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cellus brevis articulatim connectitur. Foliola inferiorum lateralia 8 

 cent, longa, impar paullo longius, superiorum 6 cent, longa. Brac- 

 teolce membranaceae oblongo lanceolatse ciliolatse. Calyx membrana- 

 ceus leviter puberulus, bracteolis longior, \ cent, longus. Corolla 2 

 cent, longa. Legumina immatura plana 9 cent, longa, 8 mm. lata, 

 leviter falcata, apice corniculata, appresse pubescentia, marginibus 

 scabra, 12 — 15-sperma. 



8. Cassia Savannensis. Foliolis bijugis glabris, ramulis laevibus, fo- 

 liolis obovato-ellipticis subtus flabellatim nervosis striatis, petiolis 

 medio glandulosis et piliferis, stipulis membranaceis pallidis stri- 

 atis ovatis acutis basi cordata fusee maculatis, pedicellis axillaribus 

 unifloris decies petiolum superantibus, legumine compresso aequali 

 leviter falcato sparse et appresse piloso. Ex affinitate C. uniflorce, 

 Spr., et C. Persoonii, DeC. 



Hab. Surinami, locis arenosis, in Tooden- Savanna, prope fl. Suri- 

 name Sup. Septemb. fl. 



9. Cassia Par amariboensis. Erecta, glabra, petiolis pubescentibus 

 eglandulosis, foliolis 15 — 25-jugis subalternis linearibus obtusius- 

 culis mucronatis, pedicellis patenti-pubescentibus paucis aggre- 

 gatis ad apices ramulorum ex axillis foliorum caulinorum egredi- 

 entibus. Ex affinitate C. Mschynomenes , DeC. /. c. p. 504, et C. Ot- 

 terbeinii, Mey., DeC. /. c. 



Hab. prope Paramaribo. 



Planta suffruticosa, alterne ramosa. Caulis lsevis striatus, viridis, 

 fistulosus ; folia alterna, sparsa, majora 6 cent, longa ; foliola 8 mm. 

 Stipule decidua?. Flores terni quaterni in apicibus ramulorum ; se- 

 pala infima pubescentia, oblonga, subacuta. Legumina stipitata, 5 

 cent, longa, margine inferiore recto, superiore sinuato, apice obtuso, 

 in quibusdam mucronato, 5 mm. lata, glabra, margine sup. pube- 

 rula, articulata, ad articulos fragilia, corapressa, fusca, verrucoso- 

 tessellata, 7 — 9-sperma. 



PASSIFLORE.E. 



10. Ryania tomentosa. Foliis ellipticis coriaceis supra lucidis glabris 

 modo in nervo setulosis, infra ramisque junioribus petiolisque fusee 

 griseo-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus solitariis (majoribus) ali- 

 quando binis uno rudimentario, extus ochraceo-villosis. 



Hab. Surinami prope plantationem Bergendaal, Octob. fl. 



Fruticulus, habitu referens Patrisiam parvifloram, DeC. Prod. i. 

 p. 256; DeLess. Icon. Sel. torn. iii. tab. 14, sed floribus multo ma- 

 joribus, sepalis lanceolatis quam stamina brevioribus, foliorum to- 

 mento diversissimus*. 



Annotatio. Genera Ryania, Vahl, et Patrisia, L. C. Rich., nullo 

 graviore charactere diversa, inunum genus merito conjungeuda sunt. 

 (Endlich. Gener.) Reliquse Ryania species sunt : — 



1. R. speciosa, Vahi, Eclog. i. p. 51. tab. 9. 



* Plantae omnes hie descriptae, in solo natali collectae sunt ah ainico di- 

 lectissimo H. C. Focke. 



