130 Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. VI. 
pedicelli eodem indumento ut rhachis vestiti, in floribus evolutis 10—15 mm 
longi ec. 1 mm sub flore bibracteolati, bracteolis bracteis similibus cc. 
dimidio minoribus; sepala 3 exteriora oblongo lanceolata, subconcava, 
apice acuta mucronulata, interiora 2 petaloidea, latiora, subobtusiuscula, 
exteriora li mm interiora (Die mm extus minute puberula, petala 4 
subaequalia !/; mm, summum longius unguiculatum !5/, mm antherae 
10 + aequilongae 5 mm longae, 1,25 mm latae, apice rimis transversis 
dehiscentibus, filamentis vix 1 mm longis ovarium 5 mm longum 
oblongo-compressum, pilis basi glandulosis hispidissimum, stylo basi 
hispido-pilosulo. 
Legumen oblongo-compressum 9),, mm elastice bivalve, basi et apice 
acutiusculum, setulis basi glanduliferis hispidum, viscosum. Semina cc. 
1 ovali compressa apice acutiuscula, 6—7 mm longa et 3,5—4 mm lata; 
glabra nigrescentia. 
Paraguay: In campis siccis pr. Punta Porá, flor. et fruct. mens. 
Dec.; Hassler no. 9833, leg. Rojas. 
141. Cassia cathartica Mart., Reise, I, 548 et Benth. Flor. Bras., XV, 
2, p. 155. 
Subspec. floribunda Hassler, nov. subspec. 
Differt imprimis foliolis vulgo numerosioribus, duplo majoribus, in- 
florescentiis longe racemosis, ovario glabrescente. 
Absus. Suffrutex erectus 0,8—1 m altus, ubique viscosus; radix 
crassa lignosa; caulis vulgo simplex, rarius superne pauciramosus 
flexuosus, striato-sulcatus, setis patentibus, basi in glandula sitis, + dense 
hispidus; internodia 20— 30 mm stipulae lineari-setaceae glabrae 5 mm 
longae, petiolus communis (rhachi inclusa) 15—20 cm longus, supra 
leviter sulcato subcanaliculatus, infra par ultimum foliolorum, a caule cc. 
25—30 mm remotum, sparse hispido-setulosus, supra praeter viscosi- 
tatem glaberrimus, apice mucronulo 2—3 mm longo terminatus; foliola 
1—15-, vulgo 10—11.juga, oblonga, apice acuta, acuminata vel sub- 
acuminato-rotundata, basi subcordata leviter inaequilatera, in petiolulum 
brevissimum contracta, 20/;—50/,, mm suprema excepta vulgo omnia ultra 
35 mm longa, concoloria, viscoso-nitentia, glabra, margine setulis glandu- 
losis ciliato, costa supra impressa subtus prominente, nervis supra et 
subtus productis, utroque latere vulgo 7— 8 ante marginem arcuatim 
anastomosantibus. 
Inflorescentia axillaris et terminalis elongato racemosa; racemi axillares 
20—25 cm terminales ad 30 cm longi, in speciminibus raris superne 
ramificatis, racemi pauciflori 9 —10 cm tantum longi adsunt; rhachis ut 
caulis hispido-setulosa, viscosa, subdensiflora, floribus longiuscule pedi- 
cellatis; bracteae subulatae glabrae 2 mm longae, pedicelli in anthesi 
20—25 mm longi, glabro-viscosi vel hispido-setulosi, bracteolae a flore 
cc. 2 mm remotae, bracteis similes sed minores, alabastra apiculata sepala, 
petala, antheraeque omnino ut in C. trachycarpa Vog. subspec. macrophylla 
nob. ovarium glabrescens, ut stylus forma et magnitudine praecedentis, 
pube minuta viscoso-glandulosa, ope microscopii tantum conspicua ob- 
tectum. 
