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LEGUMINOSiE. CCLXXIL Cassia. 



89 C. ni'giucaks (Vahl. symb. L p. 30.) leaves with 14 pairs cuspidate leaflets, which are oblique at the base ; petiole gland- 

 of linear-oblong, very blunt, mucronate leaflets, with a sessile less ; racemes axillary and terminal ; legumes flat, membranous, 

 gland on the petiole beneath the leaflets. Tj . G. Native of ^2 • S. Native of Guayaquil. Flowers pale yellow, painted with 

 Arabia Felix. C. procumbens, Forsk. cat. arab. p. 111. 

 haps belonging to a different section. 



Blackish Wild-senna. Fl. June, July, Clt. 1817. Sh. proc. 



Per- 



purple veins. 



Pam^ec?- flowered Wild-senna. 



Shrub. 



• * * * Eglandulosce (from e, priv. and glandula^ a gland ; 

 there are no glands on the petiole in this division of the genus). 

 Petioles without glands. 



90 C. apiiy'lla (Cav. icon. 6. p. 41. t. 561.) leaves and 

 stipulas wanting ; stem shrubby, dichotomous ; branches spines- with 4-6 pairs of oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, ending in 

 cent at the apex. Tj . S. Native of South America, about an awn; petioles glandiess^; racemes panicled, very long. ^ . S. 

 Buenos Ayres. 



Leafless Wild-senna. Shrub 3 feet. 



99 C. ATOMA^RiA (Lin. spec. 540.) leaves with 5 pairs of ovate 

 tomentose leaflets ; petioles terete, glandless, rather ferruginous. 



>2. S. Native of South America. C. latifolia, Desf. cat. hort. 



par. ed. 1. p. 182. ? 



^fom-bearing Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 



4 to 6 feet. 



100 C. Domixge'nsis (Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 55.) leaves 



91 C. bauba'ta (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn, 12. p. 32.) eel within the calyx. 



Leaflets on long petiolules. Legumes 

 flat, very glabrous, rather shining, 1^ inch long, on a short pedi- 



Native of St. Domingo. 



leaves vvitli 1-2 pairs of ovate-oblong obtuse leaflets, which are 

 pubescent beneath ; petioles and branches clothed with scabrous 

 pubescence ; petiole glandless ; racemes axillary and terminal, 

 elongated, ^ . S. Native of Brazil, on the road to Felisbert. 

 Sutures of the anthers bearded. Stipulas setaceous. Legume 

 hairy. Said to be allied to C. Apoucomta. 



^earJeJ-anthered Wild-senna, Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



92 C. ELLi'pTicA (H. B, et Kunth, nov, gen. amer. 6. p. 35G.) 

 leaves with 2-3 pairs of elliptic retuse leaflets, which are hairy 

 above, and clothed with canescent pubescence beneath ; petiole 

 glandless ; racemes axillary. T2 . S. Native near Cumana, 

 Turbaco, and Campeachy. Legume linear, glabrous. 



£//ip/ic-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt, 1818. 

 Tree 20 to 30 feet, 



93 C. TRiFLORA(Vahl, eel. amer.3. p. 11.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of oblong obtuse leaflets, which are clothed with hoary villi be- 

 neath ; petiole glandless ; peduncles axillary, pubescent, 3-4- 

 flowered. ^ . S. Native of the Island of Santa Cruz. Le- 



St. Domingo Wild-senna. 



Shrub. 



101 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Vahl. symb. 1, p. 29.) leaves with 7 

 pairs of lanceolate glabrous leaflets, outer ones the largest ; pe- 

 tioles glandless ; legumes pendulous. \ , S. Native of Arabia. 



Narrow'leafletted Wild-senna. Shrub. 



102 C. FLORIDA (VahL symb. 3. p. 57.) leaves with 7 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, glabrous, emarginate leaflets ; petioles glandless ; 

 racemes axillary, many- flowered ; bracteas spatulate, ending in 

 a long mucrone. T2 . S. Native of the East Indies, 



Florid Wild-senna. Fl. Ju. July. Clt, 1820. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



103 C. Sia'mea (Lam. diet. 1. p. 648.) leaves with 8-9 pairs 

 of ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets ; petioles glandless ; 

 legumes flat, compressed, marginated. \ . S. Native about 



Siam. 



