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CASSIA purpurea. 
Purple-stemmed Cassia. 
ago 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CESALPINEZ. R. Br. 
CASSIA. Supra vol. 1. 83. 
C. purpurea, foliis 8-9-jugis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis pilosis, glandulà ba- 
silari, racemis multifloris folio brevioribus, floribus octandris. 
C. purpurea. Hortus bengalensis, p. 31. 
Herba erecta, feetidissima, purpurascens. Rami angulosi, glabriusculi, 
ad summitates atro-purpureo suffusi, ad summum glanduloso-pilosi. Folia 
sepius 9-jugi, aliquando 8-jugi, foliolis subequalibus, ovato-lanceolatis, se- 
riceis, ciliatis, omnibus ferè subequalibus ; stipulis ovatis hinc paulo decur- 
rentibus; glandulà unica, conic, sulcum petioli ad nodum basilarem termi- 
nante. Racemi pauciflori, corymbosi, axillares, foliis multo breviores. 
Flores intense lutei, speciosi. Petala subequalia, patentia. Stamina 10, 
quorum 8 fertilia, declinata, sursum sensim minora, 2 sterilia, minima. 
This new species of Cassia has recently been introduced 
to the gardens of this country by means of seeds, trans- 
mitted from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, by Dr. Wal- 
lich. It is a native of Bengal, where it is called Kala- 
Kulkashinda, is an annual, and flowers during the rainy 
season. 
The characters by which it is distinguisled from other 
allied species are well marked. From C. siamea it is sepa- 
rated by its downy leaves, and glandular petiole; from C. 
Jastigiata, by the absence of glands between the leaf. 
lets ; from C. montana, by its octandrous flowers and the 
small number of its leaflets. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill's Nursery. 
An erect, very fetid herbaceous plant. Branches an- 
gular, smoothish, at the summits purple, at the very tips 
furnished with glandular hairs. Leaves usually in nine 
pairs, sometimes in eight; the leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 
silky, ciliated, all nearly equal; stipules ovate, a little 
