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three upper sterile. Lff^umc ligneous, terete or compressed, 

 somotinies with s(>vcral transverse partitions. Mostly annu- 

 al plants, with pinnate leaves. 



1. C. ToK\. i>frm fflnbrous or slichtly sprinkled with hnir, branching. 

 LeaMets'in 3 pnirs, obovafo, ohtuso, slightly niucronato, a little piibesccnt on 

 the under - when voiui«r. a g! uitl between the lower pair. i>lijmUs 

 cilinte. S use, eiliate, 5-nerved. Pifah emnr£jinate, 3-iierved, obo- 

 vate. Sr.; Tier than the petals, unequal. Anthers dohisciiii; by two 

 pores nt t!i' \^!;ume coinpresst'd, or terete, many celled by transverse 



partitions, long. Sertis numerous, reniforni. f 



Yellow. 'D. Aug.— (.kt. Common. 3-4 feet. • 



2. C. OcciDEXTALis. Stfm erect, glabrous, branching or simple, heoflets ' | 

 in 5-pnirs, .icr:isii)nally 3 or G pairs, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, siighilv ciliate, 

 acumina'r. utiM[ual at the base, and serrulate; gland at the base of the pe- i 

 tide. Flotrrrs in axillary racemes, few. Legumes long, glabrous, luanv ♦ 

 seeded. SatU compressed, nearly oval. Stifptic-wfed. > 



Yellow. ©. July — through the summer, 4-6 feet * 



3. C. Marit.a\t»ica. Stem jjlabrous, or covered with scattered hairs. Leaf. 

 lets in about M pair>s, oblona-lnnceolaie, slightly ciliate, niucronate; gland at 

 the base of the petiole. Flowers in short, axillary racemes, numerous, pani- 

 culate at the summit of the stem. Legumes curved, linear, pubescent or .' 

 glabrous. } 



Yellow. Q. June — Aug. On the banks of streams. 3-4 feet. \ 



4. C. CHAM.T.cRtsTA. l^tem erect, or somewhat decumbent, with divari- ! 

 cate, hii^ute, and scabrous branches. I^nfiels\n\0-\b[\a\r%, i^labrous, oblique, 



oval, narrow. mu<"rotin'<\ ^laucmis beneath, serrulate ; petiole hirsute, with a 

 cup-like ' 'o lowest pair ofleaflts. /'/ofwerifin snpra- 



axillary t ^ i ; rtile, a part of the petals spotted at the base, > 



4 of the :i \ cliow, 6 purple. Legumes villous, linear. The C Fasci- 



culata \s V rtdonlva variety of this ; differing Iroiu it in being nearly : 



glabrous anthers all yellow. f)etals not spotted at the base. 

 Yellow. Q. Aug. — Sept Common. 1-2 feet. 



5. C NicTiTAVs. N^f-m erect or procutnbenf, pubescent when young, gla- 

 brous whcji 1)1(1. L'lifii's in 10-15 pairs, linear, mticronate, gililioiis at the 

 base; gland belnw the base of 'he leaflets. Flowers in supra-a.xillary fasci- 

 cles, small ; petals unequal; ."lamens 5, anthers purple. Lcjifu/nes somewhat 

 hairy, oblong, compressed. 



Yellow. O. Aug. — Oct. Com>non. 1-2 feet. 



6. C. AsPERA. Sfem hirsite, with spreading hairs, with erect branches- '. 

 T^this nuuiorou*, in 10-1') (»nirs, linrar-Ianeeolaie, ciliate, uland nenr the 



ba?t' of the lowct pair of leaflets. Ffmners on snpra-nxillary p»-duncles, gen- 

 erally 3 on each p<^dtmcle; stamens 7-9 unequal. legume compressed, ob- 

 tuse, mucronate, hirsute. 



Yelbw. Q. July — Sept. Common in the low country. 1-3 feet. ' 



Remarks T\\c Casufa Marilandi'ra.n plant vpry common ihrinijhoiit ihe Snuthem 

 ftai'?. ind known I'V \Ur^ nini" of \mprii:an Senna, p>ssfSsos thf (irippnios of ihe im- i 



J. 1-. .\ s II, I vi'il f, i^ f- p.i i>1ants i'uliiinons to Ksrypl an<l Aral.ia, and is I'le finxluct * 



IiisiiiiiM rathariic, owrn!» this etfect to a substance ob- 

 ^^sainnp. and called Ca/Aar/i/i. 



Gents XXXIX. GLEDITSCHIA. 



Flowers dioecious or |)olygamous. Calyx consisting 3-5- 

 8 sepals united at the hase. Prtals e(\\\n.\ or fewer i'l number 

 to the sepals. Stamens irenerallv equal tho sepals, occasion- 

 ally fewer by abortion. Stigina pubescent. Legume com. 



