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LEGUMINOSjE. CCLXXII. CASSIA. 



5-1. C. BERTERIA V NA (Balb. herb, ex D. C. prod. 2. p. -196.) 

 leaves with 7-10 pairs of elliptic mucronate leaflets, which are 

 unequal at the base, with a thick obtuse gland on the petiole, 

 sometimes at the base, and sometimes between the loner pair ; 

 under side of the leaves, as well as the petioles and branches 

 rather puberulous ; peduncles axillary, short, few-flowered. ^ . 

 S. Native of St. Domingo. It is allied to C. frondosa, but 

 differs in the glands being very obtuse, not acutely ovate, as in 

 that species. 



Berlero's Wild-senna. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



55 C. CO'LL/E ; leaves with 3 pairs of ovate, glabrous, mucro- 

 nulate leaflets, which are margined with white, with a pedicellate 

 gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; stipulas linear, lan- 

 ceolate, short ; flowers axillary, racemose. Jj . S. Native of 

 the West Indies. C. Berterii, Coll. hort. rip. p. 30. t. 24. 



Co/la's Wild-senna. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 8 to 10 ft. 



56 C. STIPULA'CEA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 52.) leaves with 8 

 pairs of ovate -lanceolate glabrous leaflets, with a gland on the 

 petiole between the lower pair ; stipulas ovate, large. Ij . S. 

 Native of Chili. Feuill. per. 2. p. 56. t. 42. 



Large. stipuled Wild-senna. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub. 



57 C. AURICULA'TA (Lin. spec. 542.) leaves with 8-12 pairs of 

 oval, obtuse, rather mucronate leaflets, which are puberulous 

 when young, but at length become nearly glabrous, with nume- 

 rous subulate glands on the petiole ; stipulas reniform ; racemes 

 axillary ; bracteas oval-oblong, mucronate. 17 . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Pluk. aim. t. 314. f. 4. Glands on the petioles 

 sometimes wanting. 



Auricled Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1777. Sh. 4 to C ft. 



58 C. GAUDICHAU'DI (Hook, in Beech, voy. append, p. 81.) 

 leaves with 4 pairs of elliptic-oblong, rather emarginate, glabrous 

 leaflets, which are pale beneath, with a linear obtuse gland on 

 the petiole between the lower pair ; stipulas subulate ; racemes 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, linear, 

 compressed, membranous, usually 8-seeded. fj . G. Native of 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



Gaudichaud's Wild-senna. Shrub. 



59 C. CHATELAINIA'NA (Gaud, in Freycenet, voy. part. bot. 

 p. 485. t. 111.) leaves with 4-5 pairs of lanceolate-linear, thiek- 

 ish, glabrous leaflets, with stipitate glands on the petiole, one 

 below each pair of leaflets ; umbels axillary, stalked, few-flow- 

 ered ; sepals obtuse ; legumes membranous, flat, smooth. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the western coast. 



Ckatelain's Wild-senna. Shrub. 



CO C. SUFFRUTICOSA (Roth, nov. spec. 213.) leaves with 9 pairs 

 of oval, obtuse, rather pilose leaflets, which are glaucous be- 

 neath, with a pedicellate gland between each of the 2 lower pairs 

 on the petiole ; stipulas linear, rather falcate ; corymbs fasti- 

 giate. T; . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Suffruticose Wild-senna. Shrub. 



61 C. FASTIGIA'TA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 57.) leaves with 9 pairs 

 of oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, with a pedicellate gland be- 

 tween each of the pairs of pinna; on the petiole ; calyx clothed 

 with canescent villi. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Fastigiate Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



62 C. FRONDOSA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 35.) leaves with 9 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, smoothish, bluntish leaflets, with a cylindrical 

 gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves, fj . S. Native of South America. 



Var. a, tenuissima (Zucc. obs. no. 70.) branches and petioles 

 rather pubescent ; leaflets smaller. Pj . S. Native of Cuba, 

 about the Havannah. 



