LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 327 



Amorpha microphylla PURSH, Fl. Am. 466 (1814). 



A. nana NUTT. Gen. II, 91 (1818). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 131; Coult, Fl. Colo. 59; Upham r 

 Fl. Minn. 43; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 109, 506; Wats., Bibl, Ind. I, 188. 



North America: Assiniboia and Man. to lat. 50 N. on 

 Red river; S. to Minn., Iowa and Rocky mts. Apparently ab- 

 sent or rare in Nebraska where it should be expected. 



Minn, valley: Blue Earth Co. and W. ; entire prairie 

 district; particularly abundant in Chippewa and Cotton wood 

 valleys; dry prairies and forest openings. 



HERB.: Sheldon 951, Redwood Falls; Sheldon 1085, 

 Springfield; Herb. Moyer61, Montevideo; MacM. andSheld. 120, 

 Brainerd. 



Amorpha fruticosa LINN. Spec. 713 (1753). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 132, Britt., Fl. N. J. 82; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 132;Upham, Fl. Minn. 43: Coult., Fl. Colo. 59; Chap., Fl. S. St. 93; 

 Mac., Fl. Can. I, 109; Herd., Fl. Russ. Eur. 44; Coult., Fl. Tex. 76; Roth., 

 Wheel. Exp. 99; Cov., Fl. Ark. 174; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 187. 



Introduced in European Russia. 



North America: Man. to the Selkirks and N. on Red 

 river to Hudson Bay; S. to Colo., Neb., Ark. and Tex.; E. to 

 Penn., N. J., Fla. and Miss. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; banks of streams and 

 lakes. 



HERB.: Taylor 36, Elysian; Bollard 20, Chaska; Shel- 

 don 58, Elysian; Kassube 49, Minneapolis; Sandberg 129, Can- 

 non Falls; Sheldon 1450, Pipestone; Sheldon 1273, Lake Benton; 

 Sheldon 220, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co. ; Herb. Wickersheim 

 30, Ash lake, Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 56, Montevideo. 



Mr. E. P. Sheldon finds that the sectional division of 

 Amorpha, on the basis of the number of seeds in the pod, given 

 by Watson and Coulter does not hold good for Minn, valley 

 specimens of A. fruticosa which are very frequently only one- 

 seeded. 



CRACCA LINN. PL Zeyl. 139 (1747). 

 Tephrosia PERS. Syn. II, 328 (1807). 

 Brissonia NECK. Elem. 1348 (1790). 

 Rienera MOENCH, Suppl. 44 (1802). 

 Xiphocarpus PKESL, Symb. I, 13 (1832). 

 Kiesera RETNW. Syll. Batisb. II, 11 (1823?). 

 Kequienia DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 1, IV. 91 (1824). 

 Apodynomene E. MEY. Comm. PL Afr. Ill (1837). 

 Pogronostignaa Boiss. Diagn. Or. II, 39 (1843). 

 Catacline EDGEW. Journ. Beng. Soc. XVI, 1214 (1847). 



