. The drug plants of Illinois . CASSIA MARILANDIGA L. Amer- ican senna. Leguminosae.—An erect, coarse, smooth herb about 3 feet tall, per- ennial; stems often in clumps; leaves pin- nately compound, alternate; leaflets ovate- oblong, 1 to 2 inches long, about Yz inch wide, in 6 to 9 pairs; petiole with a sessile, club-shaped gland at the base; flowers yellow, in short axillary racemes; pod linear, flat, curved, partitioned, 2 to 4 inches long; seeds flattened, grayish-brown with a darker area on each side. Leaflets collected. Occasional to fre- quent along roadsides and in fields and pastures
. The drug plants of Illinois . CASSIA MARILANDIGA L. Amer- ican senna. Leguminosae.—An erect, coarse, smooth herb about 3 feet tall, per- ennial; stems often in clumps; leaves pin- nately compound, alternate; leaflets ovate- oblong, 1 to 2 inches long, about Yz inch wide, in 6 to 9 pairs; petiole with a sessile, club-shaped gland at the base; flowers yellow, in short axillary racemes; pod linear, flat, curved, partitioned, 2 to 4 inches long; seeds flattened, grayish-brown with a darker area on each side. Leaflets collected. Occasional to fre- quent along roadsides and in fields and pastures on alluvial soils throughout the state. Contains glycosides similar to those of the imported sennas. L^sed as a cathartic.
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