110 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
nus Cassia. While some writers state, that it requires a third larger 
dose than the imported senna, to produce the same effect, others claim ‘for 
it an equal rank as a purgative. It is cultivated to considerable, § xtent 
by the “ Shakers,” and though it has not received the general attention 
at the ne rine of the medical Saree that it pennies it is frequently 
estic and country pra The leaves should be collected 
when the | fruit i is ice he sey orinciplé being on more fully develop: 
ed than at the floweri 
2, C. oc L. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, ovate lanceolate acute ; 
gland a oie swan huene smooth. 
WESTERN Caner Styptic Weed. 
Perennial. Stem 4-6 feet high. Flowers \a: arge, y bacitek Te- 
gume somewhat coriaceous, about 5 inebes long, es a oni border ; 20- eded. 
Near buildings : Virginia to Louisiana. July — October. 
Obs. This plant, which is very common at the South, is believed to be 
introduced from Tropical America, where it has some medicinal reputa- 
tion. The root i i said to be diuretic, and the leaves are used as a dress- 
ing to slight so 
** Leaflets small, somewhat sensitive to ne peach p sepules persistent ; petio- 
lar gland cup-shaped ; a perfect. 
3. C. Chameecris’ta, L. Stems sprea ea nicnine 15 pairs, linear 
oblong ; flowers large and showy ; stamens 10, unequal. 
— Pea. Sensitive Pea. Magothy-bay Bean. 
2 feet high, firm and somewhat woody at base, much eer ese often purplish. 
Leafict halt an inch to near an inch long, mingtely ciliate-serrulate, su 
petaoles about one-third of an inch i Bas h below the leaflets, with 'a depressed or cup- 
like deep bri i weno sie Mise porple agree * 
peed in lateral subsessile ascites aber e ie ften in pairs, som 
times 3-4. ‘about 2 inches long, hatte akee # vg coin 
Sandy fields : common, especially southward. July -Septem 
Obs. In a paper read before the American 5 Phobia Society, May 
2. 1788, and published i in the : oh volume of their Transactions, Dr. Green- 
way of Virginia. en vorably of this plant as a means of recruiting 
worn out lands, by its Scounention in the soil,—though he considers 
he common consdeld Pea as preferable; and I have no doubt that the 
Eel Clover ( Trifolium pratense), properly managed, is more eligible 
18. GYMNO’CLADUS, Lam. Kentucky Correr-rree. 
(Greek, Gymnos, naked, and Klados, a branch ; in reference to its stout naked branches.] 
Flowers dicecious, regular. Calyz tubular, i ae Petals 5, equal, ob- 
long, i on the hepiditee -tube. Stamens 1 Hho hertod th the 
petals. Tape oblong, flat, the valves wiihien 3 
= tree with the young branches clumsily thick ; prt L-bipinnate. 
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