Cana Man iRanciars. 0 foliis octnjagie ovato-oblongis acqulbuy gland bateos petolohas ita, x 
~_ C. glabriuscula; foliis 8-jugis lanceolato-oblongis mucronatis subzqualibus, glandula_ petiolari obiovs. 
~ ta, racemis axillaribus et paniculato-terminalibus, legitminibasTinearibus arcuatis gisbris:” “Purship » 
139° 
C. Marilandica. Herbacea, glabriuscula: foliis 8-jugis, sublanceolato-oblongis, utrinque obtusiuscu- 
lis; glandula petiolari obovata: spicis axillaribus et paniculato-terminalibus: antheris atro-fuscis. 
Ot. Foliola mucronata. Legumen angusto-lineare, et Sey ae. Fi. Bor. 
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SYNONYMAL = 
Cassta mimosae foliis, siliqua hirsuta. Dill. Elth. 
C. foliis octo sepius parium ovato-oblongis xqualibus, glandula supra basin petiolorum. Gron, a. Ving. 
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DESCRIPTIO UpERIOR. sf 
i 32 tee 3 oe 7c —aietdes optic gets ae nal Pees ab ceeest og eS ee 
PLANTA Ehscaces 5, aut 4 pedalium proceritate ; alae preter basin: wien et juscula. 
Radix perennis, lignea, contorta, nigra ; nunc horizontalis, nunc in terra penta: immersa; radicu- 
lis plunbug.¢ Sad atris intra fae Caules multi, Srectin§ teretes; ramis is subhorizontalibus tanquam 
“Tas fimenie name of this plant is of Asiatic origin, sind was 
stoigh into Greece along with the commercial article which it de-. 
— by the Pheenician merchants.* The specific Cae was 
“ETE i is the 3 asp ‘Betsich, of the wise Sher dace 
3 the Old Testament it occurs, indeed, only once, and that i in ‘the plural number. “& Thou 
_ lovest. righteousness and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed 
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh and 
