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LEGUMINOSiE. CCLXXIL Cassia. 



155 C. MiMosoiDES (Lin. spec. 543.) erect; leaves with 10- the lower pair; pedicels nearly axillary, 1-flowered, solitary, 



12 pairs of linear, mucronate leaflets, with a pedicellate gland 

 on the petiole between the lower pair ; pedicels axillary, 1-2- 

 together, 1-flowered, much shorter than the petioles; branches 



pubescent; legumes glabrous. ©.? S. Native of Java and Collad. mon, p. 127. 



bibracteate above the middle, much shorter than the petioles ; 

 branches and legumes pubescent. 0. S, Native of the East 

 Indies. C. prociimbens, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 380. but not. ed. 2. 



Pluk. aim. t. 120. f. 1. 



Ceylon. 



Mimosa-like Cassia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1806. 



PI. 2 feet. 



Dwarf Cassia,* Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. proc. 



164 C. procu'mbens (Willd. spec. 2. p. 530.) procumbent; 



156 C. calycioi'des (D. C. in Collad. mon. 125. t. 20. f. B.) leaves with many pairs of leaflets; petioles glandless. ©• H. 



erect; leaves with 10-13 pairs of linear, mucronate leaflets, 

 which are lined with nerves beneath, with a pedicellate gland on 

 the petiole beneath the lower pair ; branches, petioles, and le- 



Native of Virginia and Carolina. 

 Procumbent Cassia. Fl. June, July. 



Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 543, 



Clt. 1806. 



PI. proc. 



165 C. DiFFu'sA (D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 2. p. 130.) 



gumes pilose; peduncles axillary, divided nearly to the base plant diffusely procumbent, smoothish; leaves with 8-15 pairs 



into 2 or 3 1-flowered pedicels. ©. S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Calyciiim-like Cassia. PI. 1 foot. 



of linear mucronate leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on the 

 petiole beneath the lower pair ; pedicels supra-axillary, solitary, 



157 C.FLAVi'coMA (H. B. et Kunth,nov. gen. amer,6.p. 366.) bibracteate in the middle, much shorter than the petioles ; le- 



branches clothed with soft, yellow villi ; leaves with 12-13 pairs 

 of linear-oblong, pubescent leaflets, with a stipitate gland imme- 

 diately under the lower pair; pedicels 1-2, rather supra-axillary, 

 beset with villi. Tj . S. Native of South America, on the 

 l)anks of the Orinoco. 



Yellow-haired Ctissm. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



gumes glabrous. ©. S. Native of Porto-Rico- 

 Diffuse Cassia. Shrub proc. 



166 C. PEDicELLA^Ris (D. C. prod. 2. p. 504.) branches pu- 

 bescent; leaves with 15-20 pairs of glabrous, linear, mucronate 

 leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole beneath the lower 

 pair ; pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, length of the leaves; legumes 

 158 C. RAMOsissiMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. glabrous. T2 • S- Native of St. Domingo. Nearly allied to C. 



367.) branches tomentose ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of linear- 

 oblong glabrous leaflets, with rather scabrous margins, and with 

 the nerve pilose beneath ; petiole bearing a stipitate gland beneath 

 the lower pair of leaflets ; pedicels usually solitary, supra-axil- 

 lary, villously pubescent. ^2 • ^* Native of Mexico, on the 

 mount JoruUo. Legume unknown. 



Much-branched Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



diffusa^ but the flowers are 3 times the size* 



Pedicellate Cassia. Shrub diffuse. 



167 C. ripa'ria (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 269.) 

 branches pubescent; leaves with 16-19 pairs of linear glabrous 

 leaflets, which are adpressedly ciliated on the margins ; petiole 

 bearing a stipitate gland beneath the ultimate pair of leaflets ; 

 pedicels 1-2, pilose, supra-axillary; legumes pilose. Ij • ^* 



159 C. TRisTicuLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. Native on the banks of the river Magdalena, near Mompex 



367.) branches hairy ; leaves with 14-16 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 CLiltriform, pilose leaflets, with a stipitate gland on the petiole 

 beneath the lower pair ; pedicels solitary or twin, pilose, hardly 

 fnpra-axillary ; legumes pilose. Ij . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada, near Fusagasuga, and of Mexico, near Jalapa. C. hirta, 

 H. W.no. 7988. 



Darkish Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



160 C. Feupe'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 0. p. 



i with usually 12 pairs of 



368.) branches hairy, tomentose ; 1 



linear-oblong, acutely piliferous, glabrous, rather ciliated leaflets. 



