WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
plant, and is found in blossom from June to August, 
in woods and thickets from New Brunswick, North 
Carolina, and California. 
WILD, OR AMERICAN SENNA 
Cassia marilandica. Pea Family. 
Senna was first used as medicine by the Arabians, 
and the leaves of this species are regularly gathered 
in this country, and used as a substitute for the imported. 
The nearly smooth, light green, slightly branched 
stalk grows from three to eight feet high, from a peren- 
nial root. From twelve to twenty oblong or lance 
shaped leaflets set in opposite pairs, on a slender 
stem from the large compound leaf. The base of the 
stem is guarded with a slender, club-shaped gland. 
The toothless leaflets are rather yellowish green in 
colour, and lighter on the under side. They have a 
fine, smooth surface, and are firm-textured. They 
are blunt or rounded at the apex, and are tipped with 
a tiny point, which terminates the midrib. They are 
somewhat sensitive when touched, and droop when 
roughly handled. The numerous, loosely constructed 
short-stemmed, golden-yellow flowers are clustered 
in the axils of the upper leaves. They are very showy, 
and three of the five curved petals are set upright and 
near together, while the other two spread down- 
ward. Ten unequal, dark brown capped stamens 
are of the same colour as the petals, and, together 
with the prominent yellowish green calyx, add greatly 
to the attractiveness of the blossom. The species is 
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