Cassia.] XLVII. § CiESALPINIEiE (OLIVER). 271 



of deflexed or spreading- linear-setaceous or subulate bracts of i-f in. 

 Sepals obtuse, glabrous or nearly so, 4-7 lines long. Petals narrowed 

 to the base, 1 in. or slightly longer. Three longer stamens exceeding 

 the petals, their filaments distinctly dilated near the middle. Ovary 

 adpressed-puberulous. Legume 12-20 in. long, about 1 in. diameter, 

 hard and woody, terete, smooth, glabrous, at length tardily longitu- 

 dinally dehiscent. — Rich. FI. Abyss, i. 249, t. 47 ; Ferret et Galinier, 

 Abyss. Atlas, Bot. t. 3. Catharto carpus Atteleh, Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 453. 

 C. Fistula, in Sched. Herb. Schimp. Abyss. No. 896. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Scliimper ! Sennaar, Cienkowsky ! Nubia and Kordofan 

 (/Schweinf. et Asch. Enum.). 



3. C. abbreviata, Oliv. Shrub or tree, attaining 15-25 ft., ex- 

 tremities leaves on expansion and inflorescence shortly pubescent. 

 Leaves 1ft. or shorter; leaflets in 8— 12 pairs, elliptical or oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse, rounded or broadly cuneate at base, pubescent or 

 subvillous at least beneath at first, at length sometimes nearly glabrous, 

 venation reticulate ; 1J-1J in. long; petiolules 1 line ; common petiole 

 eglandular. Racemes terminal and from lateral shoots towards the 

 ends of the branches, rather short and subcorymbose, the pubescent 

 rachis 2-6 in. long, nearly concealed by the recurved bracts and brac- 

 teoles. Bracts linear, acute, hairy, \— J in. long. Pedicels ascending, 

 straight, pubescent, 2-3J in. long. Sepals elliptical or ovate obtuse 

 pubescent, ^ in. long. Petals obovate-oblong, f — 1 in. long, narrowed 

 at the base. Longer stamens exceeding the petals ; filaments subfili- 

 form or but slightly dilated near the middle. Ovary shortly and 

 densely villous with ascending or adpressed tawny hairs. Legume 

 12-15 in. long, subterete, slightly curved, with moderately prominent 

 sutures, clothed throughout with a short dense tawny velvety tomentum. 



Mozamb. Distr. Near Lupata and Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Manganya Hills 

 (flowers bright ochre-coloured), Dr. Metier ! West shore of Lake Nyassa, Dr. Kirk! 

 Dr. Kirk describes the pods as " long, dry, divided by transverse septa.'' 



4. C. Kotschyana, Oliv. A small tree, the extremities, common 

 petioles, unfolding leaves and inflorescence shortly yellow or tawny- 

 pubescent or puberulous ; leaflets approximated in 4-10 pairs, from 

 broadly ovate-elliptical to elliptic-oblong, apex rounded or obtusely 

 pointed, base very broadly cuneate or subtruncate, minutely adpressed- 

 pubescent beneath, glabrate, and at length shining and reticulate-venose 

 above, the lateral nervures prominent and looping; 1^—2 in. long, 

 10—14 lines broad ; petiolules 1—2 lines ; common petiole 3-9 in. 

 eglandular. Racemes rather lax, from 5 or 6 in. to nearly 2 ft. long ; 

 bracts deciduous before expansion of the flowers. Pedicels spreading 

 about 1J in. long. Sepals obtuse, ovate- or oblong-elliptical, closely 

 puberulous, ^ in. long. Petals f in. long, shortly clawed. Three 

 longer stamens much exceeding the petals, filaments subfiliform not 

 distinctly dilated, their anthers thinly pubescent behind. Ovary 

 pubescent. Legume unknown. 



North Central. Musgu, E. Vogel ! 

 Nile Land. Sennaar, Kotschy ! 



