LEGUMINOSiE. CCLXXIL Cassia. 



447 



wliich are pubescent as well as the branches and petioles ; petiole 

 bearing a pedicellate gland at the base ; pedicels solitary, axil- 

 lary, 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves, bibracteate above the Domingo. 



beneath the lower pair; pedicels hairy, 1 -flowered, axillary, 

 longer than the petioles, T2 . S. Native of Jamaica and St. 



middle; legumes rather pubescent. 1^. S. Native of St. Do- 



mingo. 

 Pygmy Cassia. 



PI. prostrate. 



Twiggy Cassia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1810. Sh. 2 to 3 ^^eu 

 148 C. Swa'rtzii (Wicks, obs. fl. st. Barth, p. 411.) branches 

 pubescent ; leaves with 9-12 pairs of obhquely hnear, glabrous 



140 C. PiLosA (Lin. spec. 540.) erect; leaves with 5 pairs of leaflets, which are obtuse and mucronate at the apex; petiole 

 oblong, cihated leaflets, ending in a bristle ; petioles glandless ; furnished with a gland at the base ; stipulas lanceolate, acumin- 



stems straight, and are as well as the petioles beset with long, 

 spreading, stiff hairs ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, solitary, 

 bibracteate at the base, longer than the leaves. Tf . S. Native 

 of Jamaica. Swartz, obs. 160. 

 Pilose Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 to 2 feet, 

 141 C. gra'mmica (Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 55.^ erect; leaves 

 with 6-7 pairs of canescent, pubescent leaflets ; branches and 

 petioles clothed with velvety hairs ; leaflets oblong, mucronate, 

 veiny beneath, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole below the 

 lower pair of leaflets; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered, 

 length of petiole ; legumes pubescent, 

 and St. Domingo. 



WViwen-veined Cassia. 



h . S. Native of Cuba 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



ated, pubescent on the outside ; sepals acuminated. ^2 • S, 

 Native of the island of St. Bartholomew. Flowers large. Le- 

 gume compressed, marginated, a little curved, glabrous, 8-10- 

 seeded. Allied to C. virgata* 

 Swartz' s Cassia. Shrub 1 foot, 



149 C. BREVIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 651.) plant diffuse; 

 leaves with 10-12 pairs of oblong, glabrous, obtuse, somewhat 

 3-nerved leaflets ; petiole glandless ; stipulas lanceolate-linear, 

 acuminated ; pedicels 1-flowered, axillary, twice the length of 

 the leaves, bibracteolate above the middle. Tj , S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Leaflets a line long. 



Short-leajletted Cassia. Shrub 1 foot. 



150 C. Ni'cTiTANS (Lin. spec. 549. exclusive of the syno- 



142 C. se'rpens (Lin. spec- 541.) plant rather procumbent ; nyme of Rumph.) erectish ; leaves with 8-12 pairs of oblong- 

 leaves with 7 pairs of oblong- linear, mucronate leaflets ; petioles linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets; petioles villous, bearing a 

 and branches glabrous, with a sessile gland on the petiole be- 

 neath the leaflets; pedicels 2-3-together in a fascicle, supra- 

 axillary, l-flowered, shorter than the petioles; legumes smoothish, 

 apiculated by the style. - - 



obs. 161. ' 



©. S. 

 Collad. mon. 128. 



somewhat pedicellate gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; 



pedicels supra-axillary, very short; legumes pubescent. ©. G. 



Native of the West Indies, Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Lin. 



Native of Jamaica. Swartz, hort. cliff, t. SQ. — Pluk. t. 314. f. 5. Grimaldia assurgens, 



Flowers small. 



Schrank. Flowers pentandrous. 



Twinkling Cassia. Fl. July. Ch. 1800. 



PI. 1 foot. 



151 C. cHAMiECRisTA (Liu. spcc. 542. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyme of Comm.) erect; leaves with 10-12 pairs of oblong- 



Creeping Cassia. PI. procumbent at the base. 



143 C. FAScicuLA TA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 262.) leaves 



With 8-9 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate leaflets, with a sessile ..^. .,. y , ,^^ , .- ^ — ^ 



^T^ 1 ^^ the petiole; pedicels in lateral fascicles; legumes linear, mucronate leaflets, with a sessile gland on the petiole, 



beneath the lower pair ; pedicels 2-3-together, in a fascicle, su- 

 pra-axillary, shorter than the petioles ; legumes rather hispid. 

 ^ . S. Native of the West Indies, Carolina, and Virginia. 

