274 XLVII. § CHSALPINIEZ (OLIVER). [ Cassia. 
silky. Immature legume “cylindrical, slightly compressed, obtuse, 
pubescent.” 
Mozamb. Distr. Lupata, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! Tette and Senna, Dr. Peters. 
9. C. occidentalis, Linn. ; DOC. Prod. ii. 497. Stem firmly herba- 
ceous or woody below, annual or of 2—3 years’ duration (Dr. Welwitsch), 
erect, often forming dense bushy masses, a few feet in height, glabrous 
or nearly so. Leaflets membranous, in 4—5 pairs, ovate- or elliptic- 
lanceolate, usually acute or acuminate, glabrous minutely ciliolate or 
obsoletely pubescent beneath, 14-24 in. long, the upper varying to 
3-4 in.; common petiole without interpetiolular glands, but with a 
short obtuse gland near the base, black when dry. Stipules lanceolate 
or ovate-lanceolate, membranous, deciduous. Flowers in short few- 
flowered axillary racemes or fascicles, the peduncle and pedicels seldom 
exceeding 1 in., or towards the ends of the branches the fascicles con- 
fluent forming an interrupted terminal raceme; the leaves reduced 
or bract-like. Bracts thin, linear-lanceolate or oblong acuminate, 
deciduous. Sepals obtuse, glabrous or nearly so, the outer rather 
shorter. Petals obtuse, venose. Two anterior stamens larger, with 
slightly curved anthers 4 in. long, shortly and broadly produced at the 
apex. Legume 2-valved, linear compressed, slightly falcate or straight, 
apiculate, rather coriaceous, margined with straight sutures ; 383-9 in. 
long, 3—4 lines broad; the pericarp when dry usually depressed between 
the seeds, which are usually but not always flattened in the same plane 
as the pod. Cotyledons plane or nearly so, in the larger diameter of 
the seeds, enclosed between thick layers of albumen.—C. planisiliqua, 
Linn. ex. Bot. Reg. t. 83. 
Growing in damp and watery places. Widely diffused in Tropical Africa, as indeed 
throughout the Tropics generally, both of the Old and New World. Dr. E. Vogel 
describes it as forming dense islets in the Yeau river in North Central Africa. 
Cassia contorta, Vog., cited as a synonym in “Flora Nigrit.”” 324, proves to be 
C. Tora, L. ' 
10.* C. Sophera, Linn. Sp. Pl. 542; Benth. Fl. Austr. ii. 283. Erect, 
shrubby, glabrous or nearly so, attaining 3-5 ft. in height. Leaves 
inflorescence and flowers similar to those of C. occidentalis ; the leaf- 
lets usually more numerous, varying from 5-9 pairs, often obliquel 
lanceolate and finely acuminate. Petiole with a small basal gland. 
Legume 2-valved, thinly coriaceous or chartaceous, turgid or subterete, 
from 23-5 in. ot 3-5 lines in diameter. Seeds very numerous 
and closely packed. Embryo as in C. occidentalis—For synonymy 
see Fl. Australiensis, l.c. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, in cultivated ground, and Cape Coast, T. Vogel! 
Fernando Po, Mann! 
An Indian plant, extending to Australia. Mr. Bentham (I. c.) speaks of this species 
as common in Tropical Africa, but I have only seen it from the localities cited, an 
there it would appear to be doubtfully indigenous. 
C. tomentosa, L.f. A yellow- or tawny-tomentose shrub, with oblong-oval leaflets 
4-1} in. long in 6-8 pairs, and short few-flowered corymbs from the upper axils, forming 
collectively a lax leafy panicle, occurs at the Cape, and is widely diffused through the 
