Cassia.] xlvii. § c^salpinie^e (oliver). 273 



tinctlj though minutely sericeous beneath. The corymbose tawny-pubescent racemes 

 are collected into a large terminal almost leafless panicle. 



7. C. goratensis, Fresen. in Flora, 1839, 53. A shrub or small 

 compact tree ; extremities, leaves especially underneath, and peduncles 

 pubescent. Leaves 5-7 in. long, rachis pubescent channelled above, 

 usually with interpetiolular ovoid or oblong* glands ; leaflets in 7-9 

 (—12) pairs, oblong-elliptical or varying from ovate to obovate- elliptical, 

 apex very obtuse, entire or emarginate minutely mucronulate, rounded 

 at the base, pubescent or at length subglabrate above, paler and 

 appressed-pubescent beneath, 1-1 J (-If) in. long ; petiolule about 

 1 line. Stipules subulate, usually early deciduous. Corymbs few- or 

 several-flowered, short, crowded at or near the ends of the branches. 

 Bracts very early caducous, usually fallen before expansion of the 

 outer flowers ; bracteoles glanduliform. Sepals very unequal, two 

 outer much smaller, pubescent. Petals unequal, distinctly clawed. 

 Three anterior stamens shorter than the larger petal, anthers curved, 

 4-6 lines long ; intermediate anthers nearly straight with an obtuse 

 sharply curved tip. Legumes slightly compressed or subterete, 

 usually constricted, at least when dry, between the numerous uni- 

 seriate closely-packed seeds ; J— J in. in diameter, varying to 4 in. in 

 length. Cotyledons more or less plicate within a thin layer of 

 albumen. 



North Central. Musgu, E. Vogel I 



Nile Laud. Abyssinia, Schimper! Dillon! and others. Sennaar, Kotschy ! Bahr- 

 el-Abiad (Schweinf. et Asch.). 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr . Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Meller ! Dr. Peters. 



I think this is probably Cassia Singueava, Delile (Voy. a Meroe, 28), but the de- 

 scription given is very imperfect, neither flower nor fruit being referred to. As the 

 plant is universally known under Fresenius' name it is hardly desirable to supersede it. 

 Cassia Sabak, of the same botanist, described without leaves or fruit, I cannot identify. 

 It belongs, however, to the group of large-flowered Cassias, with the 3 anterior stamens 

 larger. The racemes are described as short and tomentose ; petals 1| in. long. 



8. C. Tettensis, C. Bolle in Peters' 1 Mossamb. Bot. 14 (ex descr.). 

 Shrub ; extremities leaves underneath and inflorescence very shortly 

 and rather thinly pubescent. Leaves J ft. more or less ; common 

 petiole pubescent, channelled, with slender stipitate interpetiolular 

 glands often 2-3 lines in length ; leaflets 7-12-jugate oval-oblong or 

 varying to oblanceolate- oblong, obtuse with a distinct slender mucro, 

 thinly pubescent or at length glabrate above, appressed sparsely 

 silky-pubescent beneath, 1-1^ in. long, J-J in. broad; petiolules 

 about ^ line. Stipules caducous. Corymbs panicled at the extre- 

 mities ; bracts small, cymbiform, caducous ; bracteoles glandular, 

 stipitate. Two outer sepals much smaller than the inner, thinly 

 silky below. Anterior petals larger, lamina |— 1 in. long, with a 

 wavy margin, claw distinct, 2 lines long. Stamens as in C. Petersiana y 

 the three anterior much larger, with strongly curved anthers, con- 

 siderably shorter than the corresponding petals. Ovary appressed- 



