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glabra, Supra late viridia, subtus vix pallidiora ; summa 2- 22 pollices longa, 6-7 lineas lata ; inferiora gra- 
datim breviora; infima 1- 1z pollicem longa, 5-7 lineas lata. Rhachis adjecto petiolo communi 4-43 pollices 
longa, striata, glabra, interne subcanaliculata, Glandula cylindraceo-oblonga, erecta, glabra, inter duodiliet 
foliolorum par, rhachi interne insidens, Pztronvs communis 13-17 pollicem longus, basi incrassatus ; petioli 
proprii z-11ineamlongi, glabri. Srirurz caduce ?. RAczwn in apice ramulorum axillares, solitarii, peduneulati, 
plutiflori, folio breviores ; pedunculo rhachique subangulatis, glabris. Fronzs pedicellati, magnitudine floris 
Rubi fruticosi; pedicellis 8-9 lineas longis, filiformibus, glabris, basi bracteatis; bractea lineari, acuta, 
glabra, 1 lineam longa. Carxx pentaphyllus, coloratus, glaber; foliolis obtusis, membranaceis, flabel 
lato-nervosis ; tribus interioribus majoribus, ellipticis, 5-4 lineas longis, inequalibus, planiuseulis ; duobus 
exterioribus » 2 lineas longis, oblongis, concavis. ConorrA pentapetala, lutea, glabra, irregularis ; 
petala breviter unguiculata, reticulato-venosa ; tria superiora orbiculata, subeoncava, 5 lineas longa; inter- 
medium paulo latius et emarginatum; lateralia integra; duo inferiora oblique elliptica, apice rotundata, 
concava, longitudine superiorum. SrawiwA decem, inzqualia; tria superiora brevia, sterilia, intermedi 
dimidio breviora ; filamentis brevibus ; antheris obovatis, compressis, basi emarginatis ibique affixis, glabris. 
Stamina quatuor intermedia recta; filamentis antheris viplo brevioribus, subulatis, compressis, glabris ; 
antheris basi affixis, erectis, oblongo-tetragonis, hinc et inde suleatis, glabris, apice oblique truncatis, sub- 
trigonis, foraminibus duobus dehiscentibus, infra apicem paulo constrictis, basi emarginatis (lobis acutis), 
duas lineas longis. Stamina tria inferiora majora, adscendentia, inzqualia; duo lateralia longissima, 7-8 lineas 
longa; filamentis linearibus, glabris, anthera longioribus ; antheris arcuatis, basi bifidis, supra basim affixis, 
tres lineas longis, in reliquis simillimis anthere staminum intermediorum. Stamen infimum intermediis 
simillimum, nisi filamento longiore instructum, subadscendens, duobus longis dimidio brevius. Ovanrcw 
lineare, compressum (?), falciforme, stamina longiora subzquans, glabrum, in stylum brevem desinens, 
Srieua minutum, fimbriatum. LzGuwiNA (a me haud visa) 3-5-pollicaria , cylindracea , membranacea 
(ex Bonpl.). 
Cassie corymbos; Lam. et C. levigatze Willd. proxima. 
11. CASSIA rrwpuLa. T 
C. foliolis quadrijugis , suboblongis, apice rotundatis , glabris, subtus glaucescentibus ; glan- 
laribus, multilloris; leguminibus teretibus , subtorulosis , 
dula inter infimum par; racemis a3 
glabris. 
Cassia pendula 7Zilld. Enum. 1. p. 440. 
Crescit in IVova Granata , prope Guaduas , alt. 59o hex. p. Floret et fructificat Julio. 
Fnurzx biorgyalis ; ramulis teretibus, fistulosis, striatis, glabris, albidis. Fort4 alterna, petiolata, pari- 
pinnata, quadrijuga; foliola breviter petiolata, apice rotundata, basim versus inequilatera, integerrima, 
reticulato- venosa, nervo medio subtus prominulo, membranacea, glabra, supra lete viridia, subtus glau- 
cescentia; summa oblonga, 18-20 lineas longa, dimidiam pollicem lata; reliqua gradatim minora ; infima 
subelliptica, 9-11 lineas longa; in speeiminibus exsiccatis reflexo- pendula. Prrrorus communis 15-18 lineas 
longus, adjecta rhachi 2-22-pollicaris, glaber, internesulcatus; glandula clavata glabra inter infimum foliolorum 
par. Petioli proprii glabri. RacEwr axillares, solitarii, multiflori, pedunculati, 7-8-pollicares ; pedunculo 
rhachique angulatis, glabris. Fronzs sparsi, pedicellati, magnitudine Cassiz grandiflorz ; pedicellis 6-7 lineas 
longis, glabris, ad basim bractea lineari minuta instructis (ex Humb.). Caryx pentaphyllus, coloratus, 
glaber; foliolis ellipticis, apice rotundatis, reticulato-nervosis, concavis, inzqualibus ; interioribus majoribus, 
