( 1829 ) 

 Cassia ligustrina. Privet-leaved Cassia. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogyma. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Antherce 3 supremse stcrilcs ; 

 3 infimaa rostrate. Legumen. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Cassia ligustrina ; foliis septemjugis Ianceolatis : extimis 

 minoribus, glandula baseos petiolorum. Sp. PL 541 et 

 1681. Ed. fVilld.2. p. 523. //or*. Cliff. 159. //or*. 

 LJ»«rf. 100. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 28. Mart. Mill. 

 Diet. n. 24. Gronov. Fl. Virg. 47. ed. 4to. 65. ifo*. 

 Reg. 109. 



Cassia ligustrina ; tenuissime pubescens, foliis septemjugis 

 Ianceolatis, extimis minoribus, glandula basilari, pedun- 

 culis terminalibus subpaniculatis, leguminibus oblongis 

 subfalcatis. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 306. 



Cassia bahamensis, pinnis foliorum mucronatis angustis, 

 calyce floris non reflexo. Mart. Cent. 21. *. 21. 



Senna lig-ustii folio. Dill. EM. 350. *. 259. 



The privet-leaved Cassia being a native of the warmer 

 parts of the Continent of North-America, from Virginia to 

 Georgia, and the West -India Isles, requires to be kept in 

 the bark stove, where, when in vigour, it makes a handsome 

 appearance. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr. Salisbury's Botanic 

 Garden early in June, some years ago, and was supposed 

 to be Cassia Sophera, a species very nearly allied indeed, 

 but a native of the East-Indies. Our plant differs somewhat 

 from the figure published last month in the Botanical Re- 

 gister, but corresponds better with the character given by 

 Linnjeus. 



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