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longest, with acute glands on the petiole, one beneath or be- 

 tween the lower pair of leaflets, and another between the outer 

 pair. Jj . S. Native of St. Domingo. From the situation of 

 the glands this species appears to be intermediate between the 

 present and the preceding division of the genus. 



Long-siliqtted \\'i\d-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



72 C. FAICA'TA (Lin. spec. 539.) leaves with 4 pairs of ovate- 

 lanceolate, retro-falcate leaflets, outer ones the largest, and with 

 the outer side broadest, with a gland at the base of the petiole. 

 Q. S. Native of South America. 



Falcale-leaRetteA Wild-senna. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



73 C. VENENIFERA (Meyer, prim, esseq. 167.) leaves with 4 

 pairs of oval hairy leaflets, with a gland at the base of the petiole ; 

 racemes axillary, few-flowered ; legumes pubescent. Fj . S. 

 Native of Guiana, near Essequebo, in bushy sandy places, where 

 it is called Piami, and where the roots are used by the inhabi- 

 tants to intoxicate fish by throwing them in the water. 



Poison-bearing Wild-senna. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



74 C. ^GYPTI'ACA (Willd. enum. 442.) leaves with 6 pairs of 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets, outer ones the largest, with 

 a lanceolate gland at the base of the petiole ; racemes terminal ; 

 peduncles 2-flowered. F? . S. Native of Egypt. 



Egyptian Wild-senna. Fl. May. Clt. 1822. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



75 C. OCCIDENTALS (Lin, spec. 539.) leaves with 4-6 pairs 

 of ovate-lanceolate leaflets, with pubescent margins, and with a 

 thick gland at the base of the petiole ; peduncles short, 2-4-flow- 

 ered, lower ones axillary, the rest disposed in a terminal raceme ; 

 legumes flat, compressed, with the sutures tumid. Q. S. Na- 

 tive of South America and the West India Islands. Sloane, 

 hist. 2. p. 175. f. 3, 4. Ker, bot. reg. t. 83. C. planisiliqua, Lin. 

 spec. 540. C. Caroliniana, Walt. car. 135 ? ex Ell. sketch. 471. 

 C. occidentalis, Burin, ind. 96. This is a very common species 

 about Kingston in Jamaica, where it is called stinking-need. 

 The tops of the plant are commonly employed in all resolutive 

 baths, and it is accounted a very powerful ingredient on such 

 occasions. 



Var. ft, glabra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 497.) leaflets nearly elliptic, 

 glabrous. C. geminiflora, Schranck, hort. mon. t. 26. 



Var. y, aristala (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets ovate-lanceolate, with 

 pubescent margins, awnedly-mucronate at the apex. Collad. 

 mon. p. 108. 



Occidental Wild-senna. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1759. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



76 C. PURPU'REA (Roxb. et Jacq. fil. ex Schrad. in litt. D. C. 

 prod. 1. c.) leaves with 5 pairs of ovate-lanceolate glabrous leaf- 

 lets, with a small obtuse gland at the base of the petiole ; pe- 

 duncles 3 times shorter than the leaves, 4-6-flowered. Fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Lindl. bot. reg. 856. Stems purple 

 at the base. Flowers yellow, as in the rest of the species. Le- 

 gume unknown. Very like C. occidentalis. 



Purple-stemmed Wild-senna. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1821. Sh. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



77 C. F<E'TIDA (Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb.) hairy ; leaves 

 with 5 pairs of ovate acute leaflets ; racemes axillary, about the 

 length of the leaves ; legumes ovate, membranous, cuspidate. 

 Fj . S. Native of Chili. Stipulas ovate, oblique at the base. 

 Petiole bearing a gland below some of the pairs of leaflets. 



Fetid Wild-senna. Shrub. 



78 C. HIRSU'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 231.) leaves with 4-6 pairs 

 of hairy, broadly-ovate, acuminated leaflets, with a depressed 

 gland at the base of the petiole ; racemes axillary, short, 

 crowded; calyx very villous. I? . S. Native of South America. 

