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F.urope affords bvit 6. South and tropicil America as far 

 as I'lienos \\rcs 24, narban and the Levant 4, Sil-«er:;i 

 2, Guinea 2, the Cape of f;{K;d Ifope prod^ices 24, many 

 of them ornamfntul shrubs, fndia and China 13, I in 

 Japan, 1 in Arabia Fcdix, and several others of iinceitai!! 

 localit}'. Sevci-al distinct g-enera appear to be confounded 

 in Prj'v^uiUt which ought to claim the attention of ]}oia- 

 niits. 



IV.— DFXANDRIA. 



I Stamina all connected, {or nionadelphous.) 



490. AMORPHA. L. 



Calix subcampanulatc, 5-cler^, Vexillnm of 

 \}\Q corolla ovatp, concavo. Wings (or lateral 

 petals) and carina ?ione. Legume small, 1 oi* 

 £-sec(Je(l, curved at the point. 



SuiTrut'cose or shrubby plants; leaves pinnate, glandu- 

 lar; stipules setaceous, minute, bodi g-ereral and partial, 

 dist'nct from the leaves and leaflets; flowers numerous 

 and small, sp ked, usually blue, spikes solitiry, agg-rep^aled 

 and termmal; legume glaniiulous; s'.yle pubcocent, stigma 

 smooth. 



Species. 1. S. fniticosa. Only one of die callcine den- 

 tures acuminated. 2. * nava V. Nv in. Fras. Catal. 1815, 

 Sh-'iibby, very low, and neaily smooth; leaflets subovate -el- 

 liptic, mucronulate ami smooth; spikes soliiaiyand agrgre- 

 g'Hted; flowers pedicellate; dentuies of the calix all seta- 

 ceously acuminate; legume l-seed( d. .-?. microphyUa^ 

 Vn. 2. p. 466. Has. On the woodless and grassy hills 

 fcf the Missouri, from the river Platte to the Mountains, 

 growing only from 6 inches to a foot high. Flowers pur- 

 plish blue and fragrant, coming out in the mondi of May. 

 This very humble plant, often diffused, like Heath in Eu-^ 

 ropp,over hundreds of acres in succession^ is the only up- 

 land shrub apparently capable of withstanding the pecu' 

 liarities of this climate. 3. herbacea. Walter, T^ov\' and 

 herbaceous, pubescent; leaflets oblong-eiiiptic, glandular- 

 ly mucronulate; spikes very long, often solitar}-; dentures 

 of the calix unequal, short and acute. A pubescen-i- Willd, 

 Fh. a name unnecessarily altered, as there are 2 otlier 

 species more or less pubescent. A. pinnila. Mich. Hap, 

 in open Pine forests from North Carolina to Florida. Spike 



