LEGUMINOSiE. . CCLXXII. Cassia. 



449 



. 173 C. a'spera (Muhl. cat. ex Ell. sketch, p. 474.) erect, his- 

 pid ; leaves with 24 pairs of linear-lanceolate ciliated leaflets ; 

 petiole bearing a turbinate gland beneath the lower pair of leaf- 

 lets; peduncles few-flowered, supra-axillary ; flowers either 

 beptandrous or enneandrous, with 3 of the stamens longer than 

 the rest. ©. H. Native of Georgia, in the Island of Eding. 

 Habit of C nictitans. 



Rough Cassia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



174 C. Leschenaultia^na (D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 2. 

 p. 132.) erect ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of oblong-linear cuspidate 181 C. tetraphy'lla (Coll. mon. 130.) leaves with 2 pairs of 



370.) branches flexuous, telragonal, puberulous; leaves with 45- 

 50 pairs of linear glabrous leaflets, with rather hispid scabrous 

 margins, lower ones and stipulas ciliated ; petiole bearing 2 

 glands beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; peduncles 1-2, pilose, 

 axillary. ^ . S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near 

 Maypures, in sandy shady places. 



Sa7id Cassia. Fl. June,May. Clt. 1819. Shrub 1 to 2 ft., 



+ Species not sufficiently known. 



leaflets, which are blunt at both ends ; petiole bearing a sessile 



gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets, and ending in an awn at 



the apex, and is, as well as the branches, pubescent ; pedicels in 



fascicles, supra-axillary ; flowers heptandrous. 

 of Bengal. 



3-4 lines long. Stipulas ending in long taper points, many- 

 nerved at the base, 8 lines long. 

 LeschenauWs Cassia. 



ovate leaflets ; stems procumbent ; flowers solitary, axillary ; 

 legumes hairy. ©. S. Native of Mexico, about Vera Cruz. 

 C. procumbens, Mill. diet. no. 20. but not of Lin. Perhaps the 



Stamens very unequal. Pedicels when in fruit about 



O. H. Native same as C, htspida* 



leqfletted 



PI. proc. 



Calyx smoothish. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



175 C. Wallichia'na (D. C. 1. c.) erect; leaves with 20-25 

 pairs of oblong-linear mucronate leaflets, which are obtuse at 

 both ends ; petioles bearing a sessile gland beneath the lower 

 pair of leaflets, and ending in a bristle at the apex, and is, as 

 well as the branches and calyxes, pubescent ; pedicels in fas- 

 cicles, supra-axillary ; flow^ers decandrous. ©. H. Native of 

 Nipaul C, dimidiata, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 32. D. Don, prod, 

 n. nep. 247. Stamens nearly equal. Stipulas 4-6 lines long. 

 Sometimes there are 2 glands on the petiole, one between each 

 of the 2 lower pairs of leaflets. 



fVaWch's Cassia. 



Clt. 1817. PI. 1 foot. 

 1. 



Fl. June, July. 

 176 C. ANGusTi'ssiMA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 650.) erect; leaves 

 with about 30 pairs of very small, linear, mucronate leaflet , 

 stipulas lanceolate-setaceous ; peduncles twin or 2-parted, and 

 are hairy as well as the branches. 



182 C. Desvau'xii (Coll. mon. 131.) leaves witli 2 pairs of 

 glabrous, veiny, ovate-lanceolate leaflets ; stem shrubby ; legumes 

 villous. Ij • S. Native of South America. C. tetraphylla, 

 Desv. journ. hot. 1814. p. 72. but not of Mill. 



Desvaux's Cassia. Shrub. 



183 C. LATiFOLiA (Meyer, prim, esseq. 166.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of oblong glabrous leaflets, with a large gland between the 

 lower pair, and a small one between the superior pair. ^ . S. 

 Native of Guiana. Flowers large, yellow. 



Broad-leafletted Cassia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



184 C. gla'bra (Coll. mon. 131.) leaves with 2 pairs of ob- 

 liquely ovate-roundish, obtuse, quite glabrous, veiny leaflets ; 

 branches angular, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. C. venosa, 

 Desv. journ. hot. 1814. p. 72. but not of Zucc. 



Glabrous Cassia. Shrub. 



185 C. arbore'scens (Mill. diet. no. 15. but not of Vahl.) 

 leaves with 2 pairs of oblong-ovate leaflets, which are villous 



, , . o. s. 



Amboyna, ex Rumph. amb. 6. t. Q1. f. 1. 



