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LEGUMINOSjE. CCLXXII. CASSIA. 



89 C. NI'GRICANS (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 30.) leaves with 14 pairs 

 of linear-oblong, very blunt, mucronate leaflets, with a sessile 

 gland on the petiole beneath the leaflets. tj . G. Native of 

 Arabia Felix. C. procumbens, Forsk. cat. arab. p. 111. Per- 

 haps belonging to a different section. 



Blackish Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. Sh. proc. 



* * * Eglandulbsce (from e, priv. and glandula, a gland ; 

 there are no glands on the petiole in this division of the genus). 

 Petioles nit/ioi'l glands. 



90 C. APHY'LLA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 41. t. 561.) leaves and 

 stipulas wanting ; stem shrubby, dichotomous ; branches spines- 

 cent at the apex. 17 . S. Native of South America, about 

 Buenos Ayres. 



Lcajless Wild-senna. Shrub 3 feet. 



91 C. BAKBA'TA (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 32.) 

 leaves with 1-2 pairs of ovate-oblong obtuse leaflets, which are 

 pubescent beneath ; petioles and branches clothed with scabrous 

 pubescence ; petiole glandless ; racemes axillary and terminal, 

 elongated. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, on the road to Felisbert. 

 Sutures of the anthers bearded. Stipulas setaceous. Legume 

 hairy. Said to be allied to C. Apoucouila. 



.Bearrferf-anthered Wild-senna. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



92 C. ELLI'PTICA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 356.) 

 leaves with 2-3 pairs of elliptic retuse leaflets, which are hairy 

 above, and clothed with canescent pubescence beneath ; petiole 

 glandless ; racemes axillary. Jj . S. Native near Cumana, 

 Turbaco, and Campeachy. Legume linear, glabrous. 



Ellip/lc-leafictted Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



93 C. TRIFLORA (Vahl. eel. amer. 3. p. 11.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of oblong obtuse leaflets, which are clothed with hoary villi be- 

 neath ; petiole glandless ; peduncles axillary, pubescent, 3-4- 

 flowered. f? . S. Native of the Island of Santa Cruz. Le- 

 gume unknown, and therefore the section to which the plant be- 

 longs is doubtful. 



Threc-Jlomered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



94 C. CANE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 357.) 

 leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, which are rounded at the apex, 

 hairy above, and clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, upper 

 ones elliptic, the rest smaller and roundish-ovate ; petiole gland- 

 less ; racemes axillary, pendulous. Ij . S. Native of South 

 America, near Guayaquil. Legume linear, glabrous, warted. 



Canescent Wild-senna. Shrub. 



95 C. PERALTEA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 356.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of oblong leaflets, which are rounded 

 at the apex, puberulous above, but clothed with canescent pubes- 

 cence beneath ; petiole glandless ; racemes axillary. Jj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Campeacl.y. Legume unknown. 



Peralt's Wild-senna. Tree. 



96 C. NUBIANS (Moc. et Sesse, in Collad. mon. p. 113. t. 4.) 

 leaves with 2-5 pairs of oval glabrous leaflets, the lower pair the 

 smallest ; petiole glandless ; branches beset with blunt tu- 

 bercles ; peduncles axillary, racemose, nodding. Pj . S. Native 

 of Mexico. 



./Vorfc/mg-branched Wild-senna. Shrub. 



97 C. EMARGINA'TA (Lin. spec. 538.) leaves with 4 pairs of 

 ovate, obtuse, or rather emarginate leaflets, clothed with hairy 

 pubescence beneath, as well as the branches and petioles ; pe- 

 tioles glandless ; racemes axillary, crowded. tj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica and St. Domingo. Sloane, hist. 2. p. 180. f. 1-4. 



Emarginate-leafletted Wild-senna. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1759. 

 Tree. 



