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pressed, torulose. ^ . S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena, near the Bocca of St. Bartholomew. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Strobik-like-ncemeA Senna. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



8 C. TARA'NTAN (H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 348.) 

 leaves with II pairs of oblong, acute leaflets, which are pilose 

 above but pubescent beneath ; petioles glandless ; flowers ra- 

 cemose ? ; legumes compressed, torulose. f? . S. Native of 

 South America, near Cumana, where it is called Tarantan. 



Turanian Senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Tree. 



9 C. FRAXINIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 

 349.) leaves with 9-11 pairs of oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaf- 

 lets ; petioles glandless ; racemes axillary, corymbose ; legumes 

 compressed, short. (7 . S. Native of South America, between 

 the river Amazon and the town of Jaen de Bracamoros. C. 

 cuapidata, Willd. enum. p. 445. Flowers yellow. 



Ash-leaved Senna. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 C. BROWNIA'NA (Kunth, mim. p. 135. t. 41.) leaves with 

 8-13 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronate, rather ciliated, glabrous 

 leaflets ; racemes axillary, length of leaves ; legumes oblong- 

 linear, mucronate, furnished with a narrow wing on both sutures. 

 Jj . S. Native of Mexico, near Guanaxuato. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 350. Flowers yellow. 



Brown's Senna. Shrub 12 feet. 



11 C. RICHARDIA'NA (Kunth, mim.p. 139. t. 42.) leaves with 

 18-20 pairs of oblong leaflets, which are puberulous beneath, 

 with a small gland on the petiole, between the lower pair ; pa- 

 nicle terminal ; legumes compressed, membranous, transversely 

 veined, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the river Atabapo, near the head of the Orinoco. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 351. Flowers yellow. 



Richard's Senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



SECT. III. CHAM^ESE'NNA (j(afiat, chamai, on the ground, and 

 senna; dwarf senna). D. C. in Collad. num. p. 95. prod. 2. p. 

 193. Sepals obtuse. Anthers oblong, opening by 2 pores at the 

 apex. Legumes compressed, dehiscent, rather tumid at the su- 

 tures, divided internally into many cells, by complete or incom- 

 plete transverse dissepiments. Cells not pulpy inside. Seeds 

 vertical, compressed, ovate, or somewhat square, about equal 

 to the breadth of the legume, but longer than the funicle. 



1. Trigonelloldece (Trigonelld, and idea, like ; plants with 

 the habit of Trigonella). Annual plants, having the leaves fur- 

 nished with but few pairs of leaflets. 



12 C. SERI'CEA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 724.) leaves with 4 

 pairs of oval leaflets, which are clothed with silky hairs, with 

 subulate glands on the petiole, one between each pair of leaflets ; 

 legumes hairy, somewhat tetragonal, transversely somewhat ar- 

 ticulated. . S. Native of the West Indies and Brazil. C. 

 sensitiva, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 459. C. ornithopoides, Lam. diet. 

 1. ]). 614. 



,SV% Wild-senna. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 foot. 



13 C. CILIA'TA (Hoffm. verz. 1824. p. 208.) leaves with 3-4 

 pairs of obovate, acutish, pubescent leaflets, which are ciliated 

 with silky down, and furnished with stipitate glands on the pe- 

 tiole, one between each of the pairs of leaflets, except the outer 

 pair; spikes axillary, somewhat capitate; legumes terete, beaked, 

 impressed. 0. S. Native of Cuba. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from C. sericea. 



Ciliated-leadetted Wild-senna. FI.Ju.Jul. Clt.1820. PI. 1 ft. 



14 C. OBTUSIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 539. exclusive of the synonyme 

 of Rumph.) leaves with 3 pairs of obovate, obtuse leaflets, 

 which are pubescent beneath, with an oblong, cylindrical, acute 

 gland on the petiole, between the lower pair of leaflets ; stipulas 

 linear-subulate; legumes long, slender, recurved. . S. Na- 



tive of Cuba and Jamaica among rubbish. C. Tora, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 35. which was gathered in the 

 fields of Popayan. Dill. hort. elth. 71. t. 62. f. 72. Sloane, 

 jam. t. 180. f. 5. 



