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CASSIA* austnilis 



Netv Holland Cassia. 





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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. onL Leouminos.^. § Cassiece 

 CASSIA, — Suprcl, vol 1. foL 83. 



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Sect. Ciiam;f.senxa. 

 Calycis sepala obtusa. Antheree oblongse biporosae. Legumina coai- 

 pressa dehiscentia suturis subtumidulis, intus septis transversis conipletis 

 aut incompletis multilocularia, loculis non pulposis. Semina verticalia, seu 

 valvis parallel^ compressa, ovata, aut subquadrata, latitudinem legurainis 

 subcequantia, funiculo longiora. Dec. prodr. 2. 493. 



C, 



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floris foliis brevioribus. 



fruticosce, pauci- aut muliifoliolatcB. 

 12?)-jugis lineari-oblongis glabriusculis obtusis 

 ►nlata inter omnia paria, pedunculis tri-quinque- 



C. australis. Bot. mag. 2676. 



CauHs erectuSj fruticosus^ sulcatuSj pubescens. FoVm pilosiuscuhj hori- 

 zontalia ; foliolis lO-jugiSf lineari-oblongis^ mucronatis, petiolo subalalo, 

 glanduld subulatd inter omnia paria; stipulae subulatcB. Pedunculi aiiV- 

 lares et termhiales , foliis brevioreSy 3'5-Jloriy Jloribus approximatis. Sepala 

 subpilosa. Petala vitellina^ subcequalia. 



A native of the banks of the Hastings, in New Soutli 

 Wales, whence seeds are often sent to England. It is one 

 of the handsomest of the genus, and highly deserving of 



cultivation, as a plant to occupy the open border of 

 Conservatory. 



In their native places, Cassias are often among the 

 most beautiful bushes of the forest, covered with myriads 

 of flbwers of the richest yellow, and scarcely inferior in the 

 gracefulness of their foliage to the Mimosa itself; yet in 



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