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the oi!, wliich having an agreeable scent is excellent for shaving-, an J it is ii.-ed in plas- 

 ters. In Carolina they make sealing wax tVom tliese bernes ; and the lo^i is acLOUuled 

 a specific in the tooth-ache. It is propagated t'rura'seedi. 



.^NDLEV/ooD .?fc' RosEwoon. 



Cane, ^UGAR-^A'fe Sugar Cajs'f.. 



C'anr, Wild See Ii.\:siKoo and Reeds. - 



CjiNEi.LA Sec CiN'NAMOiN';. \VU.D. 



-CAXE-PIECE SENSITIN^E PLANT. CASSIA. 



Ci,. 10, OR. 1. Decandriainonogj/}iia. .. Nat. or. Lmneniacea:. 



^'EN. CHAR. Calyx a pentaphyllous perianth, lax, concave, coloured, deciduoTis; 

 corolla five petals, roundisii^eonoafre ; tlie inferioroHes more distant, more spread- 

 ing, larger; sta.ueus are ten fiiameats, declined; the tliree interior ones longer ; 

 the ttiree superior shorter ; anthers, the three infericjr very hirge, arcuate, rostrate, . 

 gaping at the tip ; the .four lateral ones without the rostrum, gajiing; the three 

 superior ones very small, sterile ; ttie. pistil has- a suh-coluuin;ir germen, longj . 

 pedancled ; st3'le very short ; stigma obtuse, ascendmg ; the jjericarp is an oblong 

 legumen, with transverse paitifeions ; seeds many, roundish, attixed to ti>e supe- . 

 i'ior sutoie. . There are several species natives of JaaiaLca. . 



CHAilCECRISTA. . 



Senna occidentalis, siliqua onuJlipU'ci foliis herb^ viiiiiosrr. Sloane, - 

 v. 2, p. 51. Siifl'ruticosa erecta,j'oliis linearibus plut^iinus pinnatia^ 

 floribus singuiartbus vcl gcininatis, sparsis. Browne, p. 2,25. 



Leaflets many pairs ; a petiolar pedicelled gland ; stipules ensiform. 



"This has an herbaceous stem, afoot high or more, diffused, smooth, round, with 

 liirsute branches ; leaves pinnate, with twenty-foisr or twent\-iive pairs of leaflets-; , 

 common petioles round, hirsute, thicker at t;he base ; lealiets on very short petiolets, 

 opposite, lanceolate, rounded at the base, oblique, blunt at the end, and terminated 

 by, a very small bristle, nerved, smooth. Glands beneath the lowest pair of leaflets, 

 pedicelled, capitate, truncate,, turbinate at the tip. Sti])ules lanceolate, acunnnate, 

 opposite, at the base of the petioles, half clasping, smooth, but pubescent at the edge. 

 Flowers among the stipules above the petiole, and not axillary ; on very short, solitary, - 

 three-tlowerea pedicels ; corollas small, yellov/, with t-w<j minute opposite bractes ou 

 tin; pedixels. Calycine leaflets linear, equal, acute,, reflex, pubescent; petals une- 

 qual ; the two upjjer ones smaller, with a dusky spot ; the other three larger, having 

 claws, roundish, cxjncave, waved about the edge. Filaments unequal, the seven hinder 

 ones smaller, the three forward ones longer ; anthers linear, angidar, bearing pollen 

 at the tip; germ oblong, white, very hirsute; style recurved, thick; stigma blunt^ _ 

 kgume compressed. It grows in dry pastures and amofig cane-pieces. 



This is frequently met in cane-piece intervals. Tt is about three feet in height, and 

 Jia? a few branches, with numerous small pinnated leaves, which collapse immediately 

 90 being t^otiched^ The blossoms are yellow. Tlic capsule is a tlat pod, about au incii - 



