S80 DECANBRIA. MOWOGTNIA. 



drlc 10 to 15 lines long, scarcely thicker than the capsule 

 of an Epilobium, which the whole plant approaches in ha- 

 bit; calix 5 and sometimes 6.parted, with as many petals 

 and 10 to 12 stamina; petals scarcely longer than the ca- 

 lix, yellow. 



Principally a tropical genus almost equally divided be- 

 twixt India and America. 



f tl Tolypetalms', flowers irregular. 



398. CASSIA. L. 



Calix 5-leaved. Petals 5, subequal. Three 

 upper anthers sterile, the 3 lowest rostrate, 

 ijp(»n l{;nger and incurved filaments. Legume 

 snembranaceous, 2-valved. 



Aborescent, suffruticose or herbaceous, some species 

 annual; leaves pinnate; common petiole, and sometimes 

 the panial ones glandulous; flowers axillary, aggregate, 

 spiked or rarely solitary. 



Species. 1. C. Tora. In Georgia, and on the banks of 

 the ^.'ississippi. 2. occidentalis. 3. lignstrina. 4. linearis^ 

 S.mcuvJandica. In most of the Atlantic States and inLoui- 

 siiin:',a considerable distance up the Missouri. — Consider- 

 ed an efficient substitute for the Senna of the shops, which 

 is, however, said to be the produce of a species of CtiJian- 

 flnmi. 6. Chawcechrista. From New England to Florida. 

 7 . fadculata. 8. nictitons, 



A tropical genus of more than 70 species, chiefly indi- 

 genous to America and India. 



399. SOPHORA. L. 



Calvi- 5-to(5thed, campanulate, gibbous on tlie 

 upper side. Corolla papilionaceous; lateral pe-. 

 tals (or wings) the length of tlie vexillum. 

 Legume nioniliforni. 



Aborescent or herbaceous; leaves pinnate; leaflets most- 

 ly numerous; flowers terminal, racemose or spiked. 



Species. 1. S. * sericea. Leaves pinnate, about 10 

 pair; Uuflets cuneate-oval, or subelliptic, smooth above, 

 imdei-side silky-villous; spikes many-flowered, subsessile; 

 stem low and herbaceous. Hap. On the elevated plains 

 of il.e AJissouri, near the confluence of White river. — 

 Obs. Perennial, stem branclied scarcely a foot high, leaf- 

 lets aboat 2 lines long. Spikes 3 or 4 inches, not exserted 

 beyond the leaves, bractes subulate Calix tubulous, gib- 



