24 REPORT ON TWO BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS FROM 
CassrA INsIGNIS, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Foliola bijuga, ampla, oblique oblonga vel 
elliptico-oblonga, breviter obtuse acuminata, venosa, glandula magna inter inferiora. 
Stipulz foliaceze, falcato-lanceolatze. Racemilaxe subcorymbosi. Pedicelli elongati. 
Stamina perfecta 7; staminodia 3. Antherz perfectze subaequales, 3 inferiores 
breviter rostrate. 
Leaves large, bijugate; petiole below the basal pair of leaflets, 2—1 in. long, minutely 
puberulous, becoming nearly glabrous; leaflets obliquely oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous to the eye, but 
with a minute scattered pubescence as seen under a lens, with the veins and veinlets 
very conspicuous on both sides ; the basal pair 14-34 in. long, 2-17 in. broad; the terminal 
pair 4—9 lin. distant, 22-44 in. long, 1-2 in. broad; gland 12 lin. long, 1 lin. thick, erect, 
ovoid, obtuse, placed between the basal pair of leaflets. Stipules leafy, 4-3 in. long, 
2-4 lin. broad, falcate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, tapering at the base into a curved 
petiole. Racemes loosely subcorymbose at the ends of the branches, solitary or in pairs 
from the axils of the uppermost reduced leaves, 14-3 in. long, 7-14-flowered, softly and 
minutely pubescent.  Pedicels 1-14 in. long, pubescent. Sepals about 54 lin. long, 1 in. 
broad, obovate, obtuse, puberulous, minutely ciliate towards the apex. Petals 8-11 lin. 
long, 4-8 lin. broad, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, very distinctly clawed, minutely 
puberulous on both sides. Stamens with 7 subequal perfect and 3 reduced abortive 
anthers, 3 of the perfect anthers shortly beaked. Ovary linear, curved, densely pubescent 
with yellowish adpressed hairs. Legume not seen. 
On the upper slopes of Mount Roraima, Me Connell § Quelch, 23. 
Allied to C. latifolia, G. F. W. Mey., but may be at once distinguished by its 
narrow-based, petiolate stipules, and much longer pedicels. 
CASSIA APOUCOUITA, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 379, t. 146. 
` Mazaruni River, 300 ft., Me Connell & Quelch, 716. 
This appears to be the true plant of Aublet, which is easily distinguished from the 
Brazilian plants described by Bentham as C. Apoucouita, by its narrowly winged petiole 
and differently shaped leaflets. The C. Apoucouita of Bentham appears to me to 
include 2 or 3 perfectly distinct species. 
CASSIA HISPIDULA, Vahl, Eclog. Am. iii. p. 10. 
Kotinga Valley, MeConnell & Queleh, 170. Ireng Valley, McConnell § Quelch, 246. 
CASSIA. POLYSTACHYA, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1840), p. 77; R. Schomb. Reisen 
in Brit.-Guiana, ii. pp. 187, 207, and iii. p. 1207. 
Ireng Valley, Mc Connell § Quelch, 229. Upper slopes of Mount Roraima, Me Connell 
& Quelch, 317.—Only known from this western corner of British Guiana. 
CASSIA UNIFLORA, Spreng. Neue Entdeck. i. p. 291. 
Kotinga Valley, near Roraima, McConnell & Quelch, 133. Kotinga Valley, MeConnelt 
A Quelch, 151. Savannahs generally, McConnell & Quelch, 320. 