^frj^-narrow-leafletted Cassia. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



Native of Java and beneath ; flowers corymbose ; stem erect, arboreous ; legumes 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 



177 C. FLExuosA (Lin. spec. 543. but not of Burm.) erect ; 

 leaves with 25-35 pairs of oblong-linear 3-nerved leaflets ; sti- 

 pulas obliquely cordate, acuminated ; pedicels axillary, usually 



solitary. ©. s. Native of Brazil. 



^'fxwous-stemmed Cassia. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. July, 



Breyn. cent. Q5. t. 23 



Aug. 



Clt. 1810. PI. 



compressed. T^ . S. Native of Mexico, about Vera Cruz, ^ 

 Arborescent Cassia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



186 C. auri'ta (Coll. mon. p. 131.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 oblong-lanceolate, eared leaflets, with a large ovate gland be- 

 tween the lower pair. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Vand. fl. lus. 

 et bras, in Ra;m. script, p. 104. 



^arerf-leafletted Cassia. Shrub or tree. 



187 C. Cube'nsis (HofFmans. verz. 1824. p. 209.) leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of ovate, acuminated, ciliated, rather pilose leaf- 



,^J8 C. Guinee'nsis; stem erect, simple, flexuous ; leaves lets, which are unequal at the base, outer ones the largest, with 



*V? , P^'^^ ^^ oval-lanceolate, entire, acute, glabrous leaflets ; 

 Pfaicels l.flowered, axillary, and terminal. Tj . S. Native of 

 ^umea, m the Island of St. Thomas. 



J»tt««ea-stamened Cassia. 

 179 C. 



Shrub 1 foot. 



with K *^^^^^^?^^'^^^ (Willd. spec. 2. p. 529.) erect; leaves 



about 50 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets ; petioles narrowly 



cl^'^^'if^ l^^*^^een the pairs of leaflets, and bearing a sessile 



avHU ^'^^^^-'^ ^1^^ lower pair of leaflets ; pedicels solitary, supra- 



legunfjes villous. T2 . S. Native of the Island of 

 Stem branched, pubescent. Stipulas lanceolate, 



axillary , 



Santa-Cruz. 



acuminated. 



name. 



a gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; legumes slender, 

 terete, obtuse, somewhat incurved. Tj , S. Native of Cuba. 



Cuba Cassia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



188 C. mona'ntha (D. C. prod. 2. p. 506.) leaves with 3 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated, villous leaflets ; flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary ; legumes erect, terete; stem erect, herbaceous. ©. S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Campeachy. C. uniflora, Mill. diet, 

 no. 5. 



-/ 



PI. 1 foot. 



189 C- MiLLE^Ri (Coll. mon. p. 132.) leaves with 3 pairs of 

 Perhaps many species are confused under this obtuse emarginate leaflets ; stems pilose ; flowers solitary, axil- 



40 



^^l /3, Guineensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 505.) leaves with about 



G) ^^^\^^ leaflets; petiole not margined; pedicels solitary 

 ^- »• Native of Guinea. C. gemin^ta, Vahl. ex herb. Puer. 

 cuJ''' ^' ^^^^topkyfla (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 128. t. 18.) 

 ^^tls usually twin beneath the leaflets; pedicels 2-3^ aggre- 

 ^ p legumes at length smoothish. 



leafl'*'^' 'S'erie^a/en^zV (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with about 40 pairs of 

 Naf'^^ '^P^^'ole a little marglnate ; legumes smoothish. ©. S. 



j; ve of Senegal, at Richard-Tole. 



1^0 P-^^'^^^ ^^^^'^- Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1810. PI. 1 ft. 



^ ^* ARENA RiA (H. B. ct Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 



VOL. II. ^ 



lary, longer than the petioles ; legumes flat. ^ . S. Native of 

 Jamaica. C. emarginata, Mill. diet. no. 13. but not of Lin. 



Miller's Cassia. Shrub. 



190 C. viLLOSA (Mill. diet. no. 14.) leaves with 3 pairs of ob- 

 long-oval, equal, villous leaflets ; legumes articulated; stem 

 erect, arboreous, h • S- Native of Mexico, about Campeachy. 



©. S. Native of Tobago. Flowers small, straw-coloured. 



Villous-lcaxed Cassia. Tree 14 to 16 feet. 

 . 191 C. iiomophy'lla (Hoffmans. verz. 1824. p. 209.) leaves 

 with 3-4 pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, outer 

 ones hardly larger than the others ; petiole furnished with I or 



2 subulate sessile glands between 1 or 2 of the lower pairs of 

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