440 



LEGUMINOS^. CCLXXII. Cassia. 



22 C. cHRYsoTRicHA (CoUad, mon. p. 99. t. 13.) leaves with 



SO C. bicapsula'ris (Lin. spec. 538.) leaves with 3 pairs of 



ratlier marginate, glabrous leaflets, lower ones the 



^.S. 



t pairs of rather pubescent ovate leaflets, lower pair the shortest obovate, 



and rounded on the outside, with an oblong gland on the petiole roundest, with a somewhat globose gland on the petiole between 

 between the lower pair ; spines tridentate on the old branches. 



Native of Guiana. C. chrysocarpa, Desv. journ. bot, 

 1814. p. 72. C. virg^ta, Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par, p. 108. 

 but not of Swartz. A rambling shrub. Ovary clothed with 

 silky, adpressed, yellow hairs, whence the specific name. 



Golden-hatred Wild-senna. Shrub rambling. 



23 C. RUGosA ; branches and peduncles pubescent ; leaves 



the lower pair, which is attenuated at the base ; stipulas linear- 

 subulate, spreading. Tj . S. Native of the West Indies, Suri- 

 nam, and St. Martha. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 76. f. 1. Jacq.fragm. 

 t. 58. Merian, sur. t. 32. C. inflata, Spreng. in herb. Balb. 



Native of Guadaloupe. C. Berterii, Coll. 



i3 



at the apex. Tj . S. 

 hort. rip. p. SO. t. 34. 



Var. y, quadryuga (D. C. 1. c) leaves with 4 pairs of obtuse 



leaflets. 



Bicapsular Wild 



4 to 6 feet. 



May 



Clt. 1739. Shrub 



with 2 pairs of elliptic, obtuse leaflets, which are oblique at the 

 base and somewhat emarginate and mucronate at the apex, pu- 

 bescent beneath, with the veins and nerves very prominent ; 

 racemes forming a terminal panicle ; petiole bearing glands, one 

 between each pair of leaflets ; stipulas subulate. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Sello (v. s. in herb. Lamb.). 



TVrinkled-leaved Wild-senna. Shrub. 



24 C. macranthe'ra (D, C. in Collad. mon. p. 99. t. 8.) with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; flowers axil- 

 leaves with 2 pairs of oval-oblong, glabrous, acuminated leaflets, lary, solitary, and disposed in racemes at the tops of the 

 with an oblong-ovate gland on the petiole between the lower 

 pair; petiole ending in a thick caducous bristle. Tj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Ovary linear, a little arched, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence. 



81 C. arge'ntea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 358.) 

 leaves with 3 pairs of sub-elliptic leaflets, which are rounded at 

 the apex, and clothed with silky pubescence, but silvery beneath, 



branches ; legumes slender, clothed with adpressed pubescence 

 h . S. Native of Mexico, on the banks of the river Mescala. 



Wild 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Shrub. 



W„„ „, 



33 C. MOLLissiMA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. enum. 440.) 

 leaves with 3 pairs of ovate acuminated leaflets, which are clothed 

 with soft pubescence beneath ; petiole pilose, bearing a hairy gland 

 between each pair of leaflets, l^ . S. 

 Legumes unknown. 



South 



Clt. 1816. Shrub. 



32 C. genicula'ta ; clothed with scurfy stellate tomentum ; 

 Long-anthered Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. leaves with 3 pairs of ovate oblique leaflets, tapering to the apex, 



25 C. sca'ndens (Ruiz, et Pav. in herb. Lamb.) branches an- with a hairy gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes 

 gular, pubescent ; leaves smooth, membranous, with 2 pairs of short, corymbose, axillary ; legumes articulated. ^ . S. Na- 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, cuspidate leaflets, lower pair one half tiveofPeru. (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 

 smaller than the upper ; petiole bearing a large obtuse gland 

 between the lower pair of leaflets ; stipulas and bracteas lanceo- 

 late-subulate ; racemes long, puberulous, shorter than the leaves, 



Tj . '^. S. Native of Guayaquil. 

