PULSE FAMILY. Legumiaosas 



Wild Senna ^ showy and decorative plant with 



Cassia compound leaves of 12-18 broad lance- 



Marilandica shaped leaflets of a rather yellow-green 

 Golden yel- tone. They are smooth and somewhat 

 t W ed r Wn " sensitive to the touch. The flower-clus- 

 July^August ters are loosel y 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. 



Partridge Pea An erect annual species with large 

 Cassia showy yellow flowers, 1 inches across, in 



ChamcBcrista groups of 2-4 at the bases of the sensitive 



leaves ; often the five petals are purple- 

 ber ' 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. Mass, to Minn, and 

 south. The var. robusta, taller, stouter, and hairy. 111., 

 Ky., and southwest. 



A similar species, but tall, and with very 

 Wild Sensitive , . r 



plant 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. 

 Cassia depressa A species mostly lying on the ground, 

 Yellow with a slender, weak stem and 4-10 pairs 



July-Septem=. of leaflets smaller than those of C. chmiice- 

 ber crista, but the flowers larger and blooming 



later. Found only in the south from Fla. to Miss, and Mo. 

 C assia Similar to C. marilandica but with 14-20 



Medsgeri leaflets. Pods 2-3 1 inches long, the seg- 



Yellow ments shorter than they are broad, the 



August seeds twice as long as they are thick. 



Stipules linear lance-shaped. Pa. to Kan., south to Ga 

 and Tex. See Appendix. 



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