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CÁSSIA* Herbertiana. 
Mr. Herbert's Cassia. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LeGuMINOSE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 86.) 
CASSIA. — Supra, vol. 1. fol. 83. 
C. Herbertiana ; foliolis sub-5-jugis lanceolatis suprà glabriusculis subtüs 
petiolis ramulisque pubescentibus, glandulà parvá sessili inter paria 
supremis 2 exceptis, leguminibus ...... 
Frutex 8-9-pedalis, erectus, apice ramosus. Ramuli subangulati, pu- 
bescentes. Folia fere semper quinquejuga, foliolis lanceolatis, equalibus ; 
stipule minime, lineares, acuminate ; petiolus pubescens; glandule inter 
omnia paria, duobus supremis exceptis, minima, oblonga, sessiles, lutescentes. 
Racemi axillares et terminales, subcorymbosi, foliis breviores. Sepala obtu- 
sissima. Petala sulphurea, ovata, obtusa. Staminum duo elongata, perfecta, 
cetera, subsessilia, effeta. 
A native of Barbadoes, whence seeds were received by 
the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. by whom our speci- 
mens were communicated in Noven oer last. 
It requires the heat of a stove, where it forms a shrub 
about 8 or 9 feet high. Like the rest of its genus, it will 
no doubt strike freely from cuttings. 
The pods of this ee being unknown, it is uncertain 
‘to what division of the genus it belongs. Most likely it 
should be placed near C. crotalarioides, which is distin- 
guished by its more compact habit, and by the elongated 
form of the glands between the leaflets. These curious 
* See fol. 1310. 
