564 LEGUMINOSJE. 
Crescit in monte ignivomo Jorullo, alt. 63o hex. (Regno AMexicano.) P Floret 
Septembri. 
Taur substricti, teretes, pilosi ; pilis patentissimis, mollibus. Forza alterna, petiolata, subdisticha, diphylla. 
Foliola sessilia, qualia, inzquilatera, obovata, apice rotundata, subretusa, dimidiato- cordata, integerrima, 
dimidiato- quinque-aut septemnervia, nervis sübtus prominentibus, reticulata, membranacea, utrinque 
glabra, margine nervoque medio subtus ciliata, lzte viridia, subconcoloria, 10-11 lineas longa, 6-8 lineas 
lata. Pzriorvs communis tres lineas longus, canaliculatus, patenti-pilosus, eglandulosus, mucrone subulato 
terminatus. SrrPuL petiolares geminz, sessiles, oblique ovatz, angustato- acuminatz, apice pilifera, cor- 
datz, striato- nervos, membranacez, glabrz, ciliatze, plana, 5- 6 lineas longz, erectas, persistentes. PEpUN- 
cura axillares, solitarii aut gemini, altero multo breviore, uniflori, filiformes, glabri, superne bracteati,9-10 lineas 
longi; fructiferi subpollicares; bracteis parvis, oppositis, lineari- subulatis, deciduis. Fronzs vix magnitudine 
floris Pruni spinosz. Carxx pentaphyllus, deciduus ; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, acuto-submucronatis, inte- 
gerrimis, planiusculis, tenuiter membranaceis, externe pilosiusculis, nervosis, virescentibus, 2 7 lineaslongis, 
uno aut duobus dimidio brevioribus et angustioribus. Prrana 5, fundo calycis inserta, brevissime ungui- 
culata, obovata, apice rotundata, parum obliqua, subflabellato- venosa, tenuiter membranacea, glabra, 
calyce paulo longiora, subzqualia, flava (2). Sraurx fertilia quinque, recta, inzqualia, majora longitudine 
anacea, antheris dimidio breviora. Axruxux basi affix:,, erecti, 
calycis. FirawewrA linearia, glabra, membi 
rectz, lineares, biloculares, glabra, nigricantes, apice truncatz et biporosz. Stamina sterilia 5 (et plura?), 
triplo breviora, lineari- capillacea. Ovaniux sessile, lineare, compressum, sericeum, apice desinens in stylum 
brevem adscendentem glabrum. Sricya truncatum, ciliatum. Lrcuxrxa linearia, rudimento styli mucronata, 
compressa, margine parum incrassata, pubescentia, fuscescentia, membranacea, septis transversis inter- 
stineta, bivalvia, 10- 12-, sapissime 15-sperma, 12-16 lineas longa, duas lineas lata. Szwrx4 subromboidea, 
angulis rotundatis, compressa, levia, fuscescentia, glabra, suturc fructus affixa. IxrEcUMENTUM tenue, 
interne substantia carnosa, ubique obduetum. Eusnxo semini conformis, compressus. CoryrzDoxrs carnosa, 
compressz. Rapicura hilum spectans, acuta. 
Cassia diphylla, nostra simillima, differt glabritie omnium partium. 
4o. CASSIA saunmmrzroLn. T 
C. ramis petiolisque molliter pubescentibus; foliolis geminatis, obovatis; emarginatis , 
dimidiato-cordatis, margine subundulato-repandis, utrinque puberulis; petiolo eglanduloso; 
pedunculis axillaribus, 123, unifloris, bibracteatis, superne calycibusque pilosis. 
Cassia bauhiniefolia P/ent. legum. p. 123. t. 37. 
Grescit in ripa arenosa, fluminis Orinoci, prope Carichanam. b Floret Majo. 
Rawr teretes, substriati, molliter pubescentes. Forr& alterna, petiolata, diphylla, subdisticha. Foliola 
sessilia, dimidiata, obovata, emarginata, basi dimidiato- cordata, margine integerrima et undulato-subre- 
panda, reticulato- nervosa, nervis venisque subtus prominentibus, membranacea, utrinque puberula et 
nitida, subconcoloria, zqualia, 12-14 lineas longa, 9- to lineas lata. Prrrorvs communis tres lineas longus, 
canaliculatus, molliter pilosus, eglandulosus, cuspide subulata pubescente terminatus. SriPuLz petiolares 
gemina, oblique ovatz,, cordatzs, angustato-acuminato , apice pilifere, membranacecw, integerrima, planas, 
nervos, puberulee, semipollicares et longiores, erecta, persistentes. Pepuwcurr axillares, solitarii, gemini 
aut terni, uniflori, filiformes, glabriusculi, apice pilosi, infra apicem bibracteati, 15- 16 lineas longi ; bracteis 
alternis , lineari- subulatis, pilosis, vix lineam longis, persistentibus. Fronzs magnitudine illius Pruni domes- 
