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LEGUMINOSiE. CCLXXII. Cassia. 



54 C- Berteria^na (Balb. herb, ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 496.) 



Far, y^pubhcens (CoUad. mon. p. 106.) branches clothed with 



leaves with 7-10 pairs of elliptic mucronate leaflets, which are velvety down, as well as the under surface of the leaves. Tj- S. 

 unequal at the base, with a thick obtuse gland on the petiole, Native of St. Domingo. 



sometimes at the base, and sometimes between the lower pair ; 



under side of the leaves, as well as the petioles and branches deep green ; flowers sublateral. 



Far. dj galegifoUa (Collad. 1. c.) glabrous ; leaflets larger, 



rather puberulous ; peduncles axillary, short, few-flowered. 



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Native of St. Domingo. It is allied to C frondosa 

 differs in the glands being very obtuse, not acutely ovate, as in 

 that species. 



Bertero's Wild-senna. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



leaves with 3 pairs of ovate, glabrous, mucro- 



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gland on the petiole between the lower pair; stipulas linear, lan- 

 ceolate, short ; flowers axillary, racemose. Tj . S. Native of 

 the West Indies. C. Berterii, Coll. hort. rip. p. 30. t. 24. 



Co//aV Wild-senna. FK May, July. Clt.1824. Sh. 8 to 10 ft. 



5G C. stipula'cea (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 52.) leaves with 8 



pairs of ovate -lanceolate glabrous leaflets, with a gland on the and calyxes; upper surface of the leaflets hardly pubescent; 



petiole between the lower pair ; stipulas ovate, large. 

 Native of Chili. Feuill. per. 2. p. 56. t. 42. 



b. S. 



* Large- stipuledVfildsennsi. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub. 

 57 C. auricula'ta (Lin. spec. 542.) leaves w^ith 8-12 pairs of 

 oval, obtuse, rather mucronate leaflets, which are puberulous 

 when young, but at length become nearly glabrous, with nume- 

 rous subulate glands on the petiole ; stipulas reniform ; racemes 



, S, Native of 



leaves with 7-8 pairs of lanceolate, mucronate leaflets, which 

 are oblique at the base ; petiole bearing glands, one between each 

 pair of leaflets ; racemes shorter than the leaves, somewhat co- 



T2 . S. Native of Peru. C. pubescens, 



rymbose at the apex. 



Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



YelloTvish Wild-senna. 



Stem simple. 



Shrub. 



axillary ; bracteas oval-oblong, mucronate. 

 the East Indies, 



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sometimes wanting. 



Pluk. aim, t. 314. f. 4. Glands on the petioles 



^5 C. aurantia (Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb.) pubescent; 

 leaves with 6 pairs of elliptic, oblique, obtuse, mucronate leaf- 

 lets, with an acute gland on the petiole between the lower pair; 

 racemes axillary, longer than the leaves. ^2 . S. Native of 



Auricled Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1777. Sh. 4 to C ft. Peru. Flowers orange-coloured. 



58 C. Gaudichau'di (Hook, in Beech, voy. append, p. 81.) 

 leaves with 4 pairs of elliptic-oblong, rather emarginate, glabrous 

 leaflets, which are pale beneath, with a linear obtuse gland on 

 the petiole between the lower pair ; stipulas subulate ; racemes 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, linear, 

 compressed, membranous, usually 8-seeded. l^ . G. Native of 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



Gaudichaud's Wild-senna. Shrub. 



59 C. Chatelainia^na (Gaud, in Freycenet, voy. part, bot. 



Shrub. 



Orange-Bowered Wild-senna. 



66 C. angustisi'liqua (Lam. diet. 1. p. 649.) leaves with 10 

 pairs of oblong, acute, awned leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on 

 the petiole between the lower pair of leaflets ; legumes linear, 



S. Native of St. Domlnao. Plum. ed. Bunii. 



compi'essed. 

 t. 78. f. 2. 



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Flowers large. 



