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Carolina. Rather rare and local in New York, frequently seen along the 

 Hudson River valley and up the Mohawk, northward along West Canada 

 k to Newport in Herkimer county, which appears to be the northern 

 limit of its range. Flowering in July and August. 



Sensitive Pea; Wild Sensitive Plant 

 Chamaecrista nictitans (Linnaeus) Moenchhausen 



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An annual plant. 5 to 16 inches high with erect or decumbent, branching 

 and somewhat pubescent stems. Leaves evenly pinnate, sensitive to the 

 touch, bearing a small gland near the base of the petiole; leaflets twelve to 

 forty, liiu-ar-oblong, blunt and mucronate at the apex, rounded and oblique 

 at the base, inequilateral, one-fourth to two-thirds of an inch long, about 

 one-fourth as wide. Flowers two or three together in the axils, one-fourth 

 of an inch broad or less; calyx lobes five, pointed; corolla yellow, some- 

 what irregular, three of the five petals smaller than the others; stamens 

 five, all perfect. Fruit a small, linear, pubescent or smooth pod, I to i 

 inches long. 



In dry and sandy soil. Maine to Georgia, west to Indiana, Kansas 

 and Texas. Flowering from July to September. 



Partridge Pea; Large-flowered Sensitive Pea 

 Chamaecrista fasciculate (Michaux) Greene 



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Stems annual, rather widely branched and pubescent with spreading 

 hairs or nearly smooth, i to 2 feet high. Leaves with a sessile gland on 

 the petiole, sensitive, similar to the preceding species but the twenty to 

 thirty leaflets somewhat larger. Flowers two to four together in the axils, 

 I to i inches broad and slender-pediceled ; calyx lobes long pointed ; petals 

 yellow, sometimes purple spotted; stamens ten, all perfect; four of the 

 anthers yellow, six of them purple. Fruit a linear, pubescent, or glabrous 

 flattened pod, i J to 2} inches long and one-fourth of an inch wide or less. 



