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LEGTTMINOSJE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 
globose, on a stalk longer than the calyx. —Sandy dry soil, common. 
June-Aug. — Plant 2P-3° high, bushy, slender. Leaflets $'long. 
Corolla yellow, 4 7 long. 
2. B. australis, R. Brown. (Blue False Indigo.) Smooth, 
tall and stout (4°-5°); leaflets oblong-wedge-form, obtuse; stipules 
lanceolate , as long as the petioles , rather persistent; raceme elongated , 
many-flowered , erect ; bracts deciduous ; stalk of the oval-oblong pods 
about the length of the calyx. — Alluvial soil, Penn, and westward: 
often cultivated. June. — Raceme 1° long. Flowers 1' long, indigo- 
blue. Pods 2 f - 3' long. 
3. B. lcucautlia, Torr. & Gr. (Tall White False In¬ 
digo.) Smooth ; leaves and racemes as in No. 2; stipules early de¬ 
ciduous ; pods oval-oblong, raised on a stalk fully twice the length of the 
calyx. — Alluvial soil, Ohio and Michigan. July. — Flowers white, 
the standard short. Pods 2 f long. 
4. B. leucoph&a, Nutt. (Pale False Indigo.) Hairy, low, 
with divergent branches; leaves almost sessile; leaflets narrowly ob- 
long-obovate or spatulate ; stipules and bracts large and leafy , persist¬ 
ent; racemes long and reclined; the flowers on elongated pedicels; pods 
ovoid, hoary. — Michigan and southward. April. — Stout, 1° high • 
the reclining raceme often 1° long: pedicels 1 ; - 2', the cream-colored 
corolla 1', in length. 
2 7 • €£R€IS, L. Red-bud. Judas-tree. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Standard smaller than the wings : the keel- 
petals larger and not united. Stamens distinct, rather unequal. 
Pod oblong, flat, many-seeded,,the upper suture with a winged 
margin. — Trees, with rounded heart-shaped simple leaves, de¬ 
ciduous stipules, and red-purple flowers in little umbel-like clusters 
along the branches, appearing before the leaves, acid to the taste. 
(The ancient name of the Oriental Judas-tree.) 
1. C. Canadensis, L. (Red-bud.) Leaves rounded heart- 
shaped, pointed, downy at the origin of the veins underneath. — 
Jersey and Penn, to Ohio. March-May. —A small ornamental 
tree, often cultivated: the blossoms smaller than in the European 
species. 
Tribe VI. CASSlfciE. The Senna Tribe. 
28. CASSIA, L. Senna. 
Sepals 5, scarcely united. Petals 5, unequal. Stamens 5 - 
unequal, and some of them often imperfect, spreading : anthers 
