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, 
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 Cottonwood 
valleys; dry prairies and forest openings. 
HERB.: Sheldon 951, Redwood Falls; Sheldon 1085, 
Springfield; Herb. ‘Moyer 61, Montevideo; Maci. and Sheld. 120, 
Brainerd. 
Amorpha fruticosa Linn. Spec. 713 (1753). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Mau. 6 ed. 132, Britt., Fl. N. J. 82; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 132; Upham, Fl]. Minn. 43; Coult., Fl. Colo. 59; Chap., Fl. 8. 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. 
Hers.: Taylor 36, Elysian; Ballard 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. Fl. Zeyl. 1389 (1747). 
Tephrosia Pers. Syn. II, 328 (1807). 
Brissonia Neck. Elem. 1348 (1790). 
Rienera MoEncH, Suppl. 44 (1802). 
Xiphocarpus PRESL, Symb. I, 13 (1832). 
Kiesera REmINw. Syll. Ratisb. II, 11 (1823?). 
Requienia DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 1, IV. 91 (1824). 
Apodynomene EK. Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. 111 (1887). 
Pogonostigma Boiss. Diagn. Or. II, 39 (1843). 
Catacline Ep@Ew. Journ. Beng. Soc. XVI, 1214 (1847). 