River-side Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



168 C. ^scHYNOMENE (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 127. t. 17.) 

 plant rather diffuse ; leaves with 18-20 pairs of linear, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous leaflets ; petiole smoothish, bearing a sub-sessile 

 gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; pedicels supra -axillary, 

 aggregate, short ; flowers heptandrous. ©. S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. Breyn. cent. t. 24. Legume rather puberulous. 



jEschynomene-like Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Sh. 1 ft. 



109 C. stipula'ta; stem, petioles, and peduncles thickly 



beset with horizontal, stiff*, yellowish hairs ; leaves with 18-20 



stipulas 



with a small sessile gland on the petiole beneath the lower pair, pairs of lanceolate, cuspidate, hairy, nerved leaflets ; 



and some also between the pairs ; pedicels 1-2-together, pubes- ovate, cuspidate, nerved, oblique at the base, tapering much to 



cent, hardly supra-axillary. T2 • S. Native of South America, the apex. 



in the province of Jaen de Bracamoros, near San-Felipe. 



San-Felipe Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



161 C. I'uopiNQUA (H. B.et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 369.) 

 branches densely clothed with yellow pubescence ; leaves with 



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



Stipulate Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



170 C, patella ria (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 125. t. 16.) 

 erect, clothed with villous pubescence ; leaves with 18-20 pairs 

 of linear cuspidate leaflets, with 1 or 2 sessile glands along the 



10-14 pairs of oblong-linear glabrous leaflets, which are a little petiole; pedicels supra-axillary, short, in fascicles; calyx ann 



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ciliated on the margins ; petiole bearing a stipitate gland imme- 

 liately under the ultimate pair of leaflets ; pedicels 3-4-together, 

 pubescent, supra-axillary ; legumes pubescent, 8-10-seeded. Tj . 

 S. Native of Cumana, near Caripe, and on mount Cocollar, 

 and of Mexico. Very like C jEschynomene. 

 Related Cassia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



legumes hairy. ©. S. 

 Little-Dish Cassia. 



Native of Cayenne and Panama 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



171 C. Parkeria^na (D.C. prod. 2. p. 5Q5.) erect, pube- 

 rulous ; leaves with 20 pairs of oblong, mucronate, glabrous 

 leaflets, with a pedicellate turbinate gland on the petiole beneath 

 the lower pair ; peduncles supra-axillary, branched, many-flow- 

 " - *^ ^ -^ ' Native about 



p. 388.) erect ; leaves with 12-18 pairs of linear leaflets, ending 

 each in a somewhat hooked point, and with a sessile gland at the 

 base of the petiole; branchlets villous ; pedicels axillary, soli- 

 tary, 1 -flowered, bibracteolate in the middle. Ij . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, am'ong grass. Collad. mon. p. 124. 

 t. 19. B- Lodd. hot. cab. 511. 



Cape Cassia. Fl. June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 



163 C. pu'mila (Lam. diet. 1. p. 651.) plant diffusely pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of linear, rather mucronate, 

 ciliated leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole beneath 



h. S. 



102 C. Cape'nsis (Thurib. prod. 79. fl. cap. ed. Schultes, 1. ered ; legumes shining, rather pilose. , - -. 



Demerara. Habit of G. Leschenaultiana, but differs in the glands 

 being pedicellate. 



ParA:er'5 Cassia. Fl. Antr. Sonf. rif-1817. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl.Aug.Sept. Clt. 1817. 



172 C. Otterbe'inii (Mey. prim, esseq. 169.) leaves with %y) 



pairs of obi 



on the petiole 



long-linear glabrous leaflets, with a pedicellate glanrt 

 iole between the lower pair ; petioles, pedicels, an 



branches clothed with canescent pili ; pedicels 2-3-together, ex 



tra-foliaceous ; legumes shining, rather pilose 

 of Guiana, in bushy places near Essequebo. 

 Otterbcin's Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



b.S. Native 



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