 C. Caraccasana, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 270. 



Hairy Wild-senna. Fl. July. Clt. 1778. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



79 C. LINEA'RIS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 261.) leaves with 



5-6 pairs of oval-lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets, witli a gland 

 at the base of the petiole ; peduncles usually 2-flowered, axil- 

 lary, and terminal ; legumes linear, straight. Fj . S. Native of 

 Carolina. Said to be nearly allied to C. occidentalis. Leaflets 

 narrow and very acute, ex Michx., ovate ex Ell. sketch. 472. 

 Legume compressed, ex Michx., terete, ex Ell. 



Z/War-leafletted \Vild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



80 C. PA'TULA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 51.) leaves with 5-6 pairs 

 of oblong, acutish, glabrous leaflets, with a gland at the base 

 of the petiole ; branches short. Fj . S. Native of the West 

 Indies. 



Spreading Wild-senna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1778. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



81 C. PUBE'SCENS (Jacq. fragm. 46. t. 57.) leaves with 3-5 

 pairs of ovate-lanceolate acuminated leaflets, which are pubes- 

 cent beneath and on the margins branches and petioles, with 

 an obovate thick gland at the base of the petiole ;, racemes ter- 

 minal ; peduncles short, 2-4-flowered. Fj . S. Native country 

 unknown. 



Pubescent Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 ft. 



82 C. CA'NCA (Cav. descrip. pi. 131.) leaves with 6 pairs of 

 ovate-lanceolate, somewhat ciliated leaflets, with a sessile gland 

 at the base of the petiole ; flowers sub-umbellate ; legumes 

 almost quadrangular. Fj . S. Native of Cumana. Lag. ex Rod. 

 in ann. scienc. nat. 1802. vol. 5. p. 70. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from C. occidentalis. 



Canca Wild-senna. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



83 C. SULCA'TA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 90. no. 58.) leaves 

 with 6-9 pairs of oval-oblong bluntish leaflets, which are pubes- 

 cent beneath and on the margins, with an ovate thick gland at 

 the base of the petiole ; branches glabrous, furrowed. Fj . S. 

 Native of South America. Collad. mon. p. 110. t. 6. C. cer- 

 nua, Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. p. 22. 



Furrowed Wild-senna. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



84 C. RUSCIFOLIA (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. p. 71.) leaves with 6 

 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, almost glabrous leaflets, with a terete 

 gland at the base of the petiole ; legumes compressed, oblong- 

 linear, tapering at both ends, with the sutures prominent. fj . S. 

 Native of Caraccas. H. B.etKunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 355. 



Ruscm-leaved Wild-senna. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



85 C. LIGU'STRINA (Lin. spec. 541.) leaves with 7 pairs of 

 lanceolate, acuminated, rather ciliated leaflets, with a terete erect 

 gland, which is rather distant from the base of the petiole. Fj . S. 

 Native of America, from Cayenne to Virginia. Dill. hort. elth. 

 350. t. 250. f. 328. 



Privet-lifce Wild-senna. Fl. July. Clt. 1726. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



86 C. ROBINIOIDES (Willd. enum. 443.) leaves with 6-9 pairs 

 of lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, with a sessile gland 

 at the base of the petiole. T; . S. Native of South America. 



Robinia-like Wild-senna. Clt. 1823. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



87 C. MARYLA'NDICA (Lin. spec. 541.) leaves with 8-9 pairs of 

 ovate-oblong, equal, mucronate leaflets, with an ovate gland at 

 the base of the petiole ; racemes axillary, many-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves ; legumes compressed, linear, hispid, at length 

 glabrous. 1}. . H. Native of North America, in temperate 

 places. Schkuhr, handb. 1. t. 113. Dill. hort. elth. t. 260. f. 

 339. Root with black fibres. The leaves are used in North 

 America as a substitute for senna. 



Maryland Wild-senna. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1723. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



88 C. POLYA'NTHA (Moc. et Sesse, in Collad. mon. p. 112. 

 t. 2.) leaves with 12 pairs of oval mucronate leaflets, with an 

 ovate thick gland at the base of the petiole ; flowers panicled, 

 corymbous ; legumes compressed, and furnished with a narrow 

 wing on both sutures. Fj . S. Native of New Spain. 



Many-flowered Wild-senna. Shrub. 

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