560 
Cassia Absus. 
Linné, Spec. Plant. p. 537. 
Herbacea, ramis teretibus eum petiolis racemisque glanduloso- 
pubescentibus, petiolis folium subzquantibus rachique canaliculatis, 
foliis bijugis, foliolis approvimatis planis late ovatis insequilateris 
brevissime petiolulatis, stipulis persistentibus lanceolato- v. lineari- 
subulatis, stipella paris inferi conico-subulata decidua, paris superi 
subsetacea minuta, racemis paucifloris passim multifloris axil- 
laribus et terminalibus breviter peduneulatis, petalis spathulato- 
et oblongo-cuneatis sepala oblonga subsquantibus v. semisuperan- 
tibus, staminibus duobus-quatuor subsequalibus, antheris obtusis, 
leguminibus lanceolato-linearibus compressis utrinque acutis ses- 
silibus glanduloso-pubescentibus 4-7-spermis margine rectis, semi- 
nibus rhombeo-ovatis lucentibus utraque facie areola destitutis 
lzvissimis. 
In Australia tropica passim. 
Herba annua, semi- usque sesquipedalis, erecta v. diffusa. Foliola 
utplurimum 5-10" longa, subopaca, fere semper complieata. Pedi- 
celli ealyce breviores. Bracteole cordatz, acuminat:e, persistentes. 
Sepala appressa, circiter 2" longa.  Anthers apice poris apertz. 
Legumina 1-13" longa, 3—4" lata, dilute fusca. Semina e fusco 
nigrescentia, 21—3" longa. 
Crotalaria Mitchelli. 
Benth. in Mitch, Trop. Austr. p. 122. 
Caule herbaceo erecto, ramis parum patentibus, foliis simplicibus 
oblongo-ovalibus obovatis ellipticisve basi plus minusve acutatis 
apice obtusis retusisve supra glabris subtus rarius utrinque cum 
ramis petiolis peduneulisque tomentoso- vel sericeo-subvelutinis, 
petiolis sepe longiusculis infra apicem articulatis, stipulis brac- 
teisque parvis lineari-subulatis, racemis terminalibus et lateralibus 
pedunculatis ab apice ad basin evolutis dense multifloris, pedicellis 
prope vel infra medium minute bibracteolatis, calycibus medio tenus 
partitis velutino-sericeis, corollis luteis, vexillo subrotundo acutius- 
culo exaurieulato preter basin tomentellam glabro calycem semi- 
superante alis subovatis paulo longiore, earina longe rostrato- 
acuminata, stylo superne unifariam barbato, leguminibus denique 
deflexis glabris subsessilibus ellipsoideo-clavatis pleiospermis, se- 
minibus flavescentibus opacis. 
Passim in tota Nova Hollandia tropica. 
Herba 13-3 alta. Rami angulata. Folia ob petioli articula- 
tionem foliolum simplex exbibentia, 13-3" longa, l" latiora vel 
angustiora. Petioli 3-10" Jongi. Stipule cirea 1" longs. Racemi 
3-8" longi, primum densi, demum laxiores, evolutionis centrifugz. 
Pedicelli 13-3" metientes demum deflexi. Calyces 2-4" longi, 
