82 AUT. BOT, 
the type of my natural family AwoRPnipes of 
1815, including the next G. which I venture to 
separate. "The other 3 sp. in Torrey (who has 
only 8, paniculata with californica and levigata 
of Nut. not seen by T.) are doubtful. 
562. MONOSEMEION Raf. (alone flag) 
cal. campanul. 5fidus, lac. subeq. ellipt. obt. vex- 
illum subrot. sessile plano integrum, brevis deci- 
duum. Stam. 5 liberis filif. anth. obl. pistilum 
pedunc. obl, albo sericeo, stigma subsess. obliq. 
capitat. purpur. legum. obl. vill . . . . fol. fascic. 
pinnatis, fl. spicatis—V ery singular G, by the 
peculiar single petal, stigma &c. I found it la- 
belled Amorpha fruticosa by Collins! I sus- 
pected it was the Asacara or Gleditsia mohos- 
perma, but this has no petal and a smooth flat 
pod. 
Monosemer0n obliquatum Raf. petiolis plano 
convexis, foliolis 11-21 alt. nli. obliq. ova- — 
tabl. obtusis muticis opacis concolor, glauces- 
cens, petiolis nervisque pubens: spica brevis 
multifl.—leaves 4 to 6 inches long, folioles sub- 
uncial, reticulate as in Amorpha, spike uncial, 
flowers yellowish very conspicuous, petal hardly 
x than calix and stamens, North Amer- 
ica? t 
563. Cornus obovatus Raf. ramis striatis, 
petiolis longis gracilis, fol. obov, basi acutis, 
apice rotundatis, paniculis sepe plumosis —Ar- 
kanzas, Louis. The G. Cotinus of Tourn. Ad. 
must be restored,as well asall the Genera blen- 
ded in Rhus, aud KA. cotinus O. includes 3 or 
4 species! 
564, Cotinus retusus Raf. ramis rugosis et 
verrucosis, petiolis brevis angustis, fol. subrot. 
obovatis apice retusis, paniculis interdum plu- 
mosis—Asia, leaves and flowers small. 
