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tinctly though minutely sericeous beneath. The corymbose tawny-pubescent racemes 
are collected into a large terminal almost leafless panicle. 
7. C. goratensis, Fresen. in Flora, 1839, 58. A shrub or small 
compact tree ; extremities, leaves especially underneath, and peduncles 
pubescent. Leaves 5-7 in. long, rachis pubescent channelled above, 
usually with interpetiolular ovoid or oblong glands; leaflets in 7-9 
(—12) pairs, oblong-elliptical or varying from ovate to obovate-elliptical, 
apex very obtuse, entire or emarginate minutely mucronulate, rounded 
at the base, pubescent or at length subglabrate above, paler and 
appressed-pubescent beneath, 1-14 (—1%) in. long; potioluls about 
I line. Stipules subulate, usually early deciduous. Corymbs few- or 
several-flowered, short, crowded at or near the ends of the branches. 
Bracts very early caducous, usually fallen before expansion of the 
outer flowers; bracteoles glanduliform. Sepals very unequal, two 
outer much smaller, pubescent. Petals unequal, distinctly clawed. 
Three anterior stamens shorter than the larger petal, anthers curved, 
4—6 lines long; intermediate anthers nearly straight with an obtuse 
sharply curved tip. Legumes slightly compressed or  subterete, 
usually constricted, at least when dry, between the numerous uni- 
seriate closely-packed seeds ; [—4 in. in diameter, varying to 4 in. in 
length. Cotyledons more or less plicate within a thin layer of 
albumen. 
North Central. Musgu, H. Vogel! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Dillon! and others. Sennaar, Kotschy! Bahr- 
el-Abiad (Schweinf. et Asch.). : 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Meller! Dr. Peters. 
I think this is probably Cassia Singweana, Delile (Voy. 4 Méroé, 28), but the de- 
scription given is very imperfect, neither flower nor fruit being referred to. As the 
plant is universally known under Fresenius’ name it is hardly desirable to supersede it. 
Cassia Sabak, of the same botanist, described without leaves or fruit, I cannot identify. 
It belongs, however, to the group of large-flowered Cassias, with the 3 anterior stamens 
larger. The racemes are described as short and tomentose ; petals 14 in. long. 
8. C. Tettensis, C. Bolle in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 14 (ea deser.). 
Shrub; extremities leaves underneath and inflorescence very shortly 
and rather thinly pubescent. Leaves } ft. more or less; common 
petiole pubescent, channelled, with slender stipitate interpetiolular 
glands often 2-3 lines in length; leaflets ar ae oval-oblong or 
varying to oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse with a distinct slender mucro, 
thinly pubescent or at length glabrate above, appressed sparsely 
silky-pubescent beneath, 1-13 in. long, 4—} in. broad; petiolules 
about 4 line. Stipules caducous. Corymbs panicled at the extre- 
mities; bracts small, cymbiform, caducous; bracteoles glandular, 
stipitate. Two outer sepals much smaller than the inner, thinly 
silky below. Anterior petals larger, lamina #1 in. long, with a 
wavy margin, claw distinct, 2 lines long. Stamens as in C. Petersiana, 
the three anterior much larger, with strongly curved anthers, con- 
siderably shorter than the corresponding petals. Ovary appressed- 
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