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CASSIA GLANDULOSA. (GLANDULAR-LEAVED 
CASSIA. 
KKK KKK KEE EEE EERE EE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminose. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala 5 vix basi coalita plus minus inequalia. Pet. 5 
ineequalia. Stamina 10, libera inequalia, 3 inferiora lon- 
giora; 4 media brevia, recta ; 3 superna antheris abortivis 
difformibus. Anthere apice dehiscentes. Ovarium stipi- 
tatum, spe arcuatum. Legumen varium.—Arbores, fru- 
tices, aut herbe. Folia simpliciter et abrupte pinnata. 
Petioli sepe glanduliferi. Foliola opposita. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cassia* glandulosa ; fruticosa, foliis 14—18-jugis, foliolis 
oblongis mucronatis basi obliquis superioribus sensim 
minoribus subtus rachide ramisque pubescenti-pilosis, 
glandula pedicellata infra par infimum, et non raro 
aliis infra paria secunda et tertia minus pedicellata, — 
stipulis lato-subulatis, pedunculis subternis unifloris 
florem subaquantibus. roe 
Cassia glandulosa. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 542. De Cand. Prodr. 
v. 2. p. 503? Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 3427 
I dare not venture to introduce other synonyms of this 
very pretty species of Cassia, which I quite believe to be 
the plant described by Liynaus under the above name, 
and 
* Said to be derived from the Hebrew word Ketzioth, rendered by 
Kacray, in the Greek Septuagint, and latinized by Cassia, 
