PULSE FAMILY. Leguminosse. 



Wild Senna 



Cassia 

 Marilandica 

 Golden yel- 

 low, brown- 

 tipped 

 July-August 



A showy and decorative plant with 

 compound leaves of 12-20 broad lance- 

 shaped leaflets of a rather yellow-green 

 tone. They are smooth and somewhat 

 sensitive to the touch. The flower-clus- 

 ters are loosely constructed. The light 

 golden yellow flowers of five slightly un- 

 equal petals are accented in color by the prominent 

 chocolate brown of the anthers ; the stamens are very 

 unequal in length. 3-8 feet high. In swamps and al- 

 luvial soil from Me., south, and west to Minn., Neb. 

 Kan., and La. 



An erect annual species with large 

 showy yellow flowers, \\ inches across, in 

 groups of 2-4 at the bases of the sensitive 

 leaves ; often the five petals are purple- 

 spotted at the base. The 20-30 leaflets, 

 less than an inch long, are blunt lance- 

 shaped and pointed with a tiny bristle. The slender 

 pod about 2 inches long is slightly hairy. 1-2 feet high. 

 In dry or sandy fields, everywhere. But not in Me., 

 N. H., or Vt., or if in Me., very rare. 



«„. ,*..+. A similar species, but tall, and with very 



Wild Sensitive .. , . . ' _ J 



Pl ant small and inconspicuous yellow flowers. 



Cassia The 12-40 tiny leaflets scarcely f inch 



nictitans long. The flowers in groups of 2-3 at 



the bases of the leaves. 6-12 feet high. Me., south to 



Ga., and west to 111., Kan., and Tex. Not in N. H., and 



if in Me. exceedingly rare, for only one record exists. 



Partridge Pea 



Cassia 



Chamcecrista 

 Yellow 



July-Septem- 

 ber 



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