leguminos;e. 341 



subtetragonal, subai-ticulate from the seeds, hirsute : seeds 

 oblong', truncated at both ends. 



7. Cassia obtusifolia. Blunt-leaved Cassia. 



Leaflets 3-pairecl obovate rounded at the apex 

 with an apicula pubescent, a stalked oblongo-cylindri- 

 cal glandule between the lowest pair, stipules iineari- 

 subulate, pods long gracile recurved. 



Swartz, Obs. \bQ.—De Cand. Prod. II. 493. 



HAB. Common in waste places. 



FL. September, October. 



SufFruticose, 1-2 feet in height, suberect: branches at their 

 extremities striated, pubescent, slightly scabrous. Leaflets, the 

 outermost pair the largest : common petiole about 3 inches in 

 length, 3-gonal, pubescent. Stipules half an inch in length, 

 linear. Flower-stalk axillary, solitary, very short, dividing 

 into 2 pedicels : pedicels about an inch in length, anguloso-sul- 

 cated, 1-flowered, furnished at their insertion with a lanceolate 

 ciliated bractea. Calycine sepals unequal, tiie two outer being- 

 the smallest, and oblong ; the three inner elliptic, blunt, paral- 

 lelly 5-nerved, ciliated. Petals subequal, clawed, obovato- 

 oblong, veined ; the two lower rather smaller than the rest, and 

 contiguous ; the rest spreading. Stamens 7-8, fertile, subequal ; 

 3-4 minute, abortive. Ovary linear, cylindrical, arcuate, lon- 

 gitudinally sulcated, puberulous : style short : stigma obtuse, 

 excavated, puberulous. Legume about 5 inches long, cylindri- 

 cal, arcuate, curved, puberulous, many-seeded : seeds ovate, 

 angular. 



8. Cassia viminea. Trailing-branched Cassia. 



Leaflets 2-paired glabrous ovato-oblong acuminate, 

 an oblong acute glandule between the lowest pair, 

 petiole with an awn beneath at the extremity. 



Senna spuria 4-phylla, siliqua lata compressa, Sloane, II. t. 

 180. f. 6 et 7. — C. viminea, Swartz, Obs. 156. 



HAB. Common in mountain thickets. 



FL. Autumn. 



A trailing shrub, ascending to a considerable height by 

 throwing its long slender branches over neighbouring rocks 

 and trees ; extremities of the branches anguloso-sulcated (the 

 furrows parallel), pubescent. Leaflets the outer pair the 

 largest, unequal at the base, shortly petiolulated, shining above. 

 Stipules setaceous. Racemes terminal, and axillary, many- 

 flowered. Flowers I'ather large, showy, yellow. Sepals and 

 petals subunequal. Stamens subequal, with the exception ot. 



