LEGUMlNDSj:. CCLXXIV. CnAifiEFisTULA. 



451 



species of Delaria, and cuttings will root readily if planted in a oblong, lower small and ovate, bearing an oblong, clavafe gland 



pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them in heat. 



on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes few-flowered. 

 ^2 . S. Native of New Andalusia, on Mount CocoUar. Cassia 



CCLXXIV. CHAM^FI'STULA (chamc^, a word usually ^'^^ ^u v Tv! " Ton .' To u n "v ,, ^**''""' 

 nT,v^ ,„ W.n. fn «;,,n,Yv f.]=. «r,^ y^o/./^ o ^.v. . ir. vZ oxyp^lla, Kunth, mim. p. 129. t. 39. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 



applied in botany to signify false, and fstula, a pipe; in re- ggn. amer! 6. p. 342. 



ference to the cylindrical pods ; but it has nothing to do with 

 the true Fistula^ which is the Cathartocdrpus Fistula). 

 lection II. Chamaefistula, D. C. in CoUad. mon. p. 87. 

 prod. 2. p. 490. - - 



LiK. srsT. 



— - -- ^ — 



Chamaecassia, Brej^n. prod. 



Cassia, 



D. C. 



leafletted 



Tree 50 feet. 



O 



p. 28. 



7 C. melanoca'rpa ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated leaflets, which are shining above and quite glabrous 

 beneath, as well as the branches and petioles, lower pair one half 



^,!f ."*^J^r:?tf ■ ,±?t \'ll °^"l^' smaller '.ha„ .he ou.er pair ; gland efli„dric;i, acute'; sitaa.ed on 



hardly joined at the base, more or less unequal. Petals 5, un- 



equal. Stamens 10, free, unequal, the 3 lower ones longest, ^ i ^^ -n i _ * • r^ ^ 



t^pimMrll^ nnp« cLvf La .fl;„L ^^A .1.. o .„^_v.LJ ^"'at^' axillary; legumes straight, terete. 



the 4 middle ones short and straight, and the 3 superior ones 

 bearing difFormed abortive anthers. Anthers opening by 2 pores 

 at the apex. Ovary stipitate. Legumes terete, hardly dehiscent, 

 slender, membranous, divided by transverse dissepiments into 

 l-seeded divisions internally, and filled with pulp. Seeds ellip- 

 tic, compressed, horizontal. — Trees or shrubs, with abruptly pin- 

 nate leaves, bearing glands on the petioles. Flowers of all yellow. 



the petiole between the lower pair of leaflets ; racemes pedun- 



Native of 



^ 



Jamaica. Cassia melanocarpa, Bert. ined. ex. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 491. Legume smooth, black, on a short stipe within the 

 calyx, obtuse, mucronulate by the style, rather torulose. 



Black-fruited Chamaefistula. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



8 C. pro'minens ; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate-elliptic, acu- 

 minated, glabrous leaflets, lower pair the smallest, with a pro- 

 minent gland between ; branches and peduncles pubescent ; 

 racemes forming a large, terminal, corymbous panicle. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Sello. Legume unknown, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Prominent-glanied Chamaefistula. Tree. 



^ 9 C. Ruizia'na ; leaves with 2 pairs of broad, elliptic, obtuse, 



racemes axillary, pedunculate ; legumes cylindrical, acute. ]^ . S. glabrous leaflets, which are oblique at the base, with a large 



mtive of Surinam. Cassia bacillaris, Lin. fil. suppl p. 231. obtuse gland between the lower pair on the petiole; racemes 

 Houst. rel. t. 17. ' " - - - . - - - - ..._.._._ 



Leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets. 

 between the lower pair of leaflets. 



Petiole bearing a gland 



1 C. bacilla'ris; leaves with 2 pairs of ovate, obtuse, ob- 

 h'que leaflets, with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair; 



Jacq. fragm. t. 85. f. 4.? 

 Bacillus, Lindl. hot. reg. t. 881. 



i?orf Bastard-cassia. 



Legume a foot long, terete. 

 Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1782. Tr. 12 to 14 ft. 



Cathartocdrpus twin, short, corymbous, axillary. Ij . S. Native of Guiaquil. 



Cassia macrophylla, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 

 Ruizes Chamaefistula. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 C. si'EciosA ; leaves with 2 pairs of ratlier coriaceous un- 10 C. obliqua ; leaves with 2 pairs of elliptic, acuminated, 



equal-sided leaflets, which are shining above and glabrous, but glabrous leaflets, with a prominent gland on the petiole between 



densely clothed with tomentose pubescence beneath, ultimate the lower pair ; peduncles about the length of the leaves ; flowers 



pair twice the size of the other, obovate-oblong, with a cylin- corymbosely umbellate. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Cassia ob- 



arical gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; corymbs ter- liqua, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Legume unknown. Lower 



ininal. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Cassia micans, Nees. in fl. 1821. pair of leaflets the smallest. 

