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The specimen is in leaf only, and hence somewhat doubtful. 
XXIV. Cassia, Linn. Gen. n. 514; Endl. Gen. n. 6781; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 279. 
Sepala 5, subinzequalia, exteriore minore, vix ima basi coalita, valde imbricata. Petala 5, plus minus 
inzequalia. Stamina 10, ineequalia v. rarius zequalia, 3 postica sæpe sterilia, interdum 5 alterna defi- 
cientia; filamenta filiformia v. subulata, libera; antherze 2-loculares, apice rima brevi v. poro duplici 
dehiscentes, basi simul aperte. Ovarium sessile v. sepissime stipitatum, co-ovulatum. Stylus fili- 
formis; stigma simplex v. minute ciliatum, interdum incrassato-tumidum. Legumen teres v. com- 
presso-planum, lignosum, coriaceum v. membranaceum, indehiscens v. 2-valve, l-loculare v. septis 
transversis oo-locellatum, interdum pulpa farctum, oc-spermum. Semina septis parallele v. con-- 
trarie compressa, albuminosa. Embryo rectus.—Arbores frutices suffrutices v. herb; inermes; 
folis alternis, simpliciter et abrupte pinnatis, foliolis 1—oc-jugis integerrimis; stipulis petiolaribus 
geminis; petiolis szepissime glandulosis; floribus utplurimum flavis, racemosis v. solitariis. 
l. C. (Chameefistula) levigata, Willd. Enum. vol. i. p. 441; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 282; 
fruticosa, erecta, glabra ; foliolis 3—4-, rarius 2-jugis ovatis v. lanceolatis plerumque acuminatis, glan- 
dula oblonga acutiuscula inter omnia paria; racemis axillaribus pedunculatis brevibus v. subcorym- 
bosis, superioribus subpaniculatis; sepalis ineequalibus; petalis latis obtusissimis; staminibus ferti- 
libus 4 subsessilibus; leguminibus membranaceis v. subcoriaceis, cylindraceis v. plus minus inflatis, 
2-valvibus, seminibus co, septis parallelis v. contrarie dispositis.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Winivi- 
nikau."— Near the village of Vuniwaivutuki, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 136). Also found 
in Eastern Australia and in America. 
2. C. (Chameefistula) Sophora, Linn. Spec. 542; fruticosa v. suffruticosa, erecta glabra v. 
_ subglabra; foliolis 4—10-jugis lanceolatis, plerumque acutis, glandula ad basin petioli oblonga v. ovata 
acuta; racemis axillaribus v. terminalibus, paucifloris, sepe subpaniculatis; petalis latis obtusis; sta- 
minibus fertilibus 2; leguminibus demum teretibus v. turgidis, 2-valvibus; seminibus plerumque sep- 
tis parallelis.—In waste places of Viti (Williams!). Also collected in New Caledonia (M*Gillivray !), 
Tongan Islands (Forster !), Uvea or Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !), and on the east coast of New 
Holland. 
Authors have confoundéd this species with C. occidentalis and C. purpurea, two species belonging to a 
very different section of the genus. As C. Gaudichaudii of the Sandwich Islands, it is truly indigenous 
to Polynesia, whatever may be the claims of the other species to be recognized as endemic. 
3. C. (Prososperma) obtusifolia, Linn. Spéc. 539, excl. syn. Rumph. ; annua v. suffruticosa, 
erecta, glabrescens; foliolis 2-3-jugis obovatis basi cuneatis, subtus pubescentibus, glandula oblongo- 
cylindracea acuta inter infima; stipulis lineari-setaceis, deciduis; pedunculis paucifloris; leguminibus 
longis goesa recurvis compresso-tetragonis chartaceis glabris levibus.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, 
“ Kau moce."— Common in cultivated and waste places, in the small ipii coste of the larger 
islands of Viti (Seemann ! n. 135). í 
4. C. (Chamsesenna) glauca, Lam. Dict. vol. i. p. 647; fruticosa v. arborescens; foliolis 4-6- 
jugis ovali-oblongis v. ovalibus obtuse acuminatis, subtus ERAR puberulis v. subglabris, glandula 
ovata sessili inter 3—4 paria inferiora ; stipulis lineari-subulatis falcatis; racemis axillaribus subcorym- 
bosis; pedicellis bracteatis ; fésatoiufbüs membranaceis oblotive-lineabitias erectis glabris; semi- 
nibus oblongis.—C, Surattensis, Burm. Ind. 97. C. sulfurea, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 495. C. arbo- 
rescens, Vahl, Symb. vol. iii. p. 56, non Mill.—Ovalau and Oneata ee 8S. pis Exped.). Widely 
diffused in both the East and West Indies. mr oe 
5. C. (Chamzesenna) occidentalis, Linn. — 539; annua v. Kladfruticoes, pubescens V. pube- 
rula; foliolis 4—12-jugis ovato-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis acuminatis, glandula crassa ad basin petioli ; 
stipulis lineari-setaceis deciduis ; disse brevibus dcs nd qu bracteatis ; leguminibus 
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