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FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



Cassia 



C. obtusifolia L. Sp. PL 377 (1753) ; Sw. Ols. Bot. 158; Mac/. 

 I tin/, i. 341 ; Griscb. op. cit. 209. C. herbacea major diffusa &c. 

 Browne HixL Jam. 224. Sena minor herbacea &c. Sloane Cat. 

 148 & Hist, ii. 47, t. 180, /. 5; Dill. Elth. t. 62, 63. Type in 

 Herb. Hermann in Herb. Mus. Brit. Specimen from Browne 

 in Herb. Linn, named C. tora in Solander's hand. 



Common in pastures and waste places; in fl. Sept. and Oct. ; St. Jago 

 de la Vega, Sloane Herb. vi. 29 ! Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 261 ! Browne ! 

 Wright ! Parnell ! pastures, St. Mary, Purdie ! Constant Spring, Hitchcock ; 

 Porus, Lloyd ; Liguanea plain, 500 ft. Campbell ! Hectors River, near 

 coast, Harris \ Providence, 700 ft., Thompson I Fl. Jam. 5835, 6003, 

 8055B. Tropical and subtropical regions. 



Annual, under slirub 2-3 ft. high. Stipules linear-awl-shaped, 8-13 mm. 1. 

 Flowers bright yellow, long-stalked, in pairs on a very short peduncle in 

 the upper axils, the highest crowded, with shorter stalks. Bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, about 5 mm. 1. Sepals 6-8 mm. 1. Petals 9-11 mm. 1. 

 Pod long, to 15 (20) cm. 1., 3-6 mm. br., slender, curved or sometimes 

 somewhat straight, slightly 4-angled, smooth. Seeds 20-24, obovate- 

 rhomboidal, the longer diameter parallel with the pod, 4 mm. 1. 



10. C. uniflora Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) (non Spreng.) 

 leaflets usually 4 (3-5) pairs, obovate or sometimes elliptical. 



Fig. 33. Cassia uniflora Mill. 



A. Portion of branch showing leaf. C, Flower from above X 2. 



flowers, arid young pods X . D, Part of flower cut through x 3. 



B, Calyx in bud x 2. E, Pod, nat. size. 