 P" 329. C. speciosa, Schrad.ingoett. anz. 1821. p. 718. Ovary 06%Me-leafletted Chamaefistula. Tree. 



nearly terete, on a short stipe, thickly clothed with yellow hairs, 

 ^tyle short, glabrous, uncinate, thick. 



Showy Cham^fistula. 

 3 C. in^quila'tera : 



■ — 1 



Fl. June, July. 



Anthers large. 

 Clt. 1816. 



Tree. 



leaves with 2 pairs of ovate, rather 

 acuminated, glabrous leaflets, which are unequal-sided at the 

 ^ase, with a sessile gland on the petiole between the lower 

 pair ; racemes axillary, pedunculate ; legumes incurved. ^ . S. 

 S^^ ^^ ^^' Martha. C. insequilatera, Bert. ined. ex. D. C. 

 P . • ^; P* ^^0. Very like the following species, but differs in 

 l^ing glabrous. B y ^ 



^^equal^sidedAesiaetted Chamaefistula. Tree 20 feet. 

 * ^. macrophy'lla 



11 C. e'legans ; glabrous; leaves with 2 pairs of oblique, 

 elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous leaflets, lower pair the smallest, 

 with a prominent ovate-conical gland on the petiole between 



each pair 



^ 



haps a species of Cassia. 



Elegant Chamaefistula. Tree. 



Native of Peru. Legumes unknown. Per- 



• • 



of leaflets 



12 C. astroi^tes ; clothed in every part with stellate, flocky 

 tomentum ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, floral ones with 

 only 2 pairs ; leaflets obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 



11 ' u " *-^^ , leaves with 2 pairs of elliptic-oblong, ultimate ones the largest, with a clavate gland on the petiole, 



ntish leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed with betw een the lower pair, or one between each of the two lower 

 nairs beneath as well as the branchlets and petioles, with pairs ; stipulas setaceous ; racemes axillary, pedunculate, corym- 

 obtuse gland on the petiole between the lower pair of leaflets; bose ; bracteas filiform. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, in Plan 



^^^^^^^^x^Hary, pedunculate ; legumes incurved. ^ . S. Na- 

 ^ ^e ot New Granada, at the mouth of the river Sinu near Car- 

 ^^^^^ Cassia macrophylla, Kunth, mim. p. 126. t. 38. nov. 



gena. 



del Rio. Cassia astroites, Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 

 597. Legume elongated, somewhat moniliform. 

 ^y^arrj^-haired Chamaefistula. Tree. 



g n. anaer. 6. p. 340. Lateral leaflets nearly equal at the base. 13 C. corymbosa ; leaves with 3 ^airs of oblong-lanceolate, 



ong-leaved Chamaefistula. Tree. rather falcate leaflets, which are glabrous as well as the branches, 



tic M ^^^^ RULA ; leaves with 2 pairs of unequal-sided, ellip- 

 with 1 ^* acute leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed 

 adpressed pubescence beneath, as well as on the branches 

 petioles, lower pair smaller, ovate-roundish, with an oblong- 

 !i,,ni S^and on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes 

 ^J'ary, pedunculate. - r ^. 



PWberula, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 341. 



^^prulous Chamafistula. Tree. 

 min f 1 ^^^^^'^'^^A ; leaves with 2 pairs of unequal-sided, acu- 

 ^;j f ^v"V^ucronate leaflets, which are pubescent above, but 

 "^d with soft tomentose pubescence beneath, superior pair 



^ . S. Native of New Granada. Cassia 



rather falcate leaflets, which are glabrous as well as the branches, 

 with an oblong gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; 

 peduncles 3-5-flowered ; legumes cylindrical, 4-times longer 

 than the pedicel. T2 • ^* Native of Buenos Ayres. Cassia 

 corymbosa, Lam. diet. 1. p. 644. Jacq. fragm. t. 101. f. 1. 

 Curt. bot. mag. Q3S. C. crassifolia, Ort. dec. 10. p. 122. 

 Cassia falcata, Dum. Cours. bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 6. p. S5. 



Corymbose-Row ered Chamaefistula. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



14 C. iNFLA^TA ; leaves with usually 3 pairs of oboyate- 

 roundish, glabrous leaflets, which are glaucous beneath, with a 

 clavate gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes 

 panicled ; legumes inflated. ^2 . S. Native of South America, 



3m 2 