Narrow-podded Wild-senna. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 

 67 C. MARGiNA'TA (WiUd. cuum. 444. but not of Roxb.) 

 leaves with usually 15 pairs of linear-elliptic leaflets, with a su- 



p. 485. t. 111.) leaves with 4-5 pairs of lanceolate-linear, thick- bulate gland on the petiole between each of the pairs 

 ish, glabrovis leaflets, with stipitate glands on the petiole, one Native of Surinam ; the rest unknown. 



below each pair of leaflets ; umbels axillary, stalked, few-flow- 

 ered ; sepals obtuse ; legumes membranous, flat, smooth. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the western coast. 



Chatelaines Wild-senna. Shrub. 



60 C. suFFRUTicosA (Roth, nov. spec. 21 3-) leaves with 9 pairs 

 of oval, obtuse, rather pilose leaflets, which are glaucous be- 

 neath, with a pedicellate gland between each of the 2 lower pairs 

 on the petiole ; stipulas linear, rather falcate ; corymbs fasti- 



. S. Native of the East Indies. 



giate 



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Sum 



Shrub. 



Margined Wild-senna. Shrub. 



68 C. Selloi ; branches and petioles pubescent; leaves with 

 numerous pairs of lanceolate-linear mucronate leaflets, which are 

 glaucous beneath, with a gland between the lower pair ; racemes 

 forming terminal panicles, ^i . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 



Sello's Wild-senna. Shrub. . ^ . 



69 C. callia'ntha (Meyer, prim, esseq. 169.) leaves with ^4 

 pairs of oblong-linear, glabrous leaflets, with a subulate gland on 

 the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes terminal; legumes 

 glabrous. '^.S. Native of Guiana, near Essequibo. Flowers 



61 C. fastigia'ta (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 57.) leaves with 9 pairs large. According to Meyer this species is allied to Ponciana* 

 of oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, with a pedicellate gland be- 



tween each of the pairs of pinnae on the petiole ; calyx clothed 

 with canescent villi, ii . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 



Fastigiate Wild-senna. 



4 to 6 feet. 

 62 C. F 



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of oval-oblong, smoothish, bluntish leaflets, with a cylindrical 

 gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves. T2 . S. Native of South America. 

 Far, a, teninssima (Zucc. obs. no. 70.) branches and petioles 



leaflets smaller. Tj . S. Native of Cuba, 



Beauiiful-flowered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



70 C. MutisiVna (Kunth, mim. p. 142. t. 43. nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. S59,) leaves with 40-50 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets^ 

 which are rounded at the apex, puberulous above, but hairy-pu- 

 bescent beneath, as well as the petioles ; branches very hispia ; 

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

 axillary, sohtary, and twin. \i . S. Native of New Granada. 

 Legume linear, membranous, glabrous. 



Mutisms Wild-senna. Shrub. 



Seeds 20-26. 



rather pubescent ; 

 about the Havannah 



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Far. /3, crista (J acq. icon. rar. 1. t. 74.) branches and peti 

 smoothish ; leaflets larger. ^ . S. Native of Florida and 

 Domingo. 



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Basiglandulosce (from basis, the base, and glandula, a 

 gland ; leaves furnished with a gland at the base of the petiole;. 

 Leaves with a sessile gland at the base of the petiole* 



71 C. LoNGisiLiQUA (Liu. fil. suppl. 230.) leaves with 4-^ 

 pairs of ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous leaflets, outer ones tlie 



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Frondose Wild-senna. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1769. Shrub 



3 to 6 feet. 



63 C. polyphy'lla (Jacq. icon. rar. t. 460.) leaves with 10- 

 12 pairs of elliptic-obtuse, somewhat mucronate, ciliated leaflets, ] 

 with an oblong gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; pe- 

 duncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves. T2 . S. Native of 



nulate leaflets, which are margined with white, with a pedicellate Porto-Rico. There is sometimes a gland between more of the 



pairs of leaflets than the lower one. 



Many-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Sh. 



4 to 6 feet. 



64 C. lute'scens ; stems clothed with yellowish tomentum, 

 as well as the petioles and under surface of the leaves, peduncles, 



