2:30 REMARKS on tHe CASSIA, &e, 
ed, and, not in the leaft refembling a bean, or pea. ‘The 
partridge-pea may be eafily diftinguifhed from. this, by 
colour and fhape, the latter is brown, and kidney-fhaped. 
The leaves are pinnated or winged, (viz. like the Locuft, 
Senna, Partridge-pea, &c.) grow alternately from the 
ftem, on a flender foot-ftalk, which has a {mall gland or 
wart, placed upon the middle of every one; and thefe 
glands, upon the larger plants, are elevated on a pedicle, 
or fhort ftalk, confpicuous to the naked eye. At the bafe 
of every foot-ftalk, upon the ftem, are found two very 
{mall upright fpear-pointed leaves called ftipula, which, 
by the help of a glafs, appear to be hairy. The fmall 
leaves are placed oppofitely on the midrib, to the num- 
ber of twenty pair, or more; oval-fhaped, fmooth, ending 
in an even number, in fhape and fenfibility, refembling , 
the leaves of the mimofa, or fenfitive plant. ‘They fhut 
up at night and expand in the morning, until through 
age, they lofe this fenfibility. Frequent fhaking or ftrik- 
ing with the hand will caufe them to fhut up; and in like 
manner, when gathered, they cannot be carried far before 
they collapfe; fo that if the botanift wants to preferve the 
leaves expanded, in orto ficco, he muft enclofe the 
plant when gathered on the {pot, with as gentle a motion 
as poflible. 
The month of October being the feafon for gathering 
the feed, the leaves then falling off, the farmer will rea- 
dily find the plant, upon all forts of ground, amongft the 
weeds, and even in Broomftraw-old fields; and will eafi- 
ly diflinguifh it, by the brown colour of the pods, and 
the rednefs of the ftalks. Let it be pulled up by the roots, 
dried ona cloth in the fun, and then thrafhed out witha 
ftick, and preferved ina bag, hung up in a dry place, 
until the feafon for fowing it with oats. 
N°. XXVIII- 
