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edged: leaflets 9-18 pairs, 15-20 mm. long; gina linear- pd to Pied Or 
linear-lanceolate: po 2 sepals ane long, ute on the mid- 
oa petals 15- . lon hers 7-1 . lon a often re eddish: xi 5—7 
m. long, hirsute — Bottom men and alluvial b banks, various poney N Fla. 
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tS La. , Mo., and S Ohio.—Sum.— flowers are sometimes w 
6. C. depressa m eee a and branches diffusely spreading, 1-3 
= tall, hirsute: stipules 7-9 m ong: pe - olar ae saucer-shaped, 1-1.5 
wide, of un Boi. lea dier pairs, 8-12 mm. long; blades linear- 
elliptic to "broadly linear: bris n id also wit th some ue incurved 
hairs: sepals 9-13 mm. long, hirsute on the midrib: petals 13- ong: 
cm. long, hirsute. h Baci ode (Fl. SE. U. S. ) J= Pinelands 
and Apalachicola River hills, Coastal Plain, Fla. and Ala. —Sum 
7. C. mississippiensis Pollard. Stem erect, 2-6 dm. tall, often diffusely 
branched, pubescent with fine incurved hans. stipules ciliate: petiolar gland 
single, br epos saucer-shaped, less than 1 mm. wide: leaflets 6-15 pairs, 5—12 
mm. ; blades elliptie to is -elliptie or broadly linear, acutish to acute- 
Ru: pedicels with incurved hairs: sepals 5-10 mm. long, DE 
pubescent: petals 8-15 mm. long: anthers 7-9 mm. long, yellow: pod 3-5 
AE be Ye essed- 0 al [C. Tracyt Pollard.]—Pinelands, Coastal Plain, 
Ala. —Sum 
8. ©. littoralis Pollard. Stem erect, 4-8 dm. tall, more loosely pubescent than 
in the next preceding Pa stipules sparingly ciliate: Edad gland saucer- 
shaped, mostly 0.5—1 wide: leaflets 8—18 pai mm. long; blades 
linear-elliptie to broadly Tine ear: a ina. ed bios E mm. long: pet ar 
12-15 mm. long: anthers yellow: pod 2.5—4 cm. lo ong, hirente —Sand-dunes and 
pinelands, Coamal Plain, W Fla. to E Tex. Sum 
9. C. procumbens (L.)' Greene. Stem erect, 1—4 dm. tall, branéhed, minutely 
pubescent with incurved hairs: stipules finely ud 5-8 mm ong, ciliate: 
petiolar. gland single, — disk narrowed into the obeonie ba ase: leaflets 9-18 
more, m. long; blades oe slenderly mucronate, ciliate: 
sepals 3—4 mm. long, mately puberulent on the midr ib: petals 3-8 mm. long: 
Do 2 yes n ng: pod 2. em. one appressed-pubescent. [Cassia nicti- 
tans L.]—(W SENSITIVE-PLANT.)— Sandy roadsides, fields, slopes, and open 
o P pcd rarely EN Plain, Fla. o Tex , Kans., and S Vt.— 
Sum.—fall amaecrista multipinnata Pollard c. multipinnata Nas hii Pol- 
lard], , with often narrower and more numerous leaflets (15-26 pairs), ranging 
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rom Fla. to Miss. and S. C., may be specifically distinct from ‘C. procumbens. - 
10. C. Mohrii (Pollard) pus Stem 3-6 dm. tall, widely branched, ae 
coarsely pubescent with incurved hairs: stipules strongly ribbed, -10 
one: ciliate: petiolar gland a en ar gael contracted into a lead: 
mnar base: leaflets 16-23 pair ong; blades br db. linear, 
a mucronate: sepals 6-7 mm io a especially on the midrib: 
petals 3-7 mm. long: pod 3—4.5 em ns t —Sandy fields and pine woods, 
Coastal Plain, Ga. to La. and Ark.—Sum.—fal 
11. C. aspera (Muhl.) Greene. Stem erect, 3-7 dm. tall, und nid 
hirsute, (diffuse or uus Án with nc and smaller leaflets in C. 
Simpso onii) : stipules 8-11 m ong: petiolar gland single, stalked, the pin 
scarcely wider than the stalk. T ts 15-27 pairs, 8-15 mm. long; blades 
ly mucronate, eciliate: pedicels se ds pubescent: pate 3-5 mm 
bd uui on the midrib: petals 3-7 mm. long: anthers 2 mm. long, yellow 
1.5-2.5 em. long, hirsute. [Cassia eae aspera Chapm. |— cae ee 
pinelands, and sand-dunes, Coastal Plain, Fla. to S. om re 1 