98 C. PI'CTA ; glabrous; leaves with 5 pairs of ovate-elliptic, 



cuspidate leaflets, which are oblique at the base ; petiole gland- 

 less ; racemes axillary and terminal ; legumes flat, membranous. 

 J? . S. Native of Guayaquil. Flowers pale yellow, painted with 

 purple veins. 



Painted-flowered Wild-senna. Shrub. 



99 C. ATOMA'RIA (Lin. spec. 540.) leaves with 5 pairs of ovate 

 tomentose leaflets ; petioles terete, glandless, rather ferruginous. 



17 . S. Native of South America. C. latifolia, Desf. cat. hort. 

 par. ed. 1. p. 182. ? 



^om-bearing Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



100 C. DOMINGE'NSIS (Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 55.) leaves 

 with 4-6 pairs of oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, ending in 

 an awn ; petioles glandless ; racemes panicled, very long. T; . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Leaflets on long petiolules. Legumes 

 flat, very glabrous, rather shining, li inch long, on a short pedi- 

 cel within the calyx. 



St. Domingo Wild-senna. Shrub. 



101 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 29.) leaves with 7 

 pairs of lanceolate glabrous leaflets, outer ones the largest ; pe- 

 tioles glandless ; legumes pendulous. lj . S. Native of Arabia. 



Narrow-lectfletled Wild-senna. Shrub. 



102 C. FLORIDA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 57.) leaves with 7 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, glabrous, emarginate leaflets ; petioles glandk-ss ; 

 racemes axillary, many- flowered ; bracteas spatulate, ending in 

 a long mucrone. V> . S. Native of the East Indies. 



/Yon'd Wild-senna. Fl. Ju.July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



103 C. SIAMEA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 648.) leaves with 8-9 pairs 

 of ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets ; petioles glandless ; 

 legumes flat, compressed, marginated. Jj . S. Native about 

 Siam. 



Stain Wild-senna. Shrub. 



104 C. DUMETORUM (Bert. incd. D. C. prod. 2. p. 499.) leaves 

 with 9 pairs of oval leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends, and 

 pubescent beneath, outer ones the largest, and obovate ; petioles 

 glandless, and are, as well as the branches, pubescent ; legumes 

 very flat, attenuated at the base, but obtuse and mucronate at 

 the apex. Jj . S. Native of St. Martha. Stipulas rather spi- 

 nose. Perhaps distinct from the following. 



Hedge Wild-senna. Shrub. 



105 C. CATHA'RIICA (Mart. reis. bras, ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 5. 

 p. 41.) plant beset with pili, which are glandular at the base and 

 viscid; petioles glandless; leaves with 8-10 pairs of oblong- 

 elliptic, bluntish, almost mutic leaflets, which are rather unequal 

 at the base ; peduncles axillary ; legumes linear, rather convex, 

 an inch long. *? . S. Native of Brazil. 



Cathartic Wild-senna. Shrub. 



106 C. RETICULA'TA (Willd. enum. p. 443.) leaves with 10 

 pairs of oblong leaflets, which are rounded and obtuse at both 

 ends, and pubescent beneath, outer ones the largest ; petioles 

 glandless ; legumes compressed. Jj . S. Native of Para, in 

 Brazil. 



Reticulated-leaved Wild-senna. Shrub. 



107 C. SPECTA'BILIS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 90. no. 57.) 

 leaves with 10-12 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, mucro- 

 nate leaflets ; petioles glandless ; stipulas linear-subulate ; ra- 

 cemes loose, terminal. Ij . S. Native of Caraccas. Collad. 

 mon. p. 115. t. 7. Legume unknown. 



Showy Wild-senna. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 

 6 feet. 



108 C. AVERSIFIORA (Herb. mss. Hook. bot. mag. 2638.) 

 leaves with 7 pairs of obovate leaflets, with a fulvous oblong 

 gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; peduncles 2-flow- 

 ered, axillary, glabrous ; stipulas hispid ; legume falcate. Ij . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Flowers large. 



