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CERCIS L. Sp. Pl. 1:374. 1753. 
Four species, temperate Europe, eastern Asia. North America, 3. Small trees. 
Cercis canadensis L. Sp. Pl. 1:376. 1753. Rep Bup. 
: a Sk. 1:470. Gray, Man. ed. 6,147, Chap. Fl. 114. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 3:93, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Western Pennsylvania, west to southern Michi- 
gan, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas, south to western Florida, Mississippi, Louisi- 
ana, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: From the Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Rich woods. Madi- 
son County, Montesano. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (H. «A. Smith). 
Mobile County; hardly of spontaneous growth. Flowers rose pink, February 25; 
fruit ripe in Angust. Small tree, most frequent in the mountains. 
Economic uses: The wood is useful. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CASSIA L. Sp. Pl. 1:376. 1753. 
Three hundred and tifty or more species, herbs or shrabs, in warmer, mostly trop- 
ical, regions Northern and Southern Hemispheres. North America, 27. 
Cassia occidentalis L. Sp. Pl. 1:377. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 1:471. Gray, Man. ed. 6,148. Chap. Fl. 114. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:92. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 209. 
Wrst Inpigs, MEXICO TO BRaziIL. Widely spread over all tropical countries. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, southern Indiana, and 
Tennessee to Florida, west to Arkansas. « 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Naturalized, cultivated and waste 
places near dwellings. Franklin County, Russellville. Autauga County, Pratt- 
ville. Clay County, Talladega Creek. Mobile County. Flowers July; fruit ripe 
August to September; common weed of gardens and roadsides. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Jamaica.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cassia tora L. Sp. Pl. 1:376. 1753. 
Cassia obtusifolia L. Sp. Pl. 1:377. 1758. 
Ell, Sk. 1:471. Gray, Man. ed. 6,147, Chap. Fl. 114. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 
209. 
West Inpiges, MExIco TO ARGENTINA, TROPICAL AFRICA, ASIA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Missouri, southern Illinois, and Virginia, south 
to Florida and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and waste places. Jackson, Marshall, 
Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow, June to August; fruit ripe 
September, October. Common weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cassia marilandica L. Sp. Pl.1:378, 1753. WILp SENNA. 
Ell. S8k.1:473,. Gray, Man. ed.6,147. Chap. Fl. 114. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England west to Michigan, Missouri, and 
Arkansas, south to Florida and Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Scattered throughont the State. Gravelly banks and bottoms. Clay 
County, Delta. Tallapoosa and Autauga counties. Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Mo- 
bile County, Whistler. Flowers yellow, July to August; fruit ripe September, Octo- 
ber. Not common. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The leaves, ‘‘American senna,” are used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in Virginia, Marilandia.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
CHAMAECRISTA Greene, Pittonia, 3:238. 1897.! 
Forty or more species, herbaceous annuals an suffrutescent perennials. Mostly of 
the West Indies, northern Mexico, South and North America, a few in Eastern Asia 
and in Africa. Eastern North America (U.8.), 7. 
1K, L. Greene, Pittonia, vol. 3, pp. 238 to 243. 1897. Same author, op. cit., vol. 4, pp. 
25 to 32. 1899. C.L. Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 21, pp. 208 to 222, 1894. Vol. 22, 
pp. 513 to 516, 1895. 