Siam Wild-senna. Shrub. 



104 C,DUMETORUM(Bert.ined. D. C. prod. 2. p. 499.) leaves 



with 9 pairs of oval leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends, and 

 pubescent beneath, outer ones the largest, and obovate ; petioles 



gume unknown, and therefore the section to which the plant be- glandless, and are, as well as the branches, pubescent ; legumes 



longs is doubtful. 



Three-flowered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



94 C. cane'scens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 357.) 



leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, which are rounded at the apex, 

 hairy above, and clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, upper 

 ones elliptic, the rest smaller and roundish-ovate ; petiole gland- 

 less ; racemes axillary, pendulous. T;. S. Native of South 

 America, near Guayaquil. Legume linear, glabrous, warted. 

 Canescent Wild-senna. Shrub. 



95 C. Peraltea'na (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen, amer. 6. p. 

 356.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of oblong leaflets, which are rounded 

 at the apex, puljerulous above, but clothed with canescent pubes- 

 cence beneath ; petiole glandless ; racemes axillary. ^ . S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Campeachy. Legume unknown. 



PeralVs Wild-senna. Tree. 



96 C. nu*tans (Moc. et Sesse, in Collad. mon. p. 113. t. 4.) 

 leaves with 2-5 pairs of oval glabrous leaflets, the lower pair the 

 smallest; petiole glandless ; branches beset with blunt tu- 

 bercles ; peduncles axillary, racemose, nodding. Ij . S. Native 

 of Mexico. 



Nodding-hrviucheiX Wild-senna. Shrub, 



97 C. emargina'ta (Lin. spec. 538.) leaves with 4 pairs of 

 ovate, obtuse, or rather emarginate leaflets, clothed with hairy 

 pubescence beneath, as well as the branches and petioles ; pe- 

 tioles glandless ; racemes axillary, crowded. Tj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica and St. Domingo. Sloane, hist, 2. p. 180. f. 1-4. 



£»i«rgi«fl/e-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1759. 

 Tree. 



98 C. pi'cTA ; glabrous ; leaves with 5 pairs of ovate-elliptic, 



very flat, attenuated at the base, but obtuse and mucronate at 

 the apex. ^ . S. Native of St. Martha. Stipulas rather spi- 

 nose. Perhaps distinct from the following. 



Hedge Wild-senna. Shrub. , _ 



. 105 C. catha'rtica (Mart. reis. bras, ex Schlecht. Linnaea- 5. 

 p. 41.) plant beset with pili, which are glandular at the base and 

 viscid; petioles glandless; leaves with 8-10 pairs of oblong- 

 elliptic, bluntish, almost mutic leaflets, which are rather unequal 

 at the base ; peduncles axillary ; legumes linear, rather convex, 



an inch long. 



^ . S. Native of Brazil. 



Ca^Aar/ic Wild-senna. Shrub. • • u in 



106 C. RETICULATA (WiUd. cuum. p. 443.) leaves ^'*^^^^^jj 



pairs of oblong leaflets, which are rounded and obtuse at 

 ends, and pubescent beneath, outer ones the largest ; p<^" 

 - ■ - ^ Native of Para, m 



glandless ; legumes compressed. 

 Brazil. 



Tj. S. 



ReticidatedAe^vtdi Wild-senna. Shrub. -- x 



107 C. specta'bilis (D, C, cat. hort. monsp. p. 90. no, i>i'} 

 leaves with 10-12 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, nnicr - 

 nate leaflets ; petioles glandless ; stipulas linear-subulate ; ra- 

 cemes loose, terminal. \i . S. Native of Caraccas. toliaa. 

 mon. p. 115. t. 7- Legume unknown. t. < •« 



Shony Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 

 6 feet. 



108 C. AVERSiFLORA (Herb. mss. Hook. bot. mag. 



2658.) 



leaves with 7 pairs of obovate leaflets, with a fulvous oblong 

 fAf^nA i^« fK« r^«*;«i^ K^#«r^«., *u^ i^,..«^ *^o;». . r»*»diincles ^-now- 



gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; peduncl 

 ered, axillary, glabrous ; stipulas hispid ; legume falcate. 

 Native of Brazil. Flowers large. 



Ij.S. 



