LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 209 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 149; Upham, Fl. Minn. 48. 
North America: Ind. and Ky. to Minn., Mo., Ark. 
and Tex.; also in Fla. 
Fe Minn. valley: Reported from Swan lakes, Redwood 
0. 
CASSIA Linn. Gen. 347 (1787). 
Herpetica Rumru. ex Baillon Hist. Pl. II, 124 (1870). 
Bactyrilobium WILLD. Enum. 439 (1809). 
Cathartocarpus Prrs, Syn. I, 459 (1805). 
Chamaecrista E. Mry. Comm. Afr. Austr. 
Grimaldia ScHRANK, Minch. Dst. 103 (1808). 
Psilorhegma Voge. Syn. Cass. (1837). 
Macleaya Montz. Mem. Acad. Lyon. X, 199 (1846). 
Senna GAERTN. Fruct. II, 312 (1791). 
Xamacrista Rar. Sylv. Tell. 127 (1836). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. II, 187; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 571, 1003; Du- 
rand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 106; Schenck, Paleophyt. 697; Engler and Prantl, 
Nat. Pflanz. 3, ITI. 157 (Taubert). 
Living species: Described, 475; distinct, 380+; all 
temperate and warmer regions. North America, 20-22; W. 
Tex., 9; S. Sts., 7; E. Sts., 4; Calif., 2; Rocky mts., 1; Pl. 
Wheel., 5. Center in Middle and S. America. 
Fossil species: Several described; Cretaceous of Bo- 
hemia and Greenland (Heer); Tertiary, S. France, Germany, 
Switzerland (Unger, Heer); Pliocene, valley of the Andes (Un- 
ger); North America, Tertiary! 
Cassia chamaecrista Linn. Spec. 379 (1753), 
CO. pulchella Sauiss. Prodr. 326 (1796). 
C. fasciculata Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 262 (1803). 
Xamacrista triflora Rar. Sylv. Tellur. 127 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 148; Britt., KF] N. J. 90; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 129; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 115; Upham, Fl. Minn. 47; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
73; Coult., Fl. Tex. 92; Cov., Fl. Ark. 178; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 206. 
North America: N. Eng. and N. J. to Fla. and Miss. ; 
W. to Minn., Dak., Colo., Neb., Ark. and W. Tex. on the Rio 
Grande. 
Minn. valley: throughout; especially in prairie dis- 
tricts; sunny banks, roadsides and along streams. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1213, New Ulm; Sheldon 812, Cotton- 
wood river, near Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 618, Wilton, Waseca Co.; 
Kassube 59, Minneapolis; Oestlund 38, Minneapolis; Holzinger 
63, Winona Co.; Sandberg 148, Cannon Falls; Holzinger 64, 
Winona Co. 
GYMNOCLADUS Lam. Ene. Meth. I, 733 (1783) in part. 
Guilandina Linn. Gen. ed. V, 464 (1754) in part. 
