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2. Leaves 6-9 foliolate; leaflets acute. 
ridges ; leaves 6—8-foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, glabrous, 4-4.2 cm. 
long, 1 cm. wide; petiolar gland at base of rhachis, elongated, 
stipitate ; stipules linear, membranaceous, caducous; racemes few- 
flowered, forming a corymbose panicle; sepals oval, membrana- 
ceous, shorter than the petals; legume flat, glabrous, with slightly 
sinuate sutural margins, 8 cm. long, .6 cm. wide; seeds parallel 
with the valves. 
Florida, extending south into the West Indies and widely dis- 
tributed in Tropical America. 
10. CassiA MARYLANDICA L. 
Cassia Marylandica L. Sp. Pl. 541 (1753). 
Tall, branching, herbaceous, glabrous; leaves 6-9-foliolate ; 
leaflets acute-elliptical, submucronate, glaucous beneath, slightly 
asymmetrical at base, 4-5 cm. long, 1.4 cm. wide; petiolar gland 
obconical, stipitate, situated a short distance above base of rhachis 
stipules filiform, ciliate, caducous ; racemes short, many-flowered ; 
sepals oval, more or less petal-like; legume falcate, flat, linear, 
somewhat hispid, with septal constrictions forming undulate 
sutural margins, 10-12 cm. long, .6 cm. wide. 
Southern Connecticut, extending south to Florida and west snd 
_ Nebraska, Kansas and Louisiana. ; 
Section C. PROSOSPERMA. 
Shrubs or herbs. Perfect stamens 6 or 7; staminodia 3- 
Legume linear, tetragonal, straight or curved, dehiscent along 
both sutures. 
Series Zore. 
Peduncles short, 1-2 flowered; leaves 2—3 foliolate. 
11, Cassia Tora L. 
Cassia Tora L. Sp. Pl. 538 (1753). 
Tall, glabrous, herbaceous; leaves 2~3-foliolate, glabrous xe 
pubescent beneath; leaflets obovate-elliptical or wedge-obovaty 
very slightly cuspidate, the terminal pair much the largesh, anc 
symmetrical or nearly so at base, 3-5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. W} ae 
petiolar glands slender, elongated, situated between sparire 
pair of leaflets; stipules long, linear, persistent; racemes seh 
few-flowered ; flowers large; sepals oval, membranaceous ; legum 