Obtuse-leaved Wild-senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



15 C. HU'MILIS (Collad. mon. p. 96.) leaves with 3 pairs of 

 obovate, obtuse leaflets, with an oblong gland on the petiole 

 between the lower pair ; petiole without an awn at the apex ; 

 legumes arched, compressed, with callous margins. O- S. Na- 

 tive of South America, Caribbee Islands, and Carolina. C. Tora 

 /3, Lin. spec. 538. C. Tala, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. p. 73. ? 

 Plum. ed. Burm. t. 76. f. 2. 



Humble Wild-senna. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1810. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



16 C. TORA (Lin. spec. 538. exclusive of var. /3 and the sy- 

 nonyme of Mill.) leaves with 3 pairs of obovate, obtuse leaflets, 

 with an oblong gland between each of the 2 lower pairs on the 

 petiole; petiole ending in a bristle; legumes straight, com- 

 pressed, with callous margins. O- S. Native of the East In- 

 dies, Arabia, Japan, and Cochin-china. Dill. elth. 72. t. 63. 

 f. 73. C. fceHida, Sal. prod. 326. C. gallinaria, Collad. 

 mon. p. 96. C. toroides, Hortul. C. obtusifolia and C. Tora, 

 Burm. ind. p. 95. exclusive of the synonymes. Rumph. amb.5. 

 t. 97. f. 2. 



Tora Wild-senna. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1693. PI. 2 to 5 feet. 



17 C. LIME'NSIS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 613.) leaves with 3-4 pairs 

 of obovate, very blunt, glabrous leaflets ; racemes axillary, 

 many flowered, about equal in length to the leaves. . S. Na- 

 tive of Peru. Perhaps the same as C. pcntagbnia, of Mill. fig. 

 t. 82. from Campeachy. 



Lima Wild-senna. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 C. CILIA V RIS (Collad. mon. p. 98.) leaves with 2-3 pairs 

 of semi-orbicular, veiny leaflets, the 2 outer ones the largest ; 

 stipulas cordate, lanceolate, with ciliated margins. 0. S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. C. Tagera, Lin. spec. 538. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Rheed. Plant filiform, procumbent. 



C;7w)'?/-stipuled Wild-senna. PI. procumbent. 



19 C. TAGE'RA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 643. but not of Lin.) leaves 

 with 3 pairs of obovate leaflets ; peduncles very short, 1 -flowered; 

 legumes straight, linear. . ? S. Native of Malabar, where 

 it is called Ponnam- Tagera. Rheed. mal. 2. p. 103. t. 53. 



Tagera Wild-senna. Fl. July. Clt. 1803. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



^ 2. Coluteoldecc (from Colutca, and idea, like ; plants with 

 the habit of Colutca). Plants shrubby. Leaves with fere or 

 many pairs of leaflets. 



* InterglandulbscE (from inter, between, and glandula, a gland). 

 Glands situated on the petioles, between the pairs of leaflets. 



20 C. VENU'STULA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 352.) 

 leaves with 3-4 pairs of obovate-elliptic, puberulous leaflets, 

 which are rounded at the apex, with a gland on the petiole above 

 the lower pair ; panicle terminal, with 2-flowered branches ; le- 

 gumes linear, beaked, puberulous. \ S. Native of South 

 America, near Cumana, in arid places. 



Pretty Wild-senna. Shrub. 



* * Ji/giglandulbsce (from jugum, a yoke, and glandula, a 

 gland). Glands one or more on the petiole between the pairs of 

 leaflets. 



21 C. VIMINEA (Lin. amcen. 5. p. 397.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, with an oblong acute 

 gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; petiole ending in 

 an awn ; spines tridentate, on the old branches. Jj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica, on the Blue Mountains, and of Porto Rico. 

 Sloane, jam. 2. t. 180. f. 6, 7. A rambling or climbing shrub. 



Twiggy Wild-senna. Clt. 1786. Shrub cl. 