 Abbot, insect. Georg. t. 94. Curt. hot. mag. 107. C. pul- 

 ch611a, Salisb. prod. p. S%Q. Flowers small. The leaves are a 

 good substitute for senna. 



Var. /3, stricta (Schrank, hort. mon. t. 34.) leaves with 10 

 pairs of leaflets ; flowers nearly axillary. 0. S. Native of 



Jamaica. 



Ground-crista or Dwarf Cassia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1699. 



PI. 1 foot. 



152 C. GLANDULosA (Liu. spcc 542.) erect; leaves with 10- 



sraooth, rather arched. %. G. Native of Pennsylvania, Vir- 

 ginia, and Carolina. Ell. sketch. 473. 



i^a^cic/erf-flowered Cassia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



144 C. TRiFLoRA (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 480.) erect ; leaves 

 With 6-10 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, glabrous, rather 

 ciliated leaflets, with a sessile gland on the petiole beneath the 



low 



ower pair ; petioles and branches puberulous ; pedicels 3 in a 

 |ascicle, supra-axillary, bibracteolate above the middle, shorter 

 3n the petioles ; bracteoles and stipulas linear-lanceolate, 



C. venosa, 



[!;any-nerved. ©. ? S. Native country' unknown, 

 ^a^ign. ex Zucc. cent. 1. p. 68. Flowers large. 



^hree-fowered Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 ft. 



A^^' i^olyade'na (D. C. mem. soc. hist, nat. gen. 2. p. 2. 

 • i32.) erect; Teaves with 6-8 pairs of oblong, obtuse, glabrous 



12 pairs of oblong, mucronate, glabrous leaflets, with a pedicel- 



1 fl '' "*'^^''' weaves wjin o-o pairs oi ooiong, ooiuse, giauruus late gland on the petiole beneath the lower pair, and some be- 



Tk ^^' ^'^^ch are cuneated at the base ; branches and petioles tween the leaflets ; pedicels aggregate, supra-axillary ; legume 



ft^^'^^^V S^^"^^^ 2-4 on the petiole, sessile, placed beneath and smoothish. 0.S. Nativeofthe West Indies. Collad. mon. p. 129. 



atn^^ .!.»._ .... Glandular Cassia, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 foot. 



153 C. ciNE*REA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 599.) 

 a much-branched procumbent shrub, clothed with grey adpressed 

 down ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of linear, rather cultriform, ob- 

 liquely semi-cordate leaflets, with a marginal mucrone each ; 

 petiole furnished with a gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; 

 stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 5-ncrved ; pedicels soli- 

 tary or twin, axillary, or supra-axillary, bibracteate ; stamens all 

 fertile. h . S. Native of Mexico, on the sea-shore between 



among the pairs of leaflets ; pedicels 2-3-together, in a fascicle, 

 "pra- axillary, bibracteolate above the middle, shorter than the 

 petioles ; bracteoles and stipulas acute and small. ©. ? S. Na- 

 ive of Guadaloupe. Nearly allied to C. plandulbsa, but differs 

 •n the glands being sessile. 



^ony gjanded Cassia. PI. 1| foot, 

 with 7 ^"^^ia'nni (D. C. prod. 2. p. 502.) erectish ? leaves 

 cil' ^^.P^""^ °^ oblong, awnedly mucronate, glabrous, rather 

 'a ed leaflets, with a sessile gland at the base of the petiole ; xc.»..ic. r? . «. x,c....tv, v.. ..^^^.^v,, ^.. ^..^ ^^^-^„y^.^ 



i/,]^ axillary, bracteolate, in fascicles; legumes glabrous, Tecoluta and Villa Rica. Legume 4-1 2-seeded, black, 

 ^ut puberulous at the sutures. - - ^— - ' - " ^- - ■ o. . .... 



h 



Native of the Cape of 



« -r— C. flexuosa, Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 12. exclusive 



^^^^lesynonymes. ^ 



f "i:^«n«'« Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. PI. 1 foot. 

 ^ij;l/"- yiRGATA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 728.)erect; leaves 

 rath ^f^^^ ^^ ovate-lanceolate, mucronate leaflets, which are 



"^r villous beneath, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole 



Cinereous Cassia. Shrub procumbent- 



154 C. Pavonia'na ; stem pubescent, simple ; leaves with 

 10-20 pairs of linear, cuspidate, nerved leaflets ; stipulas subu- 

 late, nerved; peduncles 1-2-flowered, bracteate; petiole bear- 

 ing a gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets. fj . S. Native 

 of Peru. (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Favon*s Cassia. PI. 2 feet. 



