one-half as broad as long, with a lateral 
impression near one or both ends. (Plate 171.) 
Found only on the northern and western slopes of Stone 
Mountain, De Kalb county, Georgia. Fruiting in July. It is 
apparently restricted to a narrow belt ranging from 1,100—1,200. 
feet above the sea level, and grows in a few places where the 
granite rocks are flat enough to hold a layer of sand. A striking 
species, remarkable in general appearance for its wand-like form, = 
in particular parts for the dry, coriaceous leaves, the straight 
dorsal edge of the legume, and the single thick, ovoid seed with 
the impression near one or both ends. A. fruticosa is usually — 
much branched throughout, of a lighter green color, with mostly _ 
membranaceous leaves, the legume mach curved on the dorsal edge, 
with one or two narrowly or linear-oblong seeds, usually marked 
with an impression near the middle. et 
Amyepatus Prrsica L, Sp. Pl. 472 (1753). eee = 
In the past there have been many oversights and even a cer- 
_ tain amount of narrowness in regard to foreign plants which have 