Var. ft, crista (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 74.) branches and petioles 

 smoothish ; leaflets larger. Jj . S. Native of Florida and St. 

 Domingo. 



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Far. y, pubescens (Collad. mon. p. 106.) branches clothed with 

 velvety down, as well as the under surface of the leaves. ^ . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. 



I'ar. c, galcgifdlia (Collad. 1. c.) glabrous; leaflets larger, 

 deep green ; flowers sublateral. 



Frondose Wild-senna. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1769. Shrub 



3 to 6 feet. 



63 C. POLYPHY'LLA (Jacq. icon. rar. t. 460.) leaves with 10- 

 12 pairs of elliptic-obtuse, somewhat mucronate, ciliated leaflets, 

 with an oblong gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; pe- 

 duncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of 

 Porto-Rico. There is sometimes a gland between more of the 

 pairs of leaflets than the lower one. 



Many-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Sh. 



4 to 6 feet. 



64 C. LUTE'SCENS ; stems clothed with yellowish tomentum, 

 as well as the petioles and under surface of the leaves, peduncles, 

 and calyxes ; upper surface of the leaflets hardly pubescent ; 

 leaves wilh 7-8 pairs of lanceolate, mucronate leaflets, which 

 are oblique at the base ; petiole bearing glands, one between each 

 pair of leaflets ; racemes shorter than the leaves, somewhat co- 

 rymbose at the apex. Tj S. Native of Peru. C. pubescens, 

 Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Stem simple. 



Yellowish Wild-senna. Shrub. 



65 C. AURA'NTIA (Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb.) pubescent ; 

 leaves with 6 pairs of elliptic, oblique, obtuse, mucronate leaf- 

 lets, with an acute gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; 

 racemes axillary, longer than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of 

 Peru. Flowers orange-coloured. 



Orange-flowered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



66 C. ANGUSTISI'LIQUA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 649.) leaves with 10 

 pairs of oblong, acute, awned leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on 

 the petiole between the lower pair of leaflets ; legumes linear, 

 compressed. 1? . S. Native of St. Domingo. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 78. f. 2. Flowers large. 



Narrow-podded Wild-senna. Shrub 6 to 8 feet, 



67 C. MARGINA'TA (Willd. enum. 444. but not of Roxb.) 

 leaves with usually 15 pairs of linear-elliptic leaflets, with a su- 

 bulate gland on the petiole between each of the pairs. T; . S. 

 Native of Surinam ; the rest unknown. 



Margined Wild-senna. Shrub. 



68 C. SELLOI ; branches and petioles pubescent; leaves with 

 numerous pairs of lanceolate-linear mucronate leaflets, which are 

 glaucous beneath, with a gland between the lower pair ; racemes 

 forming terminal panicles. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 



Sello's Wild-senna. Shrub'. 



69 C. CALLIA'NTHA (Meyer, prim, esseq. 169.) leaves with 24 

 pairs of oblong-linear, glabrous leaflets, with a subulate gland on 

 the petiole between the lower pair ; racemes terminal ; legumes 

 glabrous. ^ S. Native of Guiana, near Essequibo. Flowers 

 large. According to Meyer this species is allied to Ponciana. 



Beautiful-flowered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



70 C. MUTISIA'NA (Kunth, mini. p. 142. t. 43. nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 359.) leaves with 40-50 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets, 

 which are rounded at the apex, puberulous above, but hairy-pu- 

 bescent beneath, as well as the petioles ; branches very hispid ; 

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

 axillary, solitary, and twin. Jj . S. Native of New Granada. 

 Legume linear, membranous, glabrous. Seeds 20-26. 



Mutis's Wild-senna. Shrub. 



* Basiglandulbsa; (from basis, the base, and glandula, a 

 gland ; leaves furnished with a gland at the base of the petiole). 

 Leaves with a sessile gland at the base of the petiole. 



71 C. LONGISILIQUA (Lin. fil. suppl. 230.) leaves with 4-5 

 pairs of ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous leaflets, outer ones the 



