Cassia LE< ;r.ML\os.i: 111 



C. viscosa Mn<-f. Jam. i. ."> i 5 (non H. Ji. <! A'.). The type is in 

 Herb. Hermann in Herl>. Mu^. l'rit. 



In hedges at Rock Fort, BroittjJitonl Liguani-a. V< : >i ' King's 



House gromi'l-. Harris \ Fl. Jain. G'JOT. Tropics of Old World, Mexico, 

 Bolivia. 



Stem a much branched erect annual, 1-2 ft. high ; stem and petioles 

 with glandular viscid hairs. /,<-i/rv.s 5-7 cm. 1. ; li-ai!'-is elliptical, oblique, 

 glabrous on the upper surface, puberulous beneath, at leu ibrescent, 



2-3 cm. 1. : petiole long, 2-4 cm. 1. ; stipules small, lanceolate. mm. 1. 



Bract* lanceolate, about 2 - 5mm. 1. at base of raceme, ovate, about 

 2mm. 1. at base of pedicel ; bracteoles 2, minute, very caducous, in middle 

 of pedicel. Calyx 3 '5-5 mm. 1., somewhat hirsute or puberulous. Corolla 

 5-7 mm. 1., yellow. Stamens 5 (7). Pod linear-oblong, sparsely covered 

 with bristly hairs, margined, 2'5-4 cm. 1., G-7 mm. br., G-7-seeded. N 

 black, obovate-rhomboidal, 3 '5-4 mm. 1. 



'2. Pedicels solitary, in pairs, or in clusters, springing from 

 a peduncle which is more or less adherent to the stem for 

 some distance above the axil, so that the pedicels arc 

 supra-axillary. 



17. C. rotundifolia Pers. Syn. i. 456 (1805) ; leaflets 1 pair, 

 roundish or obovate-elliptical, very oblique, 6-18 (24) mm. 1., 

 membranous, without a gland. Griseb. op. cit. 210 ; Betitlt. in 

 Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 2, 161 & Trans. Linn. Soc. xtvii. 570. C. bi- 

 foliolata DC. ex Oollad. Hist. Cass. 120, /. 9, B. 



Agualta Vale, St. Mary, McNab \ Tropical continental America. 



Stem prostrate, 1-1^ ft. long, woody below, more or less puberulous, 

 much branched from below. Leaflets : base semicordate, apex rounded, 

 without a mucro, midrib exmedian,* nerves 4 or 5 from the base, pinnate, 

 prominulous beneath, margin ciliolulate, otherwise glabrous ; petiole hairy, 

 3-5 mm. 1. ; stipules ovate, cordate, ribbed, base oblique, mucronate, 

 ciliolulate, 5-7 mm. 1. Pedicels solitary, slightly above the axils, longer 

 than the leaves, 1 5-2 5 cm. 1. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, 

 bristly above, 1-1-5 mm. 1. Calyx villose, 3 '5-4 mm. 1. Corolla a little 

 longer than the calyx, 4-5 mm. 1. Pod margined, puberulous, 7-S-seeded, 

 l'5-3 cm. 1., 4 mm. br. 



18. C. pilosa L. Si/st. cd. 10, 1017 (1759); leaflets, 2-5 pairs, 

 oblong, 10-25 mm. L, membranous, without a gland. L. Am //. 

 v. 378 & Sp. PI. cd. 2, 540; Sw. Obs. Bot. 160 ; Clla<l. C<i*x. 122, 

 t. 20, A ; Macf. Jam. i. 347 ; Griseb. op. cit. 210; Bi'nth. in Tranx. 

 Linn. Soc. xxvii. 570. C. emarginata Mill. Ganl. Diet. ,!. 8 

 (1768) (non L.). C. Milleri Collad. Cass. I'M (1S1G). C. minm- 

 sioides Wri</hf M> m. 271 (1828) (non L.}. C. sull'ruticosa 

 hirsuta &c. Browne Hist. Jam. L'lM? (excl. -\'ii. L. & >' 



The type, Browne's specimen, is in Herb. Linn. 



* When the midrib is in the middle of the loaf, it is median, about 

 halfway between the middle and the margin rxmedian, nearer the mai 

 than the exmediau position marginal. 



