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boro, but Prof. Tracy kindly furnished me with additional material 
obtained by him in the previous spring at Columbus, in the north- 
ern part of the State. 
CASSIA MULTIPINNATA Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 515. 1895. 
This species, together with the low, diffuse C. multipinnata 
Nashi, is the only small-flowered Cassza in the coast region, as it 
is in Florida. I visited the type locality for C. Mississippiensis* 
near Ocean Springs, but the extremely abundant form mistaken 
by Prof. Tracy for this species proved to be beyond question mu/- 
tipinnata, The distinguishing feature of the latter is found in its — 
very numerous and exceedingly narrow leaflets. In travelling 
northward through the state, we find that the mzu/ltipinnata belt 
overlaps the belt of the true wzctitans, and occasionally specimens 
of evident hybrids may be collected. In the mountains of north- 
ern Alabama, Dr. Mohr has found typical zzctitans, but it barely 
enters Mississippi. 
The late-blooming feature of su/tipinnata was again observed. 
At the time of my departure from the State on August 20, no trace 
of a flower could be detected on any of the plants examined, al- 
though here in Washington at the same time the seed-pods of 
nictitans were rapidly maturing. Prof. Tracy supplied flowering 
specimens of multipinnata from Starkville on September 1, and 
from Biloxi on September 15. (Nos. 1349 and 1422.) 
CASSIA DEPRESSA Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 515. 1895. 
This occurs in some abundance along the coast, blooming in 
September. (No. 1423.) C. Chamaecrista is not common until 
the interior is reached, but abounds everywhere northward, being 
at its prime in August. 
CASSIA ROBUSTA Pollard. 
Cassia Chamaecrista robusta Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 219. 
1894. 
The type of this species is a specimen in the herbarium of 
Columbia University, collected by Dr. C. W. Short in the moun- 
tains of Kentucky. It is without fruit, and I did not at the time 
feel warranted in giving it more than varietal rank. Last year a 
plant similar in appearance was sent me by Professor Tracy, bear- 
* Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 219, 1894. 
