82 AUT. EOT, 



the type of my natural family AMORPHIDES 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. Sfidus, 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 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- 

 pcrma. but this has no petal and a smooth flat 

 pod. 



MONOSEMEION obliquatum Raf. petiolis piano 

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

 tobl. obtusis muticis opacis concdlor, 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 

 longer than oalix and stamens, North Amer- 

 ica? t 



563. COTINTJS 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, and Rh. cotinus O. includes 3 or 

 4 species ! 



564. Cotinus retusus Raf. ramis rugosis ct 

 verrucosis, petiolis brevis angustis, fol. subrot. 

 obovatis apice retusis, paniculis interdum plu- 

 mosis Asia, leaves and flowers small. 



