LEGUMINOS^. CCLXXII. Cassia. 



443 



longest, with acute glands on the petiole, one beneath or be- 5-6 pairs of oval-lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets, with a gland 



tween the lower pair of leaflets, and another between the outer 

 pair. 1? . S. Native of St. Domingo. From the situation of 

 the glands this species appears to be intermediate between the 

 present and tbe preceding division of the genus. 



Long-siliqued Wild-senna, 

 a to 6 feet. 



at the base of the petiole ; peduncles usually 2-flow^ered, axil- 

 Native of 



lary, and terminal ; legumes linear, straight. 

 Carolina. 



Tj. S. 



FI. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 



72 C. falca'ta (Lin, spec. 539.) leaves with 4 pairs of ovate- 

 lanceolate, retro-falcate leaflets, outer ones the largest, and with 

 the outer side broadest, with a gland at the base of the petiole. 

 0. S. Native of South America. 



Fa/ca/e-leafletted Wild-senna. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



73 C, YENENiFERA (Meyer, prim, esseq. 167.) leaves with 4 



Said to be nearly allied to C, occidentalis. Leaflets 

 narrow and very acute, ex Michx., ovate ex Ell, sketch. 472. 

 Legume compressed, ex Michx., terete, ex Ell. 



Z?wcar-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



80 C. PA^TULA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 51.) leaves with 5-6 pairs 

 of oblong, acutish, glabrous leaflets, with a gland at the base 



S. Native of the West 



of the petiole ; branches short. 

 Indies. 



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Spreading VfM-senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt, 1778. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



pairsof oval hairy leaflets, with a gland at the base of the petiole; 81 C. pube'scens (Jacq. fragm. 46. t. 57.) leaves with 3-5 



racemes axillary, few-flowered; legumes pubescent. ^2 • S. pairs of ovate-lanceolate acuminated leaflets, which are pubes- 



Native of Guiana, near Essequebo, in bushy sandy places, where cent beneath and on the margins branches and petioles, with 



It is called Piamij and where the roots are used by the inhabi- an obovate thick gland at the base of the petiole ; racemes ter- 



tants to intoxicate fish by throwing them in the water. minal ; peduncles short, S-d-flowered. ^ . S. Native country 



Poison-hearing Wild-senna. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



74 C. iEoYPTf ACA (Willd. enum. 442.) leaves with 6 pairs of Pubescent Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 ft. 



lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets, outer ones the largest, with 82 C. Ca'nca (Cav. descrip. pi. 131.) leaves with 6 pairs of 



unknown. 



a lanceolate gland at the base of the petiole ; racemes terminal ; 

 peduncles 2-flowered. Fj . S. Native of Egypt. 



Egyptian Wild-senna- Fl. May. Clt. 1822. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



75 C. occidenta'us (Lin. spec. 539.) leaves with 4-6 pairs 

 of ovate-lanceolate leaflets, with pubescent margins, and with a 



ovate-lanceolate, somewhat ciliated leaflets, with a sessile gland 

 at the base of the petiole ; flowers sub-umbellate ; legumes 

 almost quadrangular, T2 . S. Native of Cumana. Lag. ex Rod. 

 in ann. scienc. nat. 1802. vol. 5. p. 70. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from C occidentalis. 



thick gland at the base of the petiole ; peduncles short, 2-4-flow- Canca Wild-senna. Shrub 2 to 3 feet, 



ered, lower ones axillary, the rest disposed in a terminal raceme ; -- ^ . ,-^ ^ 



legumes flat, compressed, with the sutvires tumid. O. S. 

 tive of South America and the West India Islands. 



83 C. sulca'ta (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 90. no. 58.) leaves 

 Na- with 6-9 pairs of oval-oblong bluntish leaflets, which are pubes- 

 cent beneath and on the margins, with an ovate thick gland at 

 the base of the petiole ; branches glabrous, furrowed. T2 • *^- 

 Native of South America. Collad. mon. p. 110. t. 6. C. cer- 

 nua, Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. p. 22. 



Furro7ved VfM-senna. Fl.Ju. July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



84 C. RusciFOLiA (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. p. 71.) leaves with 6 

 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, almost glabrous leaflets, with a terete 

 gland at the base of the petiole ; legumes compressed, oblong- 

 linear, tapering at both ends, with the sutures prominent. ^ . S. 

