82 AUT. BOT. 



the type of my natural familv Amorphides of 

 1815, including the next G, which I venture to 

 separate. The other 3 sp. in Torrey (who has 

 only 8, paniculatawith 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 piano integrum, brevis deci- 

 duum. Stam. 5 liberis filif. anth. obi. pistilum 

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

 capitat. purpur. legum. obi. vill . . . .fol.fascic. 

 pinnatis, fl, spicatis — Very smgular 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 moiios- 

 perma, but this has no petal and a smooth flat 

 pod. 



MoNosEMEioN obUquatum Raf. petiolis piano 

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

 tobl. obtusis muticis opacis concolor, glauces- 

 cens, petiolis nervisque pubens: spica brevis 

 muhifl. — leaves 4 to 6 inches long, folioles sub- 

 uncial, reticulate as in Amorpha, spike uncial, 

 flowers yellowish very conspicuous, petal hardly 

 longer than oalix and stamens. North Amer- 

 ica? t 



563. CoTiNus 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 as all the Genera blen- 

 ded in Rhus, aud Rh. 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. 



