5r)(> ri,\M' Ml'K OF AI-AHAMA. 



Chamaecrista fasciciilaiio ( Mi«li\.) (Jn'eiu\ I'ittoni.i. 3 : 2I'_'. IsilT. 



Cassia fnHiiriilniis Miclix. I'l. Hor. Am. I:l'(i2. 1S0:>. 



r. ihn'maerrisla \.. Sp. I'l. 1 : :!7!t. 17.'):?. ( f) 



Kll.Sk. 1: I7:f. (Irav, Man. «•(!. <;, MS. i'h-.iy. V\. II.".. Coiilf.r. ('(.iilr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : !t2. 



AlleyluMiiaii to l-ouisiaiiiaii ana. New l",iij;laii(l wtHt to .Miiniesota. Daknta, Ne- 

 braska. Colorado, soiitli to I'loiida and west to Toxa.s. 



Al..\ii.vM.\ : Ovor the State. ])r.v Hiiiiiiy ])la<i's ; liclds and upen copse.s. Clay 

 Connty. Tusialoosa. Clarke, Wasliinjiton, and Moliilc ((innticK. I'loweis lirii;lil yel- 

 low, Anj;nst, Septeinlier. Common ; annu.il. 



'^ylM^ loeality : "llali.in Peunsylvania el \ ii i,fiiii.i. ' 



Herb. (leol. Snr\ . llerh. Mohr. 



Chamaecrista robusta (i'oUard) I'ullard; ll.ll.r, c.it. N. A. I'l. ed. 2, r>. 1!»00. 



K'olM ST 8KNSITIVF, I'KA. 



C. (hamaccriKta var. Torr. I'v; Cray. M. N. A. 1 : :!!m;. I^IH. 



C.chamaerrista rohnstn l'(dl,ird. iliill. Toir. Clul., 21:1'1S. ISitl. 



Cassia rohiista rollard, Bnll. Torr. Clnl., 24 : 1.".0. 1S!»7. 



Robn.st, 12 to IS inches hijili. erect, br.incdies more or less pnbescent; leaves IV to 

 2.V inches long. . I to f inch wide. Icallets 8 to l'> pair.s, i inch lonjii;, ^ inch wide, 

 asymmetric, linear, obtnse. jjlahrons; pet i (do .1 inch lonj^. with a small, patelliir snbses- 

 eilo ^land in the middle ; rachis jnibcsccnt; stipules lincar-lancenlate. acuminate, like 

 the sepals stroujrly ciliate; the lar^e, <jol(len-yellow ])etals double tlie h-ngth of the 

 sepals; legumes in jiairs. erect on sjireading elongated i)eduiicles, linear, 1 to H inches 

 long. ))nbcsceut wiih long spreading hairs. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Kentucky. 



Alaham.v : Mountain region. Lower Pine region. f^)peu copses, borders of woods. 

 Clay County. Delta, 1,600 feet. Washington County (A'. A. Smith). Annual. 



Type locality: '' Collected by ]^r. C. \V. Short in the mountains of Kentucky." 



Herb. (ieol. Siirw Ilcrb. Mohr. 



Chamaecrista mississippiensis (Pollard) Pollard; Heller, Cat. N. A. PI. ed. 3, 5. 

 1900. 



Cassia viUsissippiennia Pollard, Pull. Torr. Club, 21 : 219. 1891. 



" IjOw, branching, sutlVuticose, stem terete, glabious; lea\ es subcoriaeeous. pubes- 

 cent, 8 to 11 foliate; leatiets small, elliptical or obovate, mucronate; " ))etio- 

 lar glaml minute. <upulif()rm, sessile " ' ■ ; sti]iules a<utely lini'ar, membrana- 

 ceous, jjcrsistent; jteduuclcs 1 cm. long, axillary, 1-tlowered ; tlower large, * » * 

 anthers 10, rostiate. all ])erfect, the lower 5 larger, yellow, the up])er smaller and red- 

 dish; sepals lancc-liuear. slightl.y pube.scent, not surpassing the petals; legume tur- 

 gid, linear, sparse ly pubescent * * * ." 



Louisianian aiea. Mississippi. 



Ai-auama: Coast plain. Dry sandy borders of fields. Mobile Connty, loose sands 

 western shore Mobile Hay. Flowers yellow. Perennial. 



Ty]ie locality: "Collected liy Miss K. Ske<-han, 1889, at Ocean Springs. Miss.'' 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chamaecrista chamaecristoides (Colladon) Greene, Pittonia, 4 : 20. 1899. 



Cassia chamaecristoides Colladon, Hist. Cass. I'M. 1816. 



Cassia depressa Pollard. Hull. Torr. Club, 22 : 51.5. 1895. 



Chamaecrista depressa (;re<;ne, Pittonia, 3 : 212. 1897. 



Low, slender, diffusely branchial, branches assurgcnt, finely strigoso-pubescont; 

 le.ives 1 to lA inches long, V inch wide, leaflets 10 to 15 i)airs linear, narrow, acutish, 

 the niidn<"rve bent toward the upjter luargiu, excurrent in a long fine cusp, midrib 

 and margin rough; stipules small, linear; in our plant the small gland slightly 

 stipitate. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida and Missouri. 



Ai.ahama: Coast plain, damp shaded banks. Haldwin County, Da]dine. August 

 23, IS'M), tlower liiids scarcely developed. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chamaecrista multipimiata (Pollard) Greene, Pittonia, 3 : 24.S. 1897. 



Many-i-kaved Sknsitivk Pka. 



Cassia multipivtiitta Pollard. Hull. Torr. Club, 22 : 515. 1895. 



Slender, tall, erect, more or less branched; stem slightly woody at base, pubes- 

 cent: leaves l.inceolatc-elliptii'al in outline, 20 to 25 Ibliolate' * * *; leaflets 10mm. 

 long, 11 mm. wide, glabrous, narrowly linear, cusjiidate; petiolar gland minute, 

 depressed-cupuliform, substipitate; * * * flowers scattered, sessile, the corolla 



