6 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Chamaecrista fascicularis (Michx.) Greene, Pittonia, 3: 242. 1897. 
Cassia fascicularis Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1: 262. 1803, 
C. chamaecrista L. Sp. Pl. 1:379. | 1758, (? 
HI. Sk.1:473.) Gray, Man. ed. 6,148. Chap. FI. 115. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, New England west to Minnesota, Dakota, Ne- 
braska, Colorado, south to Florida and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry sunny places; fields and open copses. Clay 
County, Tusealoosa, Clarke, Washington, and Mobile counties, Flowers bright yel- 
low, August, September. Common; annual. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in Pennsylvania et Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Chamaecrista robusta (l’ollard) Pollard; Heller, Cat. N. A. Pl. ed. 2,5. 1900, 
RoBUsT SENSITIVE PRA, 
C. chamaeerista var. Torr. & Gray, FL N.A.1:396, 1840, 
C, chamaecrista robusta Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:21. 1894, 
Cassia robusta Pollard, Bull, Torr, Club, 24:150. 1897. 
Robust, 12 to 18 inches high, ereet, branches more or less pubescent; leaves 1} to 
2} inches long, 4 to } inch wide, leaflets 8 to 15 pairs, 4 inch long, 4 inch wide, 
asymmetric, linear, obtuse, glabrous; petiole }ineh long, with asmall, patellar subses- 
sile gland in the middle; rachis pubescent; stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, like 
the sepals strongly ciliate; the large, golden-yellow petals double the length of the 
sepals; legumes in pairs, erect on spreading elongated peduncles, linear, 1 to 14 inches 
long, pubescent with long spreading hairs. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Kentucky. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Pine region, Open copses, borders of woods. 
Clay County, Delta, 1,600 feet. Washingten County (/..1. Smith), Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Collected by Dr. C. W. Short in the mountains of Kentucky.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Chamaecrista mississippiensis (Pollard) Pollard; Heller, Cat. N. A. Pl. ed. 3, 5. 
1900. 
Cassia mississippiensis Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:219, 1894, 
“Low, branching, suffruticose, stem terete, glabrous; leaves subcoriaceous, pubes- 
cent, 8 to It foliate; leatlets small, elliptical or obovate, mucronate; ~*~ petio- 
lar gland minute, cupuliform, sessile * * * 3 stipules acutely linear, membrana- 
ceous, persistent; peduncles 1 em. long, axillary, 1-flowered; flower large, * * * 
anthers 10, rostrate, all perfect, the lower 5 larger, yellow, the upper smaller and red- 
dish; sepals lance-linear, slightly pubescent, not surpassing the petals; legume tur- 
gid, linear, sparsely pubescent “9 * * .” 
Louisianian area, Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Dry sandy borders of fields. Mobile County, loose sands 
western shore Mobile Bay. Flowers yellow. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Collected by Miss K. Skeehan, 1889, at Ocean Springs, Miss.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Chamaecrista chamaecristoides (Colladon) Greene, Pittonia, 4:20. 1899, 
Cassia chamaecristoides Colladon, Hist. Cass. 134. 1816. 
Cassia depressa Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 22:515, 1895. 
Chamaecrista depressa Greene, Pittonia, 3: 242. 1897, 
Low, slender, diffusely branched, branches assurgent, finely strigose-pubescent; 
leaves 1 to 1} inches long, } inch wide, leaflets 10 to 15 pairs linear, narrow, acutish, 
the midnerve bent toward the upper margin, excurrent in a lone fine cusp, midrib 
and margin rough; stipules small, linear; in our plant the small gland slightly 
stipitate, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, damp shaded banks. Baldwin County, Daphne. August 
23, 1896, flower buds scarcely developed. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Chamaecrista multipinnata (Pollard) Greene, Pittonia, 32243. 1897. 
MANY-LEAVED SENSITIVE PRA. 
Cassia multipinnata Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 22:515. 1895, 
Slender, tall, erect, more or less branched; stem slightly woody at base, pubes- 
cent; leaves lanceolate-elliptical in outline, 20 to 25 foliolate * *  *: leatlets 10min. 
long, 1} mm, wide, glabrous, narrowly linear, euspidate; petiolar gland minute, 
depressed-cupuliform, substipitate; * * * flowers scattered, sessile, the corolla 
