Class X. Order L 



sort of whorl round the stem. Properties like the last. June. 



124. PODALYRIA. 

 PODALYRIA TINCTORIA. Willd. Wild indigo. 



Glabrous ; stipules setaceous ; leaves subses- 

 sile ; leafets wedge-obovate ; flowers in terminal 

 spikes. JVhch. abr. 



Syn. SoPHORA flNCfORIA. L. 



A very common, bushy plant, found in woods and dry soils. 

 Stem smooth, very much branched. Leaves in threes on a 

 short petiole ; leafets rounded at the end, and tapering to an 

 acute base. Stipules very small, caducous. Flowers in a 

 loose spike, on slender peduncles, yellow. Legumes short, 

 rounded, of a bluish cast. August. Perennial. 



For the medicinal properties of this plant, see Dr. Thatch- 

 er's Dispensatory. 



12.5. CASSIA. 

 CASSIA CHAM.EOUISTA. L. Dwarf Cassia, 



Leaves in many pairs ; petiole with a pedicel- 

 led gland ; stipules eiisiform. L. 



Leaves pinnate, with ten or a dozen pair of leafets ; the pe- 

 tiole with a small gland supported on a footstalk near its base. 

 Flowers often in pairs, near the stem, yellow, two of the petals 

 spotted at base. Like others of its family it shuts its leaves at 

 night, or after an injury. Road sides. August. Annual. 



126. RHODORA. 

 RHODORA CANADENSIS. L. Canadian Rliodora. 



A small shrub with handsome blue or reddish flowers, 

 which appear in the spring before the leaves are perfectly ex- 

 panded. Its height is one or two feet. Leaves alternate, oval, 



