Ci^SALPINlACE^— SENNA FAMILY 



PARTRIDGE-PEA. SENSITIVE PEA 



Cdssia cham(Bcrista 



An annual native plant, bearing leaves of many leaflets 

 which are sensitive. In dry soils Maine to Florida west 

 to South Dakota. July-September. 



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Partridge-Pea. Cdssia chanuBcrista 



Stem. — Widely branched. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate, petioled, with a cup- 

 shaped gland on the petiole, sensitive; leaflets twenty to 

 thirty, linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, 

 oblique at the base. Stipules awl-shaped, persistent. 



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