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CASSIA* Herbertiana. 

 Mr. Herberfa Cassia. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. or d. Leo uminos.t. /j^fs. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 86.) 



CASSIA. — Supnl, vol. l.fol. 83. 



C. Herbertiana ; foliolis sub-5-jugis lanceolatis suprii glabriusculis subti^s 

 petiolis ramulisqiie pubescentibus, glandulu parva sessili inter paria 



supremis 2 exceptis, leguminibus 



Frutex 8-9-pcdalis, erectus, apice 7-aniosus. Ramuli sxbangulati, pu- 



bescentcs. Folia feri! semper quinquejttga, foliolis lanceolatis, mpialibus ; 



stipulae minimcp, lincares, acuminatce ; petiolus pubcscens ; fjlandulcE inter 



omnia paria, diiobus supremis exceptis, ?nijii7ncB,oblongcB, sessiles, lutesccntes. 



Racemi axillarcs et terminales, subcorymbosi, foliis brcviores. Scpala obtu- 



sissima. Petala sulphurea, ovata, obtusa. Staminum duo elongata, perfecta, 



ccBtera subsessilia, effoeta. 



A native of Barbadoes, whence seeds were received by 

 the Hon, and Rev. WilHani Herbert, by whom our speci- 

 mens were communicated in November last. 



It requires the heat of a stove, where it forms a shrub 

 about 8 or 9 feet high. Like the rest of its genus, it will 

 no doubt strike freely from cuttings. 



The pods of this species being unknown, it is uncertain 

 to what division of the genus it belongs. Most likely it 

 should be placed near C. crotalarioides, which is distin- 

 guished by its more compact habit, and by the elongated 

 form of the glands between the leaflets. These curious 



* Seefol. 1310. 



