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174. C. glandulosa, L., Vog. ! Shrubby or snffrutesceut ; leaflets \§-l%{-h)-jngal , 

 oblong -linear, mucronulate, slightly oblique at the base, peiminerved, striate with veins : 

 petiole bearing a stipitate gland belov) the loioest pair (and sometimes several below the 

 upper pairs) : stipules short, not attaining the petiolar gland, subulate ; peduncles 1-3, 

 one-flowered, as long as (or twice as long as) the flower, much exceeded by the leaves ; 

 stamens 10 : filaments very short ; legume bearing scattered, curved hairs. — C. Chaintc- 

 crista Caribsca, L., Rich. Cub. — Often (and by Linnseus himself) confounded with other 

 species, but distinguished from the North American C. Chamacrista, L., by smaller (l"'diam.), 

 quadrate seeds, the small stipules, and a perennial, at length shrubby stem : it begins 

 flowering however in the first year, and appears then like an annual plant. The variability 

 of C. glandulosa is extreme, and affects chiefly the ramification, the down, and the number 

 and size of the leaflets. 5'-6' (-2') high ; leaflets 3"'-10'", petals 5"'-6'", legume l"-2" 

 long. 



a. stricla, Schrk. Virgate, simple below, glabrescent : petiolar glands solitary (or a few), 

 shortly stipitate. — Schrk. II. Monac. t. 24. Hot. Mag. t. 3435. — This is the common 

 West Indian form, but Linnseus's description agrees better with P, and Breynius's figure, 

 quoted by him, is to be excluded. 



)8. ramosa. Diffuse ; branches, petioles, and often the leaflets hairy ; petiolar glands 

 long-stipitate, often serial up to the upper part of the common petiole. — C. virgata, Sw. ! 

 C. Swartzii, Wickstr. ! .- a form with subsessile, solitary petiolar glands. — Leaflets small, 

 often pointed, 3"'-4'" long, 10-14-jugal. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in the hills up to 4000' alt. (a, /3); a in all Carib- 

 bean Islands ! and Trinidad ; [Cuba to Brazil !]. 



175. C. nicticans, L. Annual, herbaceous or suffrntescent, pubescent with curved 

 hairs, or glabrescent; leaflets 12-25 {-5)-jugal, oblong -linear, mucronulate, slightly oblique 

 at the base, penninerved, striate with veins : petiole bearing a stipitate gland below the 

 lowest pair : stipules exceeding the insertion-point of the gland, acuminate from a lanceo- 

 late oblique base : peduncles l(-3)-flowered, much exceeded by the leaves ; stamens 5-7 

 (-10) ; legume bearing scattered, curved hairs. — Schrk. H. Monac. t. 33. Collad. Cass. 1. 17. 

 — C. Chamaecrista, Sw. Obs., Schrk. C. iEschynomene, DC, Vog. ! C. sinaragdina, Mac/. ! — 

 Leaflets 5'"- 2'", petals (nearly included) 3"'-4"' long ; variable in the petiolar glands long- 

 stipitate or subsessile, the pedicels 2"'-8"' long, and the number of the stamens. — -Hab. 

 Jamaica !, March : a weed in the hills ; [Massachusetts to Texas ! ; S. Thomas !, Guadeloupe !]. 



176. C. patellaria, DC. Annual, suffrntescent, villous-jmbescent ; leaflets 10-2z>-jugal, 

 oblong-linear, mucronulate, oblique at the base, penninerved, striate with veins : petiole 

 bearing a sessile, scutellate gland below the lowest pair : stipules exceeding the insertion- 

 point of the gland, subulate ; peduncles usually distant from the axil, 1-3, very short, 

 1 (-3) -flowered; stamens 7-8; legume villous with scattered hairs. — Breyn. Cent. t. 24. 

 Collad. Cass. t. 16.— 1'-2' high, virgate ; leaflets 5'"-3'", peduncles 2" r -4'", petals (in- 

 cluded) 2"'-3'", legume ^"-1V long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., uncommon; Trinidad \,Lockh.; 

 [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Uruguay ! and Peru !]. 



177. O. praetexta, Vog. Suffrutescent, virgate, glabrescent; leaflets 20-Z0jugal, 

 oblong-linear, mucronulate-blumt, unequal-sided, penninerved with distant veins, glabrous : 

 petiole bearing a sessile, turbinate-cylindrical gland below the lowest pair : stipules subulate 5 

 peduncles distant from the axil, very short ; legume glabrescent, margined with a narrow 

 wing on both edges. — 3' high, at length shining-glabrous ; leaflets 6"'-4'", peduncles 3'"- 

 4'", legume 2" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



The Asiatic C. mimosoides, L., mentioned by Vogel as West Indian, does not occur in 

 our collections : several Cassia, described by o'ldeHT authors, remain as doubtful as they 

 ever have been. 



63. SWABTZIA, Schreb. 



Calyx closed, bursting into valves. Petals 1 (-2), or none. Stamens 00 , hypogynous, 

 several longer. Ovary stipitate, several-ovulate. Legume follicular. Radicle indexed. — 

 Trees ; leaves impari-pinnate or 1-foliolale. 



178. S. grandiflora, W. Leaflets single (-"3"), elliptical-oblong, with a bluntish point, 



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