LEGUMINOS.E. CCLXXII. CASSIA. 



113 



Contrary-flowered Wild-senna. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub G feet. 



109 C. SETI'GERA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 499.) leaves with 10-12 

 pairs of leaflets, which are glabrous, as well as the branches ; 

 leaflets oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends, each ending in a deci- 

 duous bristle, glaucous beneath ; petioles glandless ; racemes axil- 

 lary and terminal, disposed in panicles ; legumes flat. lj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



Brittle-bearing Wild-senna. Shrub. 



110 C. MONTA'NA (Roth. nov. spec. 214.) leaves with about 

 12 pairs of oblong-oval, somewhat emarginate leaflets, which 

 are glabrous on both surfaces ; petioles glandless ; racemes axil- 

 lary ; flowers heptandrous. J; . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Mountain Wild-senna. Shrub. 



111C. TIMORIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 499.) leaves with 12- 

 15 pairs of oval-oblong leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends, 

 muricated with awns, and clothed with hairy pubescence beneath ; 

 petioles glandless, and are as well as the branches puberulous ; 

 racemes many-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes flat, 

 immarginate. tj . S. Native of the Island of Timor. 



Timor Wild-senna. Shrub. 



SECT. IV. BASEOPHY'LLUM (from /3a<rte, basis, and tj>v\\ov, 

 phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the lower pair of leaflets being 

 at the base of the petiole). D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 115. 

 Sepals obtuse. Stamens nearly equal. Anthers oblong, all 

 fertile, opening by 2 chinks at the apex. Legume flat, com- 

 pressed, 1 -celled, destitute of pulp. Seeds vertical, compressed, 

 oval, longer than the funicle, but hardly shorter than the breadth 

 of the valves. 



112 C. CYTISOI'DES (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 116. t. 14.) 

 leaves with 3 pairs of obovate-orbicular, glabrous leaflets, the 

 lower pair approximating the axil, with a sessile gland on the 

 petiole, between the 2 lower pairs of leaflets. T? . S. Native 

 of Brazil. 



Cytlsus-like Cassia. Shrub. 



SECT. V. A'BSUS (a name which Prosper Alpinus gave to 

 C. A'bsus, from the name of a river in Palestine). D. C. 

 in Collad. mon. p. 116. prod. 500. Sepals bluntish or acutish. 

 Petals nearly equal. Stamens 5-10, nearly equal, all fertile. 

 Anthers opening by 2 chinks at the apex. Legumes flat, com- 

 pressed, destitute of pulp, 1-celled, or many-celled from obso- 

 lete dissepiments. Seeds vertical, or parallel to the valves, 

 ovate, compressed, with the funicle short and scale-formed. 

 Annual herbs or subshrubs. Leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets. 

 Bracteoles small, along the pedicels. 



113 C. A'BSUS (Lin. spec. 537.) leaves with 2 pairs of obo- 

 vate, glabrous, ciliated, dotted leaflets, with small glands on the 

 petiole between the lower pair of leaflets ; branches and pe- 

 tioles pubescent ; lower flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, 

 upper ones disposed in a naked terminal raceme. O- S. Na- 

 tive of Ceylon (Burm. zeyl. t. 97.) and Egypt, also of Jamaica, 

 where it has probably been introduced. Collad. mon. p. 77. 

 and 117. Jacq. eel. 1. t. 53. Flowers copper-coloured or 

 yellow, pentandrous. The seeds are used in ophthalmia, when 

 reduced to powder. 



Absus Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1777. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



114 C. iiispiDA (Collad. mon. p. 118.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 ovate-roundish, glabrous, dotless leaflets ; petioles glandless ; 

 branches and legumes hispid ; racemes terminal, naked, elon- 

 gated. Q. S. Native of Cayenne. C. A'bsus, Aubl. guian. 

 1. p. 381. exclusive of the synonymes. C. hispidula, Vahl. eel. 

 amer. 3. p. 10. Sepals acuminated. 



