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726 ; Mac/. Jam. i. 349 ; Griseh. loc. cit. ; Benih. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvii. 572. C. suflPruticosa et subhirsuta &c. Browne Hist. 

 Jam. 225 ? Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Very common about the upper parts of Liguanea, Browne; waste 

 places, Swartz ! Purdie ! Malvern, 2200 ft. ; Lititz savanna, 300-900 ft. ; 

 Harris I Fl. Jam. 9652, 11,725.— Bahamas, Cuba. 



" A dense shrub, 3 ft. high," or "a straggling shrub, up to 6 ft. high" 

 (Harris) ; " an undershrub, 1-3 ft. high " (Swartz) ; branches puberulous. 

 Leaves 1*5-2 cm. 1.; leaflets, apex rounded or truncate, mucronulate, 

 base oblique, midrib nearly median, nerves 2-3 on the broad side from base, 

 1-2 on the narrow side, pinnate, prominent beneath, glabrous on the 

 upper surface, puberulous and soft to the touch beneath ; petiole (and 

 rhachis) pubescent, 3-4 mm. 1. ; stipules lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 ciliolate, 3-5 mm. 1. Pedicels solitary or 2 or 3 in clusters, axillary and 

 shortly above the axil, -5-2 cm. 1. Bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm. 1.; 

 bracteoles lanceolate, close below the flower, 2 mm. 1. Calyx more or less 

 pubescent, 8-10 mm. 1. Corolla yellow; petals subequal, 1*5 cm. 1. 

 Stamens 9-10. Pod oblong, slightly curved, narrowed to the base, 

 margined, pubescent or glabrescent, 3-4 cm. 1. Seeds 10-12, somewhat 

 rectangular. 



21. C. polyadena DC. PI. Bar. Jard. Genev. 2* Bapp. 12 

 (1824) ; leaflets, 4-8 pairs, oblong or somewhat obovate-oblong, 

 1*5-2 "5 cm. 1., leathery; glands capitate, subsessile or long- 

 stalked, one below the leaflets and often others along the 

 rhachis. — Griseb. op. cit. 210; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 

 575. C chamsecrista L. Sp. PI. 379 (in part i.e. as concerns the 

 habitat Jamaica). Senna occidentalis siliqua multiplici &c. 

 Sloane Cat. 149 & Hist. ii. 51. Chamsecrista jamaicensis Britten 

 in Bull Torr. Bot. Club xlii. 515 (1915). 



Sloane Herb. vi. 32 ! Distin I Pedro plain, St. Elizabeth, Purdie 1 

 Marchl Long Mountain, south side, near Kingston, 300 ft., Harris I Fl. 

 Jam. 9616, 12,120. — Bahamas, Guadeloupe. 



A straggling undershrub, 3-4 ft. high ; branches puberulous, or at 

 length glabrate. Leaves 3-5 cm. 1. ; leaflets : base oblique, apex obtuse, 

 mucronulate, midrib exmedian, nerves prominent on both sides, glabrous, 

 5-9 mm. br. ; petiole (and rhachis) sparcely puberulous or glabrate, 

 4-5 mm. 1. ; stipules lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, cilio- 

 lulate, 2-6 mm. 1. Pedicels 1-3, attached at a point 2-3 mm. above 

 the leaf-axil, about half as long as the leaves, 1*3-2 cm. 1. Bracts ovate, 

 long acuminate, 1-3 mm. 1. ; bracteoles triangular, apex bristle-like, 

 l"5-3mm. 1. ScpaZs sparsely puberulous or glabrate, 8-10 mm. 1. Petals 

 yellow, 1*1-1 '5 cm. 1. Pod sparsely puberulous, oblong, straight, 5-12- 

 seeded, 3-5 cm, 1, 



22. C. glandulGsa-L. Syst. ed. 10, 1017 (1759) (excl. syn. 

 Breyn.) ; leaflets usually 10-16 pairs, midrib median or nearly 

 median, nerves numerous and close together beneath; gland 

 funnel-shaped, long-stalked, below the leaflets, and often others 

 along the rhachis; sepals 8-9 mm. 1.; corolla longer, petals 

 6-11 (-13* 5) mm. 1.; pod pubescent or glabrate, 8-10-seeded. — 

 L. Amoen. v. 378 & Sp. PI. ed. 2, 542 (excl. syn. Breyn.) Bot. 



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