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Britton as Chamaecrista micrantha Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 
43: 463. O 20 I916. 
Chamaecrista nictitans Moench, Meth. 272. 1794. 
Nictitella amena Raf. Sylv. Tellur. 128. 1838. New name for 
Cassia nictitans L., type of the genus Nictitella Raf. 
Cassia Chamaecrista nictitans Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 169. 1891. 
Chamaecrista nictitans commixta Pollard & Maxon, Proc. Biol. Soc. 
Wash. 14: 163. tg01. “Type in U.S. National Herbarium, 
No. 357,069, collected by Charles L. Pollard and William R. 
Maxon in alluvial soil along the New River at Quinnimont, 
W. Va., August 21, 1899 (No. 31).’’ Type seen in the United 
States National Herbarium. 
Cassia nictitans commixta Millsp. W. Va. Geol. Surv. 5: 283. 1913. 
Annual. Stem erect, 1-4 dm. tall, much branched, puberulent 
with incurved hairs. Stipules lanceolate-attenuate, glabrous or 
nearly so, ciliate, nerved, 5-8 mm. long. Petioles 4-9 mm. long, 
puberulent with incurved hairs. Petiolar gland single, shortly 
below proximal leaflets, stalked, discoid or nearly so, 0.3-0.8 mm. 
wide, dark-brown. Leaflets nine to eighteen pairs, 7-15 mm. long, 
2-4 mm. wide, oblong-linear, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous, not 
ciliate, paler beneath, obscurely nerved. Bracteoles 1.5-2 mm 
long, lanceolate. Pedicels one to two or three in a fascicle, 2-4 
mm. long, appressed-puberulent. Sepals 3-4 mm. long, lanceo- 
late, acuminate, puberulent on the midrib. Petals 3-8 mm. long, 
anterior twice exceeding laterals. Stamens unequal, five; anthers 
2 mm. long, pinkish. Legumes 2.5-4 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, 
appressed-pubescent. Seeds six to nine, 3 mm. long, thick, dark- 
rown 
Sandy soil, or sterile soil, frequently along roadsides, probably 
near the borders of its range introduced, southern Vermont and 
Rhode Island, to eastern Kansas, Georgia and Texas. 
VERMONT. Windham: Vernon, A. J. Grout > August 6 (U). 
RuopE Is~anp. Providence: Elmwood, J. F. Collins > 
August 25 (U). 
Connecticut. Fairfield: Bridgeport, E. H. Eames < Sep- 
tember 14 (U). 
New York. Westchester: Mount Kisco, F. W. Pennell 
6713 < September 26 (Y); also Albany, Bronx, Orange, Putnam, 
Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond and Suffolk Counties. 
