. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 336 2. Cassia marilandica L. Wild or American Senna. Fig. 2438. Cassia marilandica L. Sp. PI. 378. I753- Perennial, glabrous or pubescent with a few scat- tered hairs, 3°-8° high, little branched. Stipules subulate-linear, caducous; leaves petioled, the club- shaped gland borne near the base of the petiole; leaflets 12-20, oblong or lanceolate-oblong
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 336 2. Cassia marilandica L. Wild or American Senna. Fig. 2438. Cassia marilandica L. Sp. PI. 378. I753- Perennial, glabrous or pubescent with a few scat- tered hairs, 3°-8° high, little branched. Stipules subulate-linear, caducous; leaves petioled, the club- shaped gland borne near the base of the petiole; leaflets 12-20, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or obtusish, mucronate, rounded at the base, ciliate, 1-2' long, 3"-6" wide; flowers 7"-9" broad, numer- ous in pubescent axillary racemes on the upper part of the plant; calyx-lobes ovate or oblong, obtuse; stamens 10, the upper 3 imperfect; pod linear, flat, pubescent or becoming glabrous, 3-4' long, 3" wide, curved, its segments as long as broad or slightly longer; seeds flat, suborbicular. In swamps and wet soil, Massachusetts to North Caro- 'ina, Ohio and Tennessee. July-Aug. 3. Cassia Medsgeri Shafer. Medsger's Wild Senna. Fig. 2439 Cassia Medsgeri Shafer. Torreya 4: 179. 1904- Biennial (?) or perennial, similar to C. marilandica, glabrous or very nearly so throughout. Stipules linear- lanceolate; petiolar gland cylindric to conic; leaflets 8-16, oblong to elliptic, mucronate, glabrous, slightly glaucous beneath, 2' long or less; inflorescence glabrous or nearly so; pod curved, linear, little compressed, 4' long or less, tardily dehiscent, its segments much shorter than broad; seeds obovoid. 2" long, i" thick. In dry gravelly soil. Pennsylvania to Georgia, Iowa, Kan- sas and Texas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathani
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