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CASSIA^ biflora. 



Two-flowered Cassia, 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Leguminosj^. § Cassiece. 

 CASSIA. — Supr^, vol. L foL 83. 



Sect. Chamsesenna. Dec. 



Calycis sepala obtusa. Antherse oblongsc, biporosse. Legumina com- 

 pressa dehiscentia suturis subtumidulis, intiis septis transversis completis 

 aut incompletis multilocularia, loculis non pulposis. Semina verticalia seu 

 valvis parallel^ compressa, ovata aut subquadrata, latitudinem leguminis 

 subsequantia, funiculo longiora. Dec. 



2. Coluteoideae ; fruticosce pauci- aut multi-foliolatce. 



** Jugiglandulosce ; glandulis una aut pluribus inter foliolorum oppo- 

 sitorum bases. "^^ 



C. biflora; foliolis 6-8-jugis ovali-oblongis obovatisve subglabris, glandula 

 subulata inter infima, pedunculis folio mult6 brevioribus 2-4-floris. 

 Dec. prodr. 2. 495. - 



C. biflora. Linn, amcen. acad. 5. 397. Bot. mag. t. 810. 



Rami dense tomentosij teretes. Stipulse subulatee. Folia 6-9'juga ; 



petiolo tomentoso, glanduld svbulatd inter paria 2 inferiora ; foliolis ohlongis 



obovatisve surshmmajoribuSyleviter pilosis. Pedunculi axillares,Jiliform€Sy 



bijioriyfoliis breviores. Flores magniy intense lutei. 



A drawing of this plant was made many years since in 

 the Garden of the Comte de Vandes, under the idea that 

 it was a new species. It is, however, certainly C. biflora, 

 rather more luxuriant than usual. 



A native of the West Indies, whence it was long since 

 introduced to our Gardens. In this country it, like most 

 other species of this beautiful genus, has been neglected, in 



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* According to Olaus Celsius, this word comes from the Hebrew 

 Ketzioth, rendered by x-xtrU in the version of the Septuagint, and Latinised 

 casia. But both Virgil and Pliny have a casia^ which is supposed to have 



been Daphne Cneorum. 



