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39. RHYNCHOSIA, Lour. 



Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, or deeply 4- 5-parted. Keel scythe-shaped, or in- 

 curved at the apex. Stamens diadelphous. Ovules only 2. Pod 1 - 2-seeded, 

 short and flat, 2-valved. — Usually twining or trailing perennial herbs, pin- 

 nately 3-foliolate, or witli a single leaflet, not stipellate. Flowers yellow, rac- 

 emose or clustered. (Name from pvyxos, a beak, from the shape of the keel.) 



1. R. tomentbsa, Hook. & Am. Trailing and ticining, the stem and 

 leaves more or less pubescent with spreading hairs ; leaflets 3, roundish or round- 

 rhombic, Sicute or acutish ; racemes few-flowered, almost sessile in the axils", 

 tgalyx about as long as the corolla, 4-parted, the upper lobe 2-cleft ; pod oblong. 

 (R. tomentosa, var. volubilis, Torr. S,- Graij.) — Dry soil, Va. to Fla. and Tex. 



2. R. erecta, DC. Erect, 1-2° high ; stem and leaves more or less tomen- 

 tose ; leajlets 3, oval to oblong, obtuse or acutish ; racemes short and shortly pe- 

 dunculate. (R. tomentosa, var. erecta, Torr. cj^ Gran.) — Del. to Fla. and Miss. 



3. R. reniformis, DC. Dwarf and upright, 3-8' high ; pubescence spread- 

 ing : leajlets solitary (rarely 3), round-renif or m, wevy ohtwse or apiculate; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered, sessile in the axils. (R. tomentosa, var. monophylla. 

 Torr. ^^ Grag.) — Va. to Fla. and Miss. 



40. CERCIS, L. Red-bud. Judas-tree. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla imperfectly papilionaceous ; standard smaller than 

 tlie wings, and enclosed by them in the bud ; the keel-petals larger and not 

 united. Stamens 10, distinct, declined. Pod oblong, flat^ many-seeded, the 

 upper suture with a winged margin. Embryo straight. — Trees, with rounded 

 heart-sha]jed simple leaves, caducous stipules, and red-purple flowers in umbel- 

 like clusters along the branches of the last or preceding years, appearing before 

 the leaves, acid to the taste. (The ancient name of the Oriental Judas-tree .) 



1. C. Canadensis, L. (Red-bud.) Leaves pointed ; pods nearly sessile 

 above the calyx. — Rich soil, N. Y. and N. J. to Fla., west to S. Minn., Kan., 

 and La. A small ornamental tree, often cultivated. 



41. CASSIA, Tourn. Sexna. 



Sepals .5, scarcely united at base. Petals .5, little unequal, spreading. Sta- 

 mens 5-10, unequal, and some of them often imperfect, spreading ; anthers 

 opening by 2 pores or chinks at the apex. Pod many-seeded, often with cross 

 partitions. — Herbs (in the United States), Avith simply and abruptly pinnate 

 leaves, and mostly yellow flowers. (An ancient name of obscure derivation.) 



* Leajlets large ; stipides deciduous ; the three upper anthers deformed and im^ 

 perfect ; flowers in short axillary racemes, the upper ones panicled ; herbage 

 glabrous. 



1. C. Maril&ndica, L. (Wild Senna.) Stem 3 - 4° high ; /ea/f^s 6 - 9 

 pairs, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse ; petiole with a club-shaped gland near the base; 

 pods linear, slightly curved, flat, at first hairy (2-4' long) ; root perennial. — 

 Alluvial soil, N. Eng. to Fla., west to Mich., S. E. Neb., Kan., and La. 



2. C. Tora, L. Annual; leaflets 3 or rarely 2 pairs, obovate, obtuse, with 

 an elongated gland between those of the lower pairs or lowest pair ; pods sleu- 



