LEGUMINOS^. CCLXXII, Cassia. 



411 



UnequalAea^etted Wild-senna. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. p. 411.) stems angular, glabrous; brandies terete, pubescent; 



39 C. Acapulce'nsis (H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. leaves with 3-7 pairs of obcordate, cuspidate, glabrous leaflets, 



353.) leaves with 4 pairs of obovate-elliptic leaflets^ which are with a pedicellate gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; 



rounded at the apex, glabrous above, but puberulous beneath, legumes compressed, pubescent; peduncles "sub-terminal, fili- 



and dotted, with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; form, 1 -flowered, bibracteolate both at the base and in the mid- 



peJimcles axillary, 2-flowered. ^ . S. Native of Mexico, near die. Tj . S. Native of the Island of St. Bartliolomew. Flowers 



Acapulco. 



Acapulcc 

 3 to 4 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1S23. Shrub 



40 



large, yellow. 



OhcordateAe^Aetted Wild-senna. Shrub. 



48 C. pa'llida (Vahl. eel. amer. 3. p. 12.) leaves with 5-6 



C. GLAu'cA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 647.) leaves with 4-6 pairs pairs of oval glabrous leaflets, outer ones somewhat cuneatcd 



of oval, acutish, glaucous leaflets, with a sessile oblong gland on 

 the. petiole between each of the 3 lower pairs ; stipulas linear, 

 subulate, spreading. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. C. 

 Surratensis, Burm. ind. 97. 



and mucronate, with a clavate gland on the petiole between the 

 lower 



pair ; peduncles 

 Native of St. Martha. 



axillary, usually 4-flowered. Tj . S. 

 Legume linear, straight. 



Pale-Jlorvered Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 



with glands, usually with one between each pair of leaflets ; le- 

 gumes compressed, pubescent. Tj . S. Native of South Amc- 



Santa-Fe-de-Bogota. 



C. 



multigh 



H. B. et Kunth, nov. genr 



Glaucous Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 4 to 6 ket. ; 49 C. tomentosa (Lam. diet, 1. p. C47.) leaves witli G-8 pairs 



41 C. FCETiDi'ssiMA (Ruiz ct Pav. in herb. Lamb.) pubescent ; of oval-oblong obtuse leaflets, which are nearly glabrous above, 

 leaves with 5 pairs of elliptic-lanceolate cuspidate leaflets, which but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath; petiole furnished 

 are glaucous beneath, with a gland on the petiole between the 

 lower pair; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves. ^2 . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers pale, with purple veins. 



Very-fetid Wild-senna. Shrub. 



42 C. sulphu'rea (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 84.) leaves with 

 5-6 pairs of oval-oblong leaflets, which are glaucous beneath, in 

 the adult state they are glabrous, but when young they are pu- 

 berulous, as well as the branches and petioles ; petioles fur- 

 nished with glands, one between each of the 3 or 4 lower pairs 

 of leaflets; stipulas linear-subulate, rather falcate ; racemes axil- 

 Jary, erect, shorter than the leaves. 

 Indies 



dulosa, Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 72. 



and the Mauritius, where 

 Kheed. mal. 6. t. 9. and t. 10. 



P- 56. but not of Mill. Robinia Javanica, Burm. fl. ind. 163. 

 i'egume flat, compressed, 4-5 inches long, erect. Flowers sul- 

 pnur-coloured. 



'S'u/pAwr-coloured-flowered Wild-senna. 

 iSOO. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



rica, near 

 amer. 6. p. 345. 



Var. /3, dlh'ida (Ort. dec. 8. p. 92.) leaves with 2-5 pairs of 

 oblique oval leaflets ; glands subulate. T? . S. Native of New 

 Spain. Flowers pale yellow. 



Towen^o^^ Wild-senna. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1822. Shrub 



5 to 7 feet. 



