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crista, and more or less recently introduced from Jamaica 
or Barbados, from the islands to which Linneeus credits his 
type. 
2. C. FASCICULARIS. Cassia fascicularis, Michx. Fl. i. 262 
(1808). C. Chamecrista of American authors, scarcely of 
Linneus. The very considerable fascicle of flowers, as well 
as the other characters assigned this species by the extremely 
critical and careful author of the Michaux Flora preclude 
my accepting the doctrine that this plant can be identical 
with the first species of this series. Mr. Pollard trusts that 
Mr. Bentham was correct in suppressing it; but all who 
know Mr. Bentham’s viewsand methods will doubtless agree 
with me that he would have been likely to have reduced to 
Linneus’ C. Chamecrista every one of those large-flowered 
species which Mr. Pollard has proposed as new. C. fascicu- 
laris I suppose includes all the northern plant with the large 
corollas; and my own opinion is that all Mr. Pollard's new 
species are perfectly distinct from this; though, as I said 
above, I suspect that some one of them may be the true 
Chamæcrista pavonis. 
3. C. DEPRESSA. Cassia depressa, Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club. 
xxii. 515, t. 251 (1895). This Floridan species bears solitary 
flowers, and is thus allied to C. pavonis; but its habit is so 
entirely peculiar that I can not doubt its perfect validity as 
distinct from the old original type of Chamæcrista, whatever 
that may ultimately prove to be. 
4. C. FLAVICOMA. Cassia flavicoma, HBK. Nov. Gen. vi. 
966 (1823). À most beautiful South American representa- 
tive of the genus; apparently a large plant, and shrubby. 
5. C. TRISTICULA. Cassia tristicula, HBK. 1. c. 367. Near 
the last, and of similar geographical range. 
6. C. PALMERI. Cassia Palmeri, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 4 
xxii 408 (1887). A neat representative of the low suffrutes- — : 
