114 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Cassia 



Mag. t. 3435; Macf.Jam. /'. 346; Bentli. Plant. Hartw. 263 (non 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 576); Griseb. op. clt. '211. C. suffruti- 

 cosa erecta foliis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 225 1 C. chamsecrista 

 Mil. Herb, (non Gard. Diet.)- Sw. Obs. Hot. 164? Wright Mem. 

 198, 260, 295? C. virgata Sic. F1. Ind. Occ. 728 (1798); Macf. 

 Jm. i. 348; Bentli. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 576. The type, 

 Browne's specimen, is in Herb. Linn. 



Browne ! ditches and wet places near Kingston, Broughton ! Swartz ! 

 Macfadyen\ Me Nab I Port Royal Mts., Hartwegl St. Thomas, Purdiel 

 Oersted \ March \ Gordon Town, Ball I J.P. 1197, Morris ! 



Stem shrubby, erect, 2-3 ft. high ; branches puberulous or glabrate. 

 Leaves 3-9 cm. 1. ; leaflets oblong-linear to sublanceolate, mucronulate, 

 base oblique, nerves 3-4 from the base, pinnate, prominent, on the upper 

 side not so distinctly prominent ; puberulous or glabrescent beneath, 

 glabrous above, 8-20 mm. L, 2-4*5 mm. br. ; petiole (and rhachis) 

 pubescent, 2 mm. 1. ; stipules lanceolate, long acuminate, 5-8 mm. 1. 

 Pedicels solitary or 2 or 3 together, above the axils, '5-2 cm. 1. Bracts 

 triangular, acuminate, ribbed, 3-4 mm. 1. ; bracteoles lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, 2-4 mm. 1. Sepals more or less puberulous along a median 

 line. Petals yellow. Stamens 10, 2 longer than the rest. Pod oblong- 

 linear, 3-4 cm. 1. Seeds somewhat square-shaped, dirty brown, about 

 2*5 mm. in diani. 



"A decoction of the roots of the Cane-piece Sensitive Plant is an anti- 

 dote against vegetable and fish poisons. A handful of the washed roots 

 being boiled in water from three pints to two, may be strained, sweetened, 

 and used for common drink, at the rate of three quarts in twenty-four 

 hours" (Wright). 



23. C. Broughtonii Faivc. & Hendle in Journ. Hot. Iv. 37 

 (1917); leaves 7-11 cm. 1. ; leaflets, 19-22 (26) pairs, midrib nearly 

 median, nerves few, distant ; gland campanulate, long-stalked, 

 below the leaflets ; sepals 7-8 mm. 1. ; corolla not longer, petals 

 6-8 mm. 1. ; pod strongly margined, villose, about 16-seeded. 



"In fossis et udis," Broughton \ Macfadyenl King's House grounds, 

 600 ft.; Harris I Fl. Jam. 6949. Types in Herb. Mus. Brit., Herb. Kew., 

 Herb. Jam., and Broughton's collection. 



Shrub, 3 ft. high ; young branches densely pubescent with curved 

 hairs. Leaflets oblong-linear, oblique at base, scarcely so at apex, base 

 of broad side rounded, midrib ending in a bristle-like mucro, nerves 3-4 

 from the base, pinnate on the broad side, obsolete or slightly prominulous 

 on the upper surface, prominulous beneath, margin ciliolulate, upper 

 surface glabrous, lower glabrescent, 14-18 mm. L, 2-2-5 mm. br. ; petiole 

 (and rhachis) pubescent, 5-8 mm. 1. ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ribbed, ciliate, 13-14 mm. 1. Pedicels 2 or 3 in axillary and supra-axillary 

 clusters, 5-7 mm. 1. Bracts ribbed, 5 mm. 1. ; bracteoles ribbed, 3 mm. 1. 

 Sepals pubescent. Corolla yellow. Stamens 9, 2 longer than the rest. 

 Pod oblong-linear, 4*5-5 (2*5) cm. 1., 4*5 mm. br. 



24. C. nietitans L. Sp. PI. 380 (1753); leaves 2-5-4 cm. 1. ; 

 leaflets, usually 1016 pairs, midrib submedian, nerves few 

 beneath ; gland saucer-shaped or flat and round, shortly stalked, 

 below the leaflets ; sepals 4-5 mm. 1. ; petals 4 not longer than 

 sepals, one longer, 5 5-7 mm. 1. ; stamens usually 5 (4-6) ; pod 



