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leguminibus longioribus. — C. Ehrenbergii Bschff. — C. lanceolata Ebrbg. — C. acuti- 

 folia Nees jun. — Tota planta robustior in solo fertiliore . ut videtur , orta. -- Fo- 

 liola raro pura nomine Sennae Haleppensis angustifoUae in commercio reperiuntur; 

 saepius inter Sennam Meccensem foliolis varietatis a. intermixta occurrunt. — Crescit 

 Cassia medicinalis In Arabia felici . praesertim in territorio Abu-arisch; in Mozambique 

 (an spontanea?); in India orienlali culta. 

 '). C. fPsilorhegmaJ STURTII R. Br. in Sturt. Expedit. Centr. Austr. II. 611. app. p. 77. — 

 Tomentoso -incana: foliis 4-jugis. foliolis lanceolato - linearibus planis. glandula de- 

 pressa inter par infimum; racemo corymboso paucifloro cura pedunculo suo folium 

 1'aulo superante v. aequante; calyce tomentoso. — Species proxima C. artemisioidi 

 Gaudich., quae Cassia glaucescens Cunningh. mss.. cui foliola teretiuscula, et racemus 

 corymbosus cum pedunculo suo folio brevior. — In >'ova Hollandia centrali. 



10. C. CANALICULATA R. Br. in Sturt 1. c. — Cinerascens pube tenuissima: foliis 2-ju- 

 gis (raro 1-jugis). foliolis angustato-Iinearibus canaliculatis. glandula inter par itiferius 

 et dum unijuga inter terminale: calyeibus glabriusculis; racemis corym^bosis paucilloris 

 folio brevioribus. — Proxima C. eremophilae Cunningh. mss. — Habitat in Nova Hol- 

 landia centrali. 



11. C. EREMOPHILA Cunningh. mss. ex R. Br. 1. c. — Glabra: foliis unijugis raro pas- 

 sim bijugis; foliolis linearibus canaliculatis latitudine racheos linearis aversae; coryui- 

 bis paucifloris folio brevioribus. — In desertis prope fluvium Lachlan in Nova Hollan- 

 dia centrali. 



r^. C. ZYGOPHYLLA Bnth. in Mitchell. Journal of tropical Australia pag. 288. adnot. — 

 Glabra vel pube tenuissima subcanescens: foliolis unijugis linearibus planis crassis; 

 glandula inter foliola parva depressa; racemis petiolo brevioribus 2 — 4-floris. — Cres- 

 cit in Australia orientali tropica. 



13. C. PLATYPODA R. Bf. I. c. 78. — Glabra: foliis unijugis; foliolis linearibus apiculo 

 recurvo duplo anguslioribus. rhachi aversa lanceolato-lineari. — Juxta fluvium Murray 

 in Nova Holiandia centrali. 



ii. C. PHYLLODLNEA R. Br. in Sturt. Expedit. Centr. Austr. U. App. p.78. — Canescens 

 pube arctiss.me adpressa; phyllodiis apbyliis linearibus planis falcatis aversis; calyci- 

 bus glabris; legumine plano-compresso. — Frutex quadripedalis, ramosissimus. Phyl- 

 lodia semper aphylla, aversa linearia acuta, basi attenuata plus minusve falcato-in- 

 curva, binncialia, '/e circiter unciae lata, exstipulata, paginis pube arciissime adpressa 

 canescentibus, margine superiore glandula unica depressa obsoleta. Flores flavi, in 

 umbella axillari 2—3 flora. — In Nova Hollandia cenlrali. 



15. C. CIRCINNATA Bnih. in Mitchell, Journal of tropical Austraha p. 384. adn. — Gla- 

 briuscula: petiolis phyllodineis lineari-subterelibus, foliolis nullis; racemis phyllodio 

 plerumque brevioribus 1— 2-floris; legumine plano glabro circinnato vel spiraliter con- 

 torto. — Crescit in AustraUa orientah tropica. 



Itj. C. CORONILLOIDES A. Cunn. in Mitchell l c. — Ramis subangulatis petiolisque mi- 

 nute puberulis; foliolis 8— 10-jugis lineari-oblongis oblusiusculis glabris, glandula 

 cylindrjca inter par infimum; racemis axillaribus 2— 3-floris folio mullo brevioribus. — 

 Alfinis C. australi. — Crescit in Australia orientali tropica. 



17, C. (Chamaecristaj FILIPENDULA Bojer, Nov. act. acad. Caes. Leopold. CaroL XXIL 

 II. 399. t lab. 42. — Caule laxe ereclo, basi ramoso glabro? foliolis 25 — 40-jugis 

 lanceolatis acutiusculis subinaequilateris pai-um decresceniibus, subtus pallidis, glan- 

 dula parva sessili inter juga; pedicellis 1 — 3 supraaxillaribus folio brevioribus; legu- 

 raine subglabrato; radice ramosa. ramulis apice tuberosis. — Afflnis C. plumosae Vo- 

 gel (Repert. L 836.), difl"ert petiolo muItJglanduloso et radicis tuberculis oblongis. — 

 Habitat iil Madagascaria. 



-j- Species quoad sectiones valde diibiae. 



18. C. OBTUSA Closs in Gay, Hisior. de Chile (Bot.) II. p. 235. — Valde ramosa; ramis 

 teretibus erecto-patulis subrigidis subaequalibus. superioribus canaliculatis puberulis; 

 foliolis 4 — 5-jugis obovaiis vel obovato - ellipticis , obtusissimis vei apice rotundatis. 



