LEGUMINOS^. CCLXXII. Cassia. 



439 



pressed, torulose. ^ . S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena, near the Bocca of St. Bartholomew. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Strobile-like'Yacemed Senna. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



8 C, Tara'ntan (H.B. etKunthj nov, gen. amer. 6. p. 348.) 

 leaves with 11 pairs of oblong, acute leaflets, which are pilose 

 above but pubescent beneath ; petioles glandless ; flowers ra- 

 cemose?; legumes compressed, torulose. ^. S. Native of 

 South America, near Cumana, where it is called 2'arantan* 



Tarantan Senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Tree. 



tive of Cuba and Jamaica among rubbish. 



C. To 



ora, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 35. which was gathered in the 

 " " " " Dill. hort. elth. 71. t. 62. f. 72. '' 



fields of Popayan. 

 jam. t. 180. f. 5. 



Obtuse-leaved Wild-senna. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Sloane, 

 Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. 



15 C. HU^MiLis (Collad. mon. p. 96.) leaves with 3 pairs of 

 obovate, obtuse leaflets, with an oblong gland on the petiole 

 between the lower pair ; petiole without an awn at the apex ; 

 legumes arched, compressed, with callous margins. ©. S. Na- 

 9 C. FRAxiNiFOLiA (H. B. ct Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. tive of South America, Caribbee Islands, and Carolina. C. Tora 

 349.) leaves with 9-11 pairs of oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaf- 

 lets; petioles glandless ; racemes axillary, corymbose ; legumes 

 compressed, short. Ij . S. Native of South America, between 

 the river Amazon and the town of Jaen de Bracamoros. C. 



/3, Lin. spec. 538. C. T^la, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. p. 73. ? 

 Plum. ed. Burm. t. 76. f. 2. 



H 



Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1810. PI 1 to 2 ft. 



cuspidita, Willd. enum. p. 445. 

 Ash-leaved Senna. 



Flowers yellow;? 



Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 C, Brownia'na (Kunth, mim. p. 135. t. 41.) leaves with 

 8-13 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronate, rather ciliated, glabrous 

 leaflets ; racemes axillary, length of leaves ; legumes oblong- 

 linear, mucronate, furnished with a narrow wing on both sutures, 

 'j . S. Native of Mexico, near Guanaxuato. H. B. et Kunth, 



16 C. Tora (Lin. spec. 538. exclusive of var. /5 and the sy- 

 nonymeof Mill.) leaves with 3 pairs of obovate, obtuse leaflets, 

 with an oblong gland between each of the 2 lower pairs on the 

 petiole; petiole ending in a bristle; legumes straight, com- 

 pressed, with callous margins. ©. S. Native of the East In- 

 dies, Arabia, Japan, and Cochin-china. Dill. elth. 72. t. 63. 

 f. 73. C. focHida, Sal. prod. 326. C. gallinaria, Collad. 



C. toroides, HortuL 



nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 350. 

 Brown's Senna. 



mon. p. 96. 



C. obtusif olia and C. Tora, 



Native of South America, on the 



Flowers yellow. 

 Shrub 12 feet. 



11 C. Richardia'na (Kunth, mim. p. 139. t. 42.) leaves with 

 18-20 pairs of oblong leaflets, which are puberulous beneath, 

 with a small gland on the petiole, between the lower pair ; pa- 

 nicle terminal ; legumes compressed, membranous, transversely 

 veined, glabrous. T2 . S. 



banks of the river Atabapo, near the head of the Orinoco, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 351. Flowers yellow. 



Richard's Senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



fc>ECT. III. CnAMiEsr/NNA (j^a^ai, chamai, on the ground, and 

 ienna; dwarf senna)*. D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 95. prod. 2. p. 

 ^9S, Sepals obtuse. ' ' 



Burm. ind. p. 95. exclusive of the synonymcs. — Rumph. amb.5. 

 t. 97. f. 2. 



W 



Fl. Aug. 



Clt. 1093. PL 2 to 5 feet. 



