82 AUT. BOT. 



the type of my natural familv Aiworphides of 

 1815, indudiiig 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. Sfidus, lac, subeq. ellipt. obt. vex- 

 illum subrot. sessile plano integrum, brevis deci- 

 duum. Stam. 5 hberis filif. anth. obl. pistilum 

 pedunc. obl. albo sericeo, stigma subsess. obliq. 

 capitat. purpur. legum. obl. vill . . . ,fol.fascic. 

 pinnatis, fl, spicatis — Very smgular G, by the 

 peculiar single petal, stigma &c. I found it la- 

 belled Amorpha fruticosa by CoIIins ! I sus- 

 pected it was the Asacara or Gleditsia mohos- 

 perma, but this has no petal and a smooth flat 

 pod. 



MoNosEMEioN ohUqiiatum Raf. petiolis plano 

 convexis, foliolis 11-21 alt. sessiiib. obliq. ova- 

 tobl. 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, 

 flovvers yellowish very conspicuous, petal hardly 

 longer than oalix and stamens, North Amer- 

 ica? t 



563. CoTiNus ohonatus 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 theGenera blen- 

 ded in Rhus, and Rh. cotinus O. includes 3 or 

 4 species ! 



564. Cotinus retusus Raf. ramis rugosis et 

 verrucosis, petlolis brevis angustis, fol. subrot. 

 obovatis apice retusis, paniculis interdum plu- 

 mosis — Asia, leavcs and flovvers small. 



