276 xlvii. § ozesalpinie-e: (oliver). [Cassia. 



tent. Flowers in long- erect axillary or apparently terminal stoutly 

 pedunculate racemes. Bracts coloured, ovate or elliptical, obtuse or 

 broadly pointed, imbricating* at first, early deciduous, J-l in. long-. 

 Pedicels \-\ in. Sepals coloured membranous, nearly equal in length. 

 Two anterior stamens with enlarged strongly curved anthers about 

 5 lines long. Legume 2-valved, thinly but firmly coriaceous, linear 

 apiculate, 5-6 in. long, \-\ in. broad, each valve with a very pro- 

 minent crenate longitudinal wing extending the entire length of the 

 valve and incurved towards the ventral suture. Seeds rhomboid- 

 cuneate, compressed ; cotyledons sigmoid, in transverse section occu- 

 pying the median third or half of the seed. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Barter I Abbeokuta, Barter ! Gaboon river, 

 Mann! 



Widely spread in the Tropics of both hemispheres, though probably only indigenous 

 in America. 



14. C. podocarpa, Guill. et Perr. Ft. Seneg. i. 259 (ex descr.) A 

 glabrous shrub or small tree of 15 ft. ; branches terete, smooth. Leaves 

 ample 9-14 in. long; leaflets membranous in 4 or 5 pairs, elliptical 

 obtuse mucronulate :, the upper larger leaflets 4-6 in. long, 2-2f in. 

 broad; petiolules 1-2 lines. Common petiole eglandular. Stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, \ in. long, more or less deciduous. Racemes dense, 

 at first strobiliform, solitary from the upper axils on long erect naked 

 peduncles, at length equalling or exceeding the leaves. Bracts im- 

 bricate, ovate, obtuse, deciduous. Pedicels \-^ in. Sepals subequal, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Petals obovate or oblanceolate, obtuse, venose, 

 clawed. Two of the anterior stamens with enlarged curved anthers 

 4-5 lines long. Legumes spreading or the fruit-pedicels recurved, 

 straight or nearly so, broadly linear, flat, thinly coriaceous or firmly 

 papery, shining, 2-valved, tne thin pericarp depressed between the 

 (15-20) seeds when dry, 3J-4|- in. long, 6-7 lines broad, tipped with 

 the curved slender remains of the style. Fully developed seeds not 

 seen. — C. Afzeliana, Vogel in Linnsea, xv. 70. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Fernando Po, Mann ! Lagos, Barter ! 



Nearly allied to C. strobilacea, H. B. K., of Tropical America. C. strobilacea, how- 

 ever, has 10-12-jugate broadly and strictly oblong leaflets, pubescent at least under- 

 neath. Dr. Vogel described this species with hairy leaves. Our specimens are glabrous, 

 and the type in the British Museum appeared to me the same on a cursory inspection. 



15. C. didymobotrya, Fresen. in Flora, 1839, 53 (ex descr.) A shrub 

 or small tree of 7-10 ft. ; branches and leaves at first puberulous or 

 finely pubescent. Leaves 6-12 (-16) in. long; rachis pubescent, plane or 

 slightly convex above, sometimes faintly sulcate when dry ; eglandular 

 or with a rudimentary gland between some of the leaflets ; leaflets in 

 8-16 pairs, oval-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, apex rounded with a 

 conspicuous slender mucro, obliquely rounded at the base, finely pubes- 

 cent or nearly glabrous at length, 1-2 or 2 J in. long, 5-9 lines broad j 

 subsessile or petiolules J line. Stipules ovate-rotundate, apiculate, 

 reflexed, deciduous, less than J in. long. Racemes simple, erect, ^-1 ft. 



