Cassia LEGUMINOS.K 115 



pubescent, 3 '5-4 '5 cm. 1. Griseb. op. clt. 211 (in part); Benth. 

 torn. cit. 578 (in part). Senna occidentalis siliqua singular! &c. 

 Sloane Cat. 150 & Hist. //. 51. Type in Herb. Linn. 



Savanna, St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. vi. 33 & viii. 135 (6) ! 

 Broughton\ Distinl Manchester, Pur die ! Porus, Lloyd. 



Stem puberulous above witb curved hairs, glabrescent below. Leaflets 

 oblong-linear, nerves pinnate, 2-3 from the base, prominent beneath, apex 

 obtuse, mucronate, pubescent in young state, at length glabrate, margin 

 dilate, 7-14 (17) mm. 1., 2-2 -2 (1-3) mm. br. ; petiole (and rhachis) puberu- 

 lous ; stipules lanceolate with long acuminate bristle-like point, ciliolate 

 on margin, 7-8 mm. 1., longer than to the insertion of the gland. Pedicels 

 1-3 in clusters, 1-10 mm. above the axil, 2-5 mm. 1. Bracts 2-4 mm. 1., 

 ribbed ; bracteoles 1-2-2-5 mm. 1. Sepals 4-5 mm. 1. 



25. C. patellaria DC. ex Collad. Hist. Cass. 125. t. 16 (1816) ; 

 leaves 5-6 cm. 1. ; leaflets, 18-20 (10-25) pairs, midrib nearer 

 the margin than the middle, nerves several, parallel ; gland 1 or 

 sometimes 2, sessile, flat, round, below the leaflets ; sepals 5-6 

 mm. 1. ; petals not longer than the sepals ; stamens 7-8 ; pod 

 villose, 2 '5-3 '5 cm. 1. Griseb. op. cit. 211 ; Bentli. torn. cit. 578. 



Guys Hill, St. Thomas in the Vale, McNab ! pastures, St. Mary, Purdie ! 

 Wilson \ Kobertsfield, Fawcett ! Cuba, Tobago, Trinidad, tropical conti- 

 nental America. 



Stem to 3 ft., erect, densely pubescent or puberulous with curved hairs 

 or villose. Leaflets oblong-linear, ending in a mucro, nerves 4-5 from the 

 base, pinnate otherwise, prominent, very oblique both at base and apex, 

 base of the broad side truncate, margin ciliolate, upper surface puberulous 

 with adpressed hairs, or glabrate, lower puberulous with adpressed haiis, 

 10-15 mm. 1., 2-3 mm. br. ; petioles (and rhachis) villose ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, puberulous, ciliate, 9-12 mm. 1. Peduncle giving off 1 or 2 

 erect clusters of flowers at intervals of about 5 mm. above the axil, each 

 cluster of 2-4 flowers. Bracts ribbed, 4-6 mm. 1. ; bracteoles ribbed, 

 2-5-3 mm. 1. Pistil villose. Pod oblong-linear, compressed, margined, 

 6-10-seeded. Seeds somewhat square, about 2 mm. 1. 



26. C. faseiata comb. nov. ; leaves 79 cm. 1. ; leaflets, 10-22 

 pairs, midrib exmedian, nerves few beneath curved outwards 

 along the margin; gland 1, rarely 2, cup-shaped, sessile, below 

 the leaflets; sepals 8-8*5 mm. 1. ; petals, 3 longer than the 

 sepals, 13-9 '5 mm. 1. ; stamens 10; pod somewhat hirsute, 4-5 

 cm. 1. C. chamsecrista Macf. Jam. I. 346 (1837) (non L.). 

 C. nictitans Griseb. loc. cit. (1860) (in part) ; Benth. tout. cit. 578 

 (in part) (non L.). Charmec-rista faseiata Britton in Bull. Torr. 

 Bot. Ant. xxxvii. 352 (1910). 



Wright ! " Cane-piece intervals in seasonable districts," Macfadyen ; 

 between Bath and Cuua-cuna Pass, 1000 ft., Britton, 3500! bed of river, 

 Morant Bay, Harris Britton ! Fl. Jam. 10,641. 



Herbaceous, roots apparently annual. Stems erect, little branched, 

 1^-3 ft. high, more or less pubescent with curved hairs. Leaflets oblong- 

 linear, glabrous, apex obtuse or acute, mucronate, base oblique, rounded 

 on the broad side ; nerves 2-3 from, the base, otherwise pinnate, prominent 

 beneath ; margins somewhat serrulate, 1-1 5 cm. 1., 2-2 5 mm. br. ; petiole 



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