 Native of Caraccas. H. B, etKunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 355, 



Ruscus'leaved Wild-senna. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



-- --, -,- Sloane, 



lust. 2. p. 175. f. 3, 4. Ker, hot. reg. t. 83. C. planisfliqua, Lin. 

 spec. 540. C. Caroliniana, Walt. car. 135 ? ex Ell. sketch. 471. 

 U occidentalis, Burrn. ind. 96. Jhis is a very common species 

 about Kingston in Jamaica, where it is called stinking-weed. 

 1 lie tops of the plant are commonly employed in all resolutive 

 oaths, and it is accounted a very powerful ingredient on such 

 occasions. 



Var. /3, glabra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 497.) leaflets nearly elliptic, 

 glabrous. C. geminiflora, Schranck, hort. mon. t. 26. 



Var. y, arislata (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets ovate-lanceolate, with 



pubescent margins, awnedly-mucronate at the apex. Collad. S5 C. ligu'strina (Lin. spec. 541.) leaves with 7 pairs of 



^on. p. 108. 



lanceolate, acuminated, rather ciliated leaflets, with a terete erect 



OcciJen^a/ Wild-senna. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.1759. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. gland, which is rather distant from the base of the petiole. Tj . S, 



76 C. purpu'rea (Roxb. et Jacq. fil. ex Schrad. in litt. D. C. 

 P^od. 1. c.) leaves with 5 pairs of ovate-lanceolate glabrous leaf- 

 lets, with a small obtuse gland at the base of the petiole ; pe- 

 ojincles 3 times shorter than the leaves, 4-6-flowered. 

 Native of the East Indies. Lindl. bot. reg. 856. Stems purple 

 ^ the base. Flowers yellow, as in the rest of the species. 

 g^me unTtnown. 



T;. S. 



Le- 



Very like C occidentalis. 



Purple^stemmed Wild-senna. 

 ^ to 4 feet. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1821. Sh. 



Native of America, from Cayenne to Virginia. — Dill. hort. elth. 

 350. t. 250. f. 328. 



Privet'like Wild-senna. Fl. July. Clt. 1726. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



86 C. ROBiNioiDEs (Willd. enum. 443.) leaves with 6-9 pairs 

 of lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, with a sessile gland 

 at the base of the petiole. Tj . S. Native of South America. 



Robinia-like Wild-senna. Clt. 1823. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



S7 C. MARYLA'NDicA(Lin. spec. 541.) leaves with 8-9 pairs of 

 ovate-oblong, equal, mucronate leaflets, with an ovate gland at 



• k J^'tida (Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb.) hairy ; leaves the base of the petiole ; racemes axillary, many-flowered, shorter 



jHth 5 pairs of ovate acute leaflets ; racemes axillary, about the than the leaves ; legumes compressed, linear, hispid, at length 

 ^^gth of ^ the leaves; legumes ovate, membranous, cuspidate, glabrous. 1/. H. Native of North America, in temperate 



places. Schkuhr, handb. 1. t. 113.— Dill. hort. elth. t. 260. f. 



239. Root with black fibres. The leaves are used in North 



cj— ^L Lue leaves; 1 



;<'S Native of Chili. 



< \^- iNative of Chili. Stipulas ovate, oblique at the base. 

 etiole bearing a gland below some of the pairs of leaflets. 



Fetid Wild-senna. Shrub. 



America as a substitute for senna. 



'^8 C. hirsu'ta (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 231.) leaves with 4-6 pairs Maryland Wild-senna. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1723. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



~ 88 C. polya'ntha (Moc. et Sesse, in Collad. mon. p. 112. 



1 1^^^' broadly-ovate, acuminated leaflets, with a depressed 

 gand at the base of the petiole; racemes axillary, short, 

 crowded ; calyx very villous. T? . S. Native of South America. 

 ^' Uraccas^na, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 270. 



t. 2.) leaves with 12 pairs of oval mucronate leaflets, with an 

 ovate thick gland at the base of the petiole ; flowers panicled, 



JJairy Wild-senna. 



.. _- Fl.July. 



'^ C. LINEARIS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 261.) leaves with 



corymbous ; legumes compressed, and furnished with a narrow 

 Clt. 1778. Shrub 3 to 6 feet, wing on both sutures. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. 



Many-JloTvered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



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