DECANDKIA MONOGYKfA. 



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C. gh 

 1. obov 



OR v. 



f 



j'l- 



Glab 



leaves in 3 



fen 



y 



glan- 



suhii] ita inter in- 

 i ; pedunculls pau- 



cifloris axillarihus ; Ifgii- 



Jiiinibu 



E 



pair, obovate, dilate, the 

 terminal ones the largest, 

 a subulate gland between 

 the lower pair ; pedun- 



fewfl 





rv 



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d 



Sp pi. 2, p. 515. Walt. p. 135. Pursh, 1. p. 305. 



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Annual. St^i 3 feet hi-lij branching, a little rough, and sprlnkleit 

 with hair near th(> summit. Leaves glabrous, sllgiitlv mucroiiate, un- 

 equal at base, the lower pair nearly round, the»upper somewhat spathu- 

 Jate. Gland pedicellate, orange-coloured. ^"' ' 

 ate. 



, -^ , , , - Stipules ensiform, cili- 



I^eavcs ot the cabjx obtuse, 5 nerved, ciliate. ~ 



Petals obovate. 



3 long. 



4— 6 of 



unequal, emarginate, 3 nerved, yellow. Stamens 2 

 an intermediate size, all much shorter than the corolla. Jlntliers erect 

 4 angled, of an olive colour, opening at the summit through a lon^ 

 Contiacted mouth. Germ linear, declining. 



, , ^ %/e very short. Sii^^ 



ma obtuse. Legume about 6 inc!ie& lung, when joung square, whea 

 mature terete, curved. Seeds numerous, reniforni. obJinn^lv ^m^^cate. 



mot 



I 



curved. Seeds numerous, reniforni, obliquely trunc 

 lave never seen the variety with straight legumes, and cai 

 tfierefore determine wliether this will form a distinct species. 



Grows about buildings, and in dry, cultivated soils. Common. 



Flowers August 



October. 



S. OCCIDEWTALIS, 



, C. p;Ial)ra ; foliis 5-ju- 

 gis, ovato-lanccolatis, a- 

 cuniiuatis, inari2;Inc sca- 



Gl 



leaves in 3 



bris ; 



pauciil 



bus • 

 pressis, faleati 



5 



fasci 

 axill 



pair, ovate lanceolate, a- 

 cuniinate, scabrous along 

 the edges ; 



a" 



ri- 



leguminibus com 



d, fe 



peduncles 

 11 owe red. 



, 



J ; legumes coiri- 



d. falcate. 



Sp, pi. 2. p 518, Mich. 1. p. 261. Pursh, 1. p. 505. 

 Cassia Caruliniana? Walt. p. 135. 



^ Root annual. Stem 4—6 feet high, rarely branched, slightly gen^ 

 iciiiate towards the summit. Leaves sometimes, though not offen, 

 ■vvith six pair of leaflets, rarely if ever 3; leaflets slighiiy serrulate, 

 Unequal at base, the upper one the largest. Gland, near the base of 

 the comnxon petiole, globular. /Sfj;j,/cs lanceolate-, acuminate, ob- 

 lique at base, deciduous. Flowers on small racemes, I — 4 in eacli 

 axil ; the racemes 3 — 6 flowered. Bractea dt the base of each flower 

 Cordate ovate, acuminate, spotted, caducous. I'^itala yellow, witlicut 



