DBCANDRIA, MONOGTNlA. 8M 



upon longer and incurved filaments. Le- 

 mm membranaceous; fc-valved. — *\'att. 



1. C. nearly glabrous j leaves in 8-pair, lanceo- Maniamiica. 

 late-oblongj mucronate, nearlj eqaal ; gland on 

 the petiole obovate ; racemes axillary, and pa- 

 niculate-terminal : tegumens linear, curved, 

 smooth. — II UUL and 1'urs/t. 



Icon. Bait. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. t. 

 12. 



WUd 8enna* .American Senna. 



\ -■ it phiiit, from three to tour feet high, bearing 



a pr orange •coloured flowers. The dried leaves and 



follicles are equal, in medicinal virtue, to the common senna 

 .e sh<>; - I Mat. Med. I. S.) In sandy wet 



ground, near the borders of all our rivers and creeks; very 

 abundant. Perennial. Jul}, August 



:. C. nearly smooth ; leaves in many pairs, linear, cham.ee. 



tnd <d' the pejttole subpedicellate; flowers 

 nearly in pairs: pedicels long, two petals, spot- 

 ted; legumens pubescent. — Jl'illd. and I'ursh. 



I on. Bot Mag. lor. 



Dwarf Caisia, Partridge. Jcoumack-pea. 



A very superb species, from one foot to eighteen inches 



high. I is large u those of No. 1, and deep-yel- 



»>:i the borders of cultivated grounds, not uncommon. 



ie in the Neck, half a mile from Federal and Se- 



eels, in great profusion, and very large. Annual. Ju- 



\ugust. 



3. ('. spreading; leaves in many pairs, linear, aMhaa* 

 gland of the petiole pedicellate : peduncles clus- 

 ter. i|. rew-iowered abore the axills, floweropen- 

 tandroaaj - amens eqnaL — H "did. and Elliot, 

 I on. Pink. aim. t. 314. L 5. 



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