LEGUMINOSJE. 



127 C5:SALPINA. 



hairy, each consisting of about 7, narrow, lanceolate leaflets arranged in a 

 stellate manner. Flowers large, purple, in a terminal raceme. June — Aug. 

 Perennial. J\'ootka Sound Ltipine. 



The other species cultivated in gardens, are L. alius, an annual plant, with 

 white flowers; h.pilosus, Rose Lupine, annual, with rose-colored flowers; 

 L. lutens, Yellow Lupine, annual, with yellow flowers; L. hirsutus, Garden 

 Lupine, annual, with blue flowers and an appendaged calyx, 



30. CA'SSIA. 



Calyx 3-leaved; corolla 5-petaled ; the 3 upper anthers 

 sterile, 3 lower ones beaked. 



From the Hebrew name Katzioth. Cal. lax, concave, colored, deciduous. 

 Pet. roundish, concave, lower ones more distant, longer and more spreading. 

 Fil. declined, 3 lower ones larger, 3 lower anthers very large, 3 upper small, 

 barren. Leaves abruptly pinnate. 



1. C. Marila'ndica. 



Smooth ; leaflets in 8 or 9 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, equal, an 

 obovate gland on the common petiole ; floiccrs in axillary racemes and termi- 

 nal panicles. This beautiful plant is frequently met with in alluvial soil, grow- 

 ing in close masses, 4 — 6 feet high. The stem is round, striate, with scattered 

 hairs. Petiole channelled above, and distinguished by the pedicelled gland 

 near the base. Petals bright yellow, 3 above and 3 below. In medicine it ia 

 used as a mild cathartic, Aug. Per. American Senna. 



2. C. Cham.s:cri'sta. 



Leaves in many pairs; gland of the petiole stiped ; stipules ensiform. An 

 elegant plant, a foot or more high. Stem round, pubescent. Leaves pinnate, 

 in about 12 pairs. Flowers on short peduncles, large, yellowish, two upper 

 petals with a purple spot. Its leaves possess considerable irratibility, as do 

 also those of the following species. Dry grounds. Has been cultivated iii 

 Vircrinia for the purpose of recovering worn out lands, Aug, Ann. 



Dwarf Cassia. 



3. C. NI'CTITANS. 



Leaflets 12—30 ; flower pentandrous. Stem erect, about a foot high, slen- 

 der, pubescent, a little branched. Tlie leaflets are in many pairs, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, with a bristly point, crowded, having a pedicelled gland below the lowest 

 pair. Flowers pale yellov/, small, axillary, on short peduncles. An irritable 

 plant, closing its leaves when touched, and in the night. Jl. Ann. 



Virginian Cassia, 



31, C^SALPl'NA. 



Calyx cup-shaped at the base, of 5 united, subequal sepals; 

 corolla of 5 unequal, unguiculate petals; stamens 10, all fer- 

 tile, ascending; legume 1-celled ; seeds several, flat. 



Named in honor of Csesalpinus, physician to Pope Clement VIII, and the 

 earliest writer on systematic botany.-- -Trees and shrubs, with abruptly bi- 

 pinnate leaves. 



