Cassia LEGUMINOSAE Baptisia 



Cassia L. Senna. 



C. hebecarpa Fern, (C. marilandica L. See Rhodora 39, 410-413. 

 1937.) 



Common in the Piedmont ; occasional farther south : ditch bank, 

 Union ville (Ta), Earle, 3597, 22 June 1942 (A). July, Aug. 



C. marilandica L. (C Medsgeri Shafer.) 



One collection: alluvial soil, Noxontown Pond, near Middletown 

 (NC), Commons, 9 Oct. 1896 (A). 



\ C. fasciculata Mx. (C Chamaecrista L. of manuals.) Partridge 

 Pea. 



Common in sandy soil, from the Fall Line southward to Acco- 

 mac County. Late July to mid-Sept. b> ^'^^^^ ^|>' 



;*i C. nictitans L. Wild Sensitive Plant. 



Common throughout; fields, roadsides and moist dune hollows. 

 Late July to mid-Sept. 



Var. hebecarpa Fern. See Rhodora 38, 423. 1936. 



Rare, in sandy soil: Oldtown Neck (No), Fernald, Long & 

 Fogg, 5316 (P). 



Cercis L. 



C. canadensis L. Judas Tree. Red-Bud. 



Common in rich, rocky woods of Cecil County; especially along 

 the Susquehanna River and its tributaries; occasional in the Pied- 

 mont region of New Castle County: rich woods near Centreville 

 (NC), Commons in 1865 and later (A, G); fields w. of Newark, 

 Canby in 1892 (D); rare on the Coastal Plain: Middle Neck, woods 

 along Great Bohemia Creek (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 1064, 3 May 1931 

 (T), and Long, 37303, 7 May 1932 (A); along Sassafras River, 

 Grove Point (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 2442, 13 Oct. 1934 (T); along 

 Kings Creek, n. e. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 1341, 24 April 1937 (P); 

 4}4 mi. n. e. of Trappe (Ta), Earle, 2781, 5 July 1940 (P). April, 

 mid-May. 



Baptisia Vent. False Indigo. 



\\a B. tinctoria (L.) R. Br. Wild Indigo. 



Common throughout; fields, open woods and coastal dunes. 



June, July. Jv^ Ci" c V C<) / {^^ '■ '' r 



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