Hispid Cassia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



115 C. THONNI'NGII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 500.) leaves with > 

 pairs of ovate, acute, ciliated, viscid, pilose leaflets ; petioles 

 glandless ; stems peduncles, and calyxes hispid and clammy ; 

 lower flowers axillary and solitary, upper ones disposed in a 

 terminal raceme. 0. S. Native of Guinea. C. viscosa, Vahl. 

 herb, but not of Kunth. Flowers copper-coloured, drying 

 brown. 



Thonn'mg's Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 ft. 



116 C. VISCOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 360.) 

 leaves with 2 pairs of obovate, emarginate, ciliated leaflets, and 

 are as well as the petioles glandular, clammy, and pilose ; 

 branches, pedicels, and calyxes clothed with clammy pili ; ra- 

 cemes terminal and lateral, many-flowered. fj . S. Native of 

 New Granada, near Contreras and Ibagne. Flowers yellow. 



Clammy Cassia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



1 17 C. PAUCIFI.ORA (H. B. ct Kunth, 1. c.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of elliptic, obtuse, clammy leaflets ; petiole glandless ; branches 

 and pedicels clammy ; racemes terminal, few-flowered. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, near La Venta del Peregrino. C. brachy- 

 stachya, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Very like the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Few-flowered Cassia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



118 C. LOTOI'DES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of obovate, glabrous leaflets, which are rounded at the apex ; 

 petioles glandless ; branches and pedicels clothed with clammy 

 hairs ; racemes terminal. J? S. Native of Cumana, near Ca- 

 ripe, and in sand on the banks of the Orinoco. Procumbent. 

 Flowers yellow, large. 



Lotus-like Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. procumb. 



SECT. VI. CIIAMJBCRI'STA (a name given by Breynius to 

 this section). Breyn. prod. 2. p. 29. D. C. in Collad. mon. 

 p. 118. prod. 2. p. 500. Grimaldia, Schrank, ex Biroli, 

 cat hort. bot. taur. 1815. p. 36. Sepals acuminated, nearly 

 equal. Stamens 10, or only 5-7 from abortion. Anthers oblong, 

 glabrous, opening by 2 pores at the apex. Legumes flat, com- 

 pressed, dehiscent, destitute of pulp. Seeds vertical, com- 

 pressed, ovate, or nearly square. Herbs or subshrubs. Stipulas 

 many-nerved at the base. Pedicels bearing 2 acute bracteoles 

 each, axillary, sometimes joined with the branches at the base, 

 and therefore may be said to be supra-axillary. Flowers and 

 fruit erect. Leaflets lapping over each other, when in sleep or 

 at night. 



1. Bauhiniana? (plants whose leaves appear like those of 

 Bauhinia), D. C. prod. 2. p. 501. Leaves usually with 1 or '2 

 pairs of leaflets, rarely with 3-4>pairs. 



119 C. BAUHINLEFOLIA (Kunth, mim. p. 123. t. 37.) leaves 

 with 1 pair of obovate, emarginate, obliquely cordate leaflets, 

 with the margins undulately repand, and puberulous on both 

 surfaces ; petioles glandless, and are as well as the branches 

 clothed with soft pubescence ; stipulas cordate, acuminated ; 

 peduncles 1-3, axillary, 1 -flowered, bibracteate, pilose at the 

 apex as well as the calyxes. Tj . S. Native on the sandy banks 

 of the Orinoco. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 364. 



Bauhinia-leaved Cassia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



120 C. COTINIFOLIA ; glabrous; leaves with 1 pair of roundish, 

 retuse, coriaceous, repand leaflets ; racemes bristly, simple, and 

 panicled. tj . S. Native of Brazil. Sello. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Colinus-leaved Cassia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



121 C. DIPHY'LLA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 642.) leaves with 1 pair 

 of obovate, 5-7-nerved leaflets, which are unequal at the base, 

 and quite glabrous, as well as the branches ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 cordate, ciliated at the base, permanent ; petiole ending in an 

 awn. fj . S. Native of Porto Rico, Cayenne, and about Aca- 

 pulco. Cav. icon, 6. t. 600. 