17 C. Lime'nsis (Lam. diet. 1. p. 643.) leaves with 3-4 pairs 



apex, 



Anthers oblong, opening by 2 pores at the 



Legumes compressed, dehiscent, rather tumid at the su- 

 "jres, divided internally into many cells, by complete or incom- 

 plete transverse dissepiments. Cells not pulpy inside. Seeds 

 vertical, compressed, ovate, or somewhat square, about equal 

 ^0 the breadth of the legume, but longer than the funicle. 



h\}' , Trigonelloidece {Trigonella^ and ;c?ca,like ; plants with 

 ne habit of Trigonella). Annual plant s, having the leaves fur- 

 ^i^hed with but few pairs of leaflets. 



12 C. SERi'cEA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 724.) leaves with 4 

 pairs of oval leaflets, which are clothed with silky hairs, with 

 subulate glands on the petiole, one between each pair of leaflets ; 

 fgumes hairy, somewhat tetragonal, transversely somewhat ar- 

 ticulated. O. S. Native of the We " " " " " ^ 

 J^nsitlva, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 459. 

 Lp. 644. 



Silky Wild-senna. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 foot. 



}3 C, CILIA TA (Hoffm. verz. 1824. p. 208.) leaves with 3-4 

 ^>|s of obovate, acutish, pubescent leaflets, which are ciliated 

 ♦:!i y down, and furnished with stipitate glands on the pe- 



of obovate, very blunt, glabrous leaflets ; racemes axillary, 

 many flowered, about equal in length to the leaves. ©. S. Na- 

 tive of Peru. Perhaps the same as C. pentagontay of Mill. fig. 

 t. 82. from Campeachy. 



Lima Wild-senna. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



18 C. ciLiA^Ris (Collad. mon. p. 98.) leaves with 2-3 pairs 

 of semi-orbicular, veiny leaflets, the 2 outer ones the largest ; 

 stipulas cordate, lanceolate, with ciliated margins. ©. S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. C. Tagera, Lin. spec. 538. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Rheed. Plant filiform, procumbent. 



Ciliary'Stipuled Wild-senna. PI. procumbent. 



19 C. Tage^ra (Lam. diet. 1. p. 643. but not of Lin.) leaves 

 with 3 pairs of obovate leaflets ; peduncles very short, 1 -flowered ; 

 legumes straight, linear. ©. ? S, Native of Malabar, where 

 it is called Ponnam- Tagera. Rheed. mal. 2. p. 103. t. 53, 



Tagera Wild-senna. Fl. July. Clt. 1803. 



PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



^ 2, Coluteoidece (from Coluteay and idea^ like ; plants with 

 the habit of Colutea). Plants shrubby. Leaves with few or 

 many pairs of leaflets. 



jf lenfli 



ant 



C. 



20 C. VENu'sTULA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 352.) 



leaves with 3-4 pairs of obovate-elh'ptic, puberulous leaflets, 



C. ornithopoides, Lam. diet, ^vhich are rounded at the apex, with a gland on the petiole above 



the lower pair; panicle terminal, with 2-flowered branches; le- 



gumes linear, beaked, puberulous. ^ 

 America, near Cumana, in arid places. 

 Pretty Wild-senna. Shrub. 



S. Native of Soutli 



« * 



Jugiglandulosce (from jugum, a yoke, and glandula 



gland). Glands one or more on the petiole between 



^ole, one between each of the pairs of leaflets, except the outer 

 r^r ; spikes axillary, somewhat capitate ; legumes terete, beaked, 

 ^pressed. ©. S. Native of Cuba. Perhaps sufficiently dis- leaflets 

 ^»«ct from C. .encea. 



J'l/ia^cJ-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. Ju. Jul Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft, 

 of P OBTusiFOLiA (Lin. spec. 539. exclusive of the synonyme _ . _ _ 



..*Y""^P^) leaves with 3 pairs of obovate, obtuse leaflets, an awn ; spines tridentate, on the old branches. 1^ 



ich are pubescent beneath, with an oblong, cylindrical, acute 



K«naon the petiole, between the lower pair of leaflets ; stipulas 



ear-subulate ; legumes long, slender, recurved. O- S. Na- 



^f 



21 C. viMiNEA (Lin. amoen. 5. p. 397.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, with an oblong acute 

 ffland on the petiole between the lower pair ; petiole ending in 



tive of Jamaica, on the Blue Mountains, and at Porto Rico. 



Sloane, jam. 2. t. 180. f. 6, 7. 



Twiggy Wild-senna. Clt. 1786. 



A rambling orclimbin 



Shrub cl. 



g shrub. 