50 C. cA^NA (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 33.) leaves 



T2 . S. Native of the East with 6-8 pairs of oblong, oblique, acutish leaflets, which are 

 it is probably cultivated. tomentose beneath, with a large subulate gland between each 

 C. arborescens, Vahl. symb. 3. pair except the lower one; stipulas reniform, one of them fur- 

 nished with a cuspidate lobe on one side ; racemes axillary. Jj . 

 S. Native of Brazil, at Barra-das-Veredas. The whole shrub 

 is clothed with canescent tomentum. The legume Is unknown. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 



but the plant itself is said to be nearly allied to C tomentosa. 

 Hoary Wild-senna. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



the petiole between the lower pair; petioles and branches vel- 



S. "" 



43 C. coLUTEoiDEs (Collad. mon. p. 102. t. 12.) leaves with 51 C. Mexica'na (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 203.) leaves with 

 ^-6 pairs of ovate, retuse, glabrous leaflets, outer ones the long- 5-7 pairs of oval-oblong, bluntish pubescent, ciliated leaflets, 

 ^st, with an oblong gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; which are unequal at the base, with an ovate-cylindrical gland on 



corymb terminal ; 2 of the stamens are very long. \ " " " ' * 



country and legumes unknown. 



Cotutea4ike Wild-senna. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



44 C. NEMORosA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 358.) to 10 feet. 



eaves with 5-7 pairs of elliptic, emarginate, glabrous leaflets, 52 C. Barclaya^na (Sweet, fl. 



^itnaglandon the petiole between the lower pair; peduncles 

 axillary and r ' r _ . 



vety. Tj . S. Native of Mexico and St. Domingo. 

 Mexican Wild-senna. FL June, July. Clt. 1824. 



Shrub G 



FIG. 57. 



austr. t. 32.) leaves with 6-8 pairs 

 of linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous 



^ -- — terminal, 2-flowered. Tj . S. Native of South 

 Jnenca, in the province of Jaen de Bracamoros in groves. Said leaflets, wMth a fascicle of glands 



to be allied to C._poZwMa. 

 G^rore Wild-senna. 



between each of the pairs of pinnse, 



- Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 45 C. RiFLORA (Lin. amoen. 5. p. 397.) leaves with 6-8 pairs 

 |> oval-oblong or obovate, rather glabrous leaflets, with a subu- 

 a ^ gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; peduncles 2-4- 

 ^ovvercd, much shorter than the leaves. 



jniencaand the West India Islands. 

 ^ 'um. ed, B 



I fl^'"' ^^'"pervirens {^u. u. cat. liort. monsp. p. vu. no. oo,j 

 ^aHets emarginate, glabrous ; flowers smaller. 



/no-/on'ered Wild-senna. Fl. April, Dec. Clt, 1766. Shrub 



* to 6 feet. 



and one large depressed one at the 

 base of the petiole ; peduncles axil- 

 lary and terminal, many-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; 4 of the 

 h ' S. Native of South stamens sterile. ^ . G. Native of 



r 



urm. t. 78. f. 1. 



Sims, bot. mag. t. 810. 



^^^ ^- GEMiNiFLORA (Moc. et Sesse, in Collad. mon. p. 103. 



• 3.) leaves with 6 pairs of oval equal leaflets ; petioles gland- 



^^&s .^ peduncles axillary, bifid, 2-flowered. 12 • S. Native of 



^^^^.^' V^ry lil^e the preceding species. 



f n:tn-Jforvered Wild-senna. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



New Holland, (f. 57.) 



Barclays Wild-senna. Fl. June, 



Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 2 to 4 



feet. 



53 C. AUSTRALis (Hook. bot. 



mag. 2676.) leaves with 12 pairs 



of oblong- lanceolate leaflets, with 



be- 



gland 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



VOL. n. 



Wick 



a subulate pedicellate 

 tween each of the pairs ; 

 duncles usually 4-flowered. 

 Flowers large, yellow. 



Southern Wild-senna, 

 to 4 feet. 

 3 L 



petals and sepals nearly equal ; pe- 

 \l . G. Native of New Holland. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 



