Cassia AUSTRALIS. New-HoLtanb Cassia. 
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Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala5. Anthere 3 supreme steriles; 
3 infime rostrate. Legwmen. 
Specific Character. 
Cassia australis ; foliolis duodecim-jugis oblongis obtusis 
mucronulatis, glandula subulata inter utrumque par, 
sepalis petalisque obtusis subequalibus, pedunculis 
subquadrifloris. 3 
Descr. Stem fruticose, erect, simple or very little branch- 
ed towards the top. Stipules two, at the base of the 
petioles, subulate, incurved. Leaves abrupt pinnate: rachis 
channelled: leaflets ten or twelve pair, oblong-elliptical, 
obtuse at both ends, emarginate, with a minute mucro, 
smooth, about an inch long when full grown. Glands 
erect, subulate, black at the point, one between each pair 
of the leaflets. Peduncles axillary, naked, shorter than the 
leaf, sometimes growing two together, sometimes single, . 
_ bearing generally four large golden-yellow flowers. Pe- 
_ dicels cernuous, with a small oval dbracte at the base of | 
each. Calycine leaflets round-oval, concave, nearly equal, 
but twe 
i vo a little the largest. Petals obovate, with a short 
_ Claw, nearly equal. Stamens ten: filaments very short and 
_ thick: anthers oblong, all connivent, brown ; the lower- 
_ Most one the longest. Germen stipitate, linear, and to- 
gether with the style curved into a semicircle: stigma 
simple. . 3 
_ ‘This handsome Cassia was raised at Bury-Hill, from 
seeds received from Mr. Tetratr, early in 1824, with an 
observation, that he had just got them from New Holland. 
