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long, linear, acute, falcate, more or less tetragonal, glabrous, 16-18 
cm. long, .3 cm. wide; seeds numerous, large, quadrilaterally 
compressed. . 
Southern Virginia, extending south to Florida and Cuba, west 
to Southern Indiana and Arkansas. Also in Tropical America. 
Series Conferte, Laxiflore and Coriacee unrepresented in the 
United States. 
Section D. CHAMAESENNA. 
Shrubs or rarely herbs. Perfect stamens 7 (rarely 6), stamin- 
odia 3. Legume compressed, dehiscent by both sutures. Seeds 
transverse or oblique. 
A. Leaves interglandulose, or glands sometimes wanting. 
Series Pachycarpa. 
Leaves few—many-foliolate ; stipules setaceous or caducous ; 
legume usually with convex valves. 
12. Cassia BAHAMENSIS Mill. 
Cassia Bahamensis Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, No. 9 (1768). 
_Fruticose, tall, glabrous, or somewhat pilose; leaves 3-5- 
foliolate, subcoriaceous ; leaflets ovate or acutely elliptical, submu- 
cronate, 3.5-5 cm. long, 1.6 cm. wide; petiolar gland orbicular, 
depressed, varying in position from between lowermost pair of 
€aflets to near base of rhachis; stipules linear, caducous; inflo- 
a cence corymbose-paniculate; sepals petal-like; legume linear, 
at, with lateral depressions between the seeds, 9 cm. long, .5 cm. 
. 
Wide 
Florida, extending into the Bahamas. 
Series Aphylle unrepresented in the United States. 
Series Rostrate. 
Anthers of 2~3 lower stamens terminated by a cylindrical, 
Pore-bearing beak. Legume generally narrow, with planular 
Valves, Leaflets few to many, obtuse, or rarely becoming acute. 
Stipules linear, setaceous or caducous. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, 
Farely 34 flowered. — ae ; 
oe 13. CAsSIA BIFLORA L. 
Cassia biftora L.. Sp. Pl. 540 (1753). 
fol; Fruticose, branching; stem glabrous or pilose; leaves 4-10- 
lolate, usually pubescent or canescent beneath, sometimes glab- 
