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Cassia CHAMaAcRISTA. Dwarr Cassia. 
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= Clas and Order. 
‘Decanpria Monocyntia. 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Calyx 5-phyllus. Petalas. Anthere fuperne 3 fteriles; in- 
fime 3 roftrate. Legumen. 3 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CASSIA Chamecrifia foliis multijugis, glandula petiolari pe- 
dicellata, ftipulis enfiformibus. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. 
éd. 14. Murr. p. 394. Hort. Kew. p. 54. 
CHAMZCRISTA pavonis major. Comm. Hort. 1. p- 53 
#95, 
A native of the Weft-Indies, and of Virginia according to 
_Linwevs; not common in our gardens, though cultivated as 
long ago as 1699, by the Ducuess of BeaurorT; (vd 
Hort. Kew.) unnoticed by Mitier. 
This {pecies, fuperior in beauty to many of the genus, 18 — 
an annual, and confequently raifed only from feeds, thefe 
muft be fown in the fpring, on a hot-bed, and when large — 
enough to tranfplant, placed feparately in pots of light loamy _ 
earth, then replunged into a moderate hot-bed to bring them 
_ forward, and in the month of June removed into a warm 
border, where, if the feafon prove favourable, they will flower — 
very well towards Auguft; but, as fuch feldom ripen thet — 
_ feeds, it will be proper to keep a few plants in the ftove OF — 
: presahodle for that purpofe, otherwife the fpecies may be z 
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