 Climbing Wild-senna. Shrub cl. 



26 C. quinquangula^ta (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 

 108.) leaves with 2 pairs of ovate coriaceous, acuminated leaf- 

 lets, which are glabrous above but pubescent beneath, and un- 

 equal at the base, with an ovate thick gland between each of 

 the pairs on the petiole ; panicle terminal. ^ . S. Native of 

 Cayenne, in woods. Branches pentagonal, smoothish. Ovary 

 hoary, a little arched. Stigma large, ovate, petaloid. The 

 legume being unknown, the section to which the present plant 

 belongs is doubtful. 



Five-angled-hranched Wild-senna. Fl- Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



27 C. ApoucoufiA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 379. t. 146.) leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, 

 which are shining above, with an ovate sessile gland between 

 each of the pairs on the pedole ; racemes axillary. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana, along the banks of the river Sinemari. C. acu- 



Very-soft Wild-senna. 



34 C. RENiFORMis ; branches pubescent ; leaves with 3 pairs 

 of elliptic, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, tapering to both ends, 

 lower ones the smallest, with an elongated gland between each 

 pair ; stipulas large, reniform, acuminated on one side. '2 • 

 Native of Brazil, Sello. ] 



Chamcef 



Shrub. 



2. p 



. 49.5.) 



Kidney 'shaped-si'ipuled Wild-senna. 



35 C. ARTEMisioiDEs (Gaud. in D. C. prod. ^ 

 clothed in every part with velvety canescent down ; leaves \m 

 3-4 pairs of linear-filiform leaflets, with a small gland on the 



petiole between the lower pair ; racemes axillary, ^'^'^^.^^^^ 

 - T2.G. Native of New HoUand, 



in the interior of the country. 



Wormwood-like Wild-senna 



2 to 8 feet. 



FL June, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 



minata, Willd. spec. 2. p. 517. but not of Moench. C. nitida, 36 C. glutin6sa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 495.) leaves ^'^j^^^^ 



Kich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 108. Apoucouita is the name of 

 the shrub in Guiana. 



pairs of oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, which are ^lat" J 



Apoucouiia Wild-senna. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



28 C. SENNOiDES (Jacq. icon. rar. t. 70.) leaves with %-3 



as well as tl 

 between tl 



luuy, acuiiunaceu, giaurous icitucta, *"— . i 



the branches, with a small sessile gland on the F^^ 

 wie lower pair; racemes axillary, usually 4-nowe^ 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Legun 



pairs of obovate glabrous leaflets, the lower ones the roundest, broad, linear, on a short stipe, mucronate by the style 



with an oblong sessile gland on the petiole between the lower 

 pair; stipulas linear-subulate, spreading. ^ • S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Racemes axillary. 



Senna-like Cassia. Fl. July, Aug. Ch. 1808. Sh. S to 4 ft. 



2y C. Alcapari'llo (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 355.) leaves with 2-3 pairs of oblong glabrous leaflets, which 

 are rounded at the apex, with a gland on the petiole between p. 73 ? C. frutescens, Mill. diet. no. 2. 



Clammy Wild-senna. Shrub. . i ak 



37 C. oxYADE^NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 475.) leaves wntn ^^ 



pairs of obovate glabrous leaflets, outer ones the '^"^^f J|^(^ 

 glaucous beneath ; petioles glabrous, furnished with a su ^^^^ 

 acute gland, which is situated between the lower pair ot '^^ ,^' 

 12 . S. Native of Jamaica. C. discolor, Desv. journ. bot. lo 



the lower pair ; racemes axillary and terminal, loose. Tj . S. 



W 



Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Native of Peru, in hot places near Olleros, where it is called 88 C. dispar (Willd. enum. 441.) leaves with 4-5 P^|!^ 



JlcaparUlo. The legume, according to Bonpland, is terete ; it oblong usuallv obtuse leaflets, outer ones the largest, wi 



of 



is therefore probably a species of Chamcefistula. 

 Alcaparillo Wild-senna. Shrub. 



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