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¥8. Cassta Greco A. Gray. 
Cassia Gregg A. Gray, Pl. Wright, 1: 59 (1852). 
Fruticose, glabrous; leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets oblong-oval, 
slightly truncate, 1 cm. long, 4 cm. wide; nerves prominent, 
petiolar gland compressed, minute; stipules filiform, often cadu- 
cous; peduncles 1-flowered ; legume not observed. 
This species occurs in South Texas, according to Bentham’s — 
statement (Monograph, p. 575); but all the specimens which I 
have examined were collected in Mexico. 
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Series Chamecrist@ vere. 
Herbaceous or suffruticose; leaves 8—20-foliolate, membrana- | 
ceous; petiolar gland sessile or stipitate; stipules small; legume 
flat. 
19. CasstA CHAMZCRISTA L. 
Cassia Chamecrista L. Sp. Pl. 542 (1753)- 
Tall, herbaceous, glabrous; leaves 8~—12-foliolate ; leaflets ob- a 
long-elliptical, acute or mucronate, 1.5 cm. long, 3 cm. wide; pet a 
iolar gland sessile, comprsssed, cupuliform; stipules lance-lineaf, a 
membranaceous; peduncles numerous, supra-axillary, 3-5-fiow 
ered; flowers large; sepals membranaceous, lanceolate, equalling 
or exceeding the petals; legume elongated-linear, subrostrate, 
pubescent, 5 cm. long, .5 cm. wide; seeds numerous, transverse 
Maine, extending south to Florida and west to Minnesota, : 
Kansas and Mexico. 
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20. CASsIA CHAMAECRISTA ROBUSTA, N. var. 
Tall, branching, herbaceous; stems densely pubescent, es 
leaves glabrate, 10-15-foliolate; leaflets elliptical, basally asy at 
trical, obtuse, finely cuspidate, 2 cm. long, .5-.6 cm. wide, occasiO : 
ally an odd one terminating the rhachis; petiolar gland cif tate’ 2 
truncate, compressed, sessile; stipules foliaceous, broadly lanceo cat 
striated; peduncles 1—3-flowered, supra-axillary, flowers ow? ose 
conspicuous, red or orange-red; sepals small, membranac at 
lanceolate, only half as long as the petals; stamens 10, 5 large! re 
smaller, perfect; legume narrow, linear, pubescent, 4 ¢™- long; - : 
cm. wide. af 
Type a single specimen in the Columbia College ere 
collected by Dr. C. W. Short in the mountains of Kentucky, 0" 
referred by him with doubt to C. aspera, with which, howe a 
has almost nothing in common. ae 
