JAN. 1898. FLORA OF YUCATAN MILLSPAUGH. 365 



Canavalia ensiformis (L). de C. Prod ii, 404. Haba. 



Merida, Feb. i, 1866, in fruit only (Schott, 729). 



Cassia* sp. . 



"An interesting plant allied to C. biflora L, but indeterminable 

 in the absence of fruits. The ash-colored twigs and very small 

 leaflets do not correspond with any existing species of that 

 group" (C. L. P.) Leaves alternate fascicled, common rachis 

 5-8 lines long, leaflets 3-jugal, 1-3 lines long, varying from 

 mucronate or truncate to emarginate, stipules geminate, aristate ; 

 inflorescence solitary, sparse, from the terminal leaf fascicles ; 

 peduncle attenuate, longer than the leaf, jointed at about the 

 middle, flowers large 4-7 lines long. Scrub lands near Sisal, 

 May 6, 1865 (Schott, 414). 



CASSIA BIFLORA Linn? Sp. PI., 378. 



"Probably this species, a comparison with the type is, how- 

 ever, necessary" (C. L. P.) Tizimin, March 28, 1866 (Schott, 

 982}. 



CASSIA EMARGINATA Linn. Sp. PL, 346. Xtuab. 



Without locality Valdez (f). North of Merida on the road to 



Progreso, April 7, 1865 (Schott, 261}. Tunkas, tree 20 feet, 



flowers orange, March 3, 1890 (Stone, 236, in Herb. Acad. Sci., 



Phila.). 



Cassia flavicoma H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et. Sp. vi. 366. 



" A rare herb, 3 feet high, in the forests of Buena Vista Xbac, 

 flowering in September" (1113). 



Cassia hirsuta Linn. Sp. PL, 540. Salche. 



"A common herb, 4 feet high, in waste places and on farms 

 and open lands about Izamal, producing its chrome-yellow flow- 

 ers from July to December" (757, 1090). 



Cassia leptocarpa hirsuta Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.,xxvii. 



53i- 



"A shrub 6 feet high, common near cenotes about Izamal, the 

 bright yellow flowers produced in October " (999); also "frequent 

 in waste places about Izamal, where the plant often blooms sev- 

 eral years in succession" (1016). 



Cassia Liebxnannii Bth. Trans. Linn. Soc., 27, 549. 



Along road between Merida and Progreso, May 3, 1865 (Schott, 

 2 99 }. 



CASSIA OCCIDENTALS Linn. Sp. PL, 377. 



Nohcacab, Oct. 19, 1865 (Schott, 975}. 



* Species determined by Mr. C. L. Pollard. 



