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species, but is at once distinguished by its aculeate branches, 
petioles, and leaves, as well as by its rather larger paniculate 
inflorescences. The most striking character of the present spe- 
cies is found, however, in the sepals which are remarkably 
dissimilar, two being narrowly lanceolate and entire, the other 
three being obovate and deeply laciniate. 
LEGUMINOSAE 
CASSIA Linnaeus 
CASSIA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. § Chamaecrista, Leiocalyx, Subcoriaceae. 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, partibus junioribus leviter adpresse 
pubescentibus, ramulis circiter 2 mm diametro; foliis 7 ad 10 
em longis, foliolis 20 ad 28, subcoriaceis, inaequilateralibus, 
oblongis, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, obtusis apiculatisque, basi rotun- 
datis, glabris, nitidis; floribus supra-axillaribus, fasciculatis vel 
racemosis, pedicellatis circiter 2 cm diametro, sepalis lanceolatis 
ad elliptico-lanceolatis, acute acuminatis, 8 mm longis, petalis 
obovatis, rotundatis, basi cuneatis; leguminis circiter 3 cm 
longis, 6 mm latis, subglabris, seminibus 3 vel 4. 
A tree about 5 m high, the young parts somewhat appressed- 
pubescent. Branches about 2 mm in diameter, brown, terete, 
slightly pubescent, ultimately glabrous. Leaves 7 to 10 cm 
long, the rachis slightly pubescent and with a single conspicuous 
gland halfway between the lower pair of leaflets and the base 
of the petiole; leaflets 20 to 28, subcoriaceous, inequilateral, 
sessile, subolivaceous, ultimately glabrous, the apex obtuse 
and minutely apiculate, the base rounded, the midrib situated 
in about the upper one-third of the leaf, the lateral nerves 
ascending, slender, about 6 on each side of the midrib; stipules 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 mm long. Flowers yellow, about 
2 cm in diameter, in few-flowered, supra-axillary fascicles or 
the lower inflorescences racemose, the rachis produced about 
5 mm, the inflorescences usually in pairs; bracts about 2 mm 
long, abruptly linear-lanceolate, and acuminate from a broad 
base ; bracteoles 2, near the apex of the pedicels, linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Sepals lanceolate to elliptic- 
lanceolate, sparingly appressed-pubescent, acutely acuminate, 
about 8 mm long. Petals obovate, 10 mm long, 7 to 8 mm wide, 
rounded, base cuneate, glabrous. Anthers 4 to 5 mm long, 
their filaments 1 mm long or less. Ovary and style about 10 
mm long, the former appressed-pubescent, about 5-ovulate. Pods 
thin, narrowly oblong, oblique at both base and apex, slightly 
