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18. Amorpha tennesseensis Shuttl.; Kunze, Del. Sem. Hort. 

 Lips. 1848: 1. 1848. — Linnaea 24: 191. 1851. 



A branching shrub, 2-6 m. high; branches finely pubescent; leaves 6-20 cm. long, as- 

 cending; petioles about 1 cm. long, as well as the rachis finely pubescent; leaflets 13-55, ellip- 

 tic or oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long, 3-7 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded at both ends, mucronate, spar- 

 ingly and finely pubescent, paler beneath; petiolules about 1 mm. long; racemes mostly clus- 

 tered, 7-15 cm. long; calyx 3 mm. long, finely pubescent; upper two lobes rounded, 0.5 mm. 

 long, the lower three triangular, acute, the lowest one slightly longer than the rest; banner 

 broadly obovate-spatulate, 4.5 mm. long, blue; pod 5-7 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, curved, with 

 conspicuous glands; seed oblanceolate-oblong, brown and shining. 



Type locality: Dandridge, Tennessee. 



Distribution: North Carolina to southern Missouri, Georgia, and Louisiana. 



Illustrations: C. K. Schneid. Handb. Laubh. 2:/. 43. f; f. 44,f-g;f. 45, c-d. 



19. Amorpha fruticosa L. Sp. PL 713. 1753. 



Amorpha perforata Schkuhr. Handb. 2: 333. 1796. 



Amorpha elala Hayne, Dendr. Fl. 134. 1822. 



Amorpha fruticosa ornata Wender. Ind. Sem. Hort. Marburg. 1835. — Linnaea 11: Litt. 92. 1837. 



Amorpha pubescens Schlecht. Linnaea 24: 691. 1851. Not A. pubescens Willd. 1796. 



Amorpha pendula Carr. Rev. Hortic. 43: 378. 1871. 



Amorpha fruticosa typica C. K. Schneid. Handb. Laubh. 2: 72. 1907. 



A shrub, 2-6 m. high; twigs sparingly pilose or in age glabrate; leaves 7-25 cm. long, as- 

 cending; petioles 1-2 cm. long, glabrous or finely pilose; leaflets 11-25, oval or elliptic, 1.5-4 

 cm. long, 7-20 mm. wide, rounded at each end, mucronate, finely pubescent or glabrate; 

 petiolules about 2 mm. long; racemes clustered, 7-15 cm. long; pedicels 1-2 mm. long, erect; 

 calyx angled, about 3 mm. long, sparingly pilose or in age glabrate, ciliate on the margins; 

 upper two lobes rounded, 0.5 mm. long, the lower three triangular, acute, the lowest one slightly 

 longer than the rest; banner rounded-obovate, emarginate, about 6 mm. long, blue; pod 7-9 

 mm. long, curved, conspicuously glandular-punctate; seed 4 mm. long, oblanceolate-oblong, 

 curved at one end, brown, glossy. 



Type locality: Carolina. 



Distribution: Connecticut to Minnesota. Florida, and Louisiana. 



Illustrations: L. Hort. Cliff, pi. 19; Lam. Tab. Encyc. pi. 621; Schkuhr, Handb. pi. 197; 

 Bot. Reg. 5 : pi. 427; Baillon, Hist. PI. 2:/. 166. 167; Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. /. 2101; ed. 2./. 2504; C. K. 

 Schneid. Handb. Laubh. 2:/. 44. n-r; f. 45, i~p; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 3 3 :/. 115, N-Q; Mathews, Field Book 

 Am. Trees 275; Fl. Neb. 21: pi. 4, f. 16. 



20. Amorpha croceolanata Wats. Dendr. pi. 139. 1825. 



? Amorpha coerulea Lodd.; Loud. Hort. Brit. 283; hyponym. 1830. 



? Amorpha fruticosa coerulea Loud. Arb. 607. 1836. 



Amorpha fruticosa croceolanata C. K. Schneid. Handb. Laubh. 2: 73. 1907. 



A bushy shrub, 1-1.5 m. high; branches densely villous-pubescent with orange-colored 

 hairs, at least when young; leaves spreading or ascending, 1-2 dm. long; petioles about 2 mm. 

 long, as well as the rachis more or less orange-hairy; leaflets 19-29, elliptic or lance-elliptic, 

 2-5 cm. long, 8-29 mm. broad, usually rounded at each end, minutely if at all mucronate, 

 softly short-pubescent with yellowish or orange hairs, or in age glabrate; petiolules about 2 

 mm. long; racemes usually 2-4 together, 7-15 cm. long, the rachis densely short-villous; pedi- 

 cels 1-2 mm. long; calyx 3.5-4 mm. long, distinctly sparingly villous, ciliate on the margins of 

 the lobes; lobes nearly equal, 0.5 mm. long, the upper two rounded, the lower three triangular- 

 acute; banner blue, broadly obovate-cuneate, retuse, 4-6 mm. long; pod 7-8 mm. long, 2.5-3 

 mm. broad, conspicuously glandular-dotted, more or less curved on the back; seed 4 mm. long, 

 curved at one end, glossy, brown. 



Type locality: North America. 



Distribution: Georgia to Florida and Louisiana. 



Illustrations: Wats. Dendr. pi. 139; Loud. Arb. 2: f. 304. 



