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which are pubescent as well as the brandies and petioles ; petiole 

 bearing a pedicellate gland at the base ; pedicels solitary, axil- 

 lary, 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves, bibracteate above the 

 middle; legumes rather pubescent. If.. S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. 



Pygmy Cassia. PI. prostrate. 



140 C. PILOSA (Lin. spec. 540.) erect ; leaves with 5 pairs of 

 oblong, ciliated leaflets, ending in a bristle ; petioles glandless ; 

 stems straight, and are as well as the petioles beset with long, 

 spreading, stiff hairs ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, solitary, 

 bibracteate at the base, longer than the leaves. 7. S. Native 

 of Jamaica. Swartz, obs. 160. 



Pilose Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



141 C. GRA'MMICA (Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 55.) erect; leaves 

 with 6-7 pairs of canescent, pubescent leaflets ; branches and 

 petioles clothed with velvety hairs ; leaflets oblong, mucronate, 

 veiny beneath, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole below the 

 lower pair of leaflets; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 

 length of petiole ; legumes pubescent. T? . S. Native of Cuba 

 and St. Domingo. 



JVritlen-veined Cassia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



142 C. SE'RPENS (Lin. spec. 541.) plant rather procumbent ; 

 leaves with 7 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate leaflets ; petioles 

 and branches glabrous, with a sessile gland on the petiole be- 

 neath the leaflets ; pedicels 2-3-together in a fascicle, supra- 

 axillary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the petioles ; legumes smoothish, 

 apiculated by the style. 0. S. Native of Jamaica. Swartz, 

 obs. 161. Collad. mon. 128. Flowers small. ' 



Creeping Cassia. PI. procumbent at the base. 



143 C. FASCICULA'TA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 262.) leaves 

 with 8-9 pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate leaflets, with a sessile 

 gland on the petiole ; pedicels in lateral fascicles ; legumes 

 smooth, rather arched. If. . G. Native of Pennsylvania, Vir- 

 ginia, and Carolina. Ell. sketch. 473. 



Fascicled-fioviered Cassia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



144 C. TRIFLORA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 480.) erect; leaves 

 with 6-10 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, glabrous, rather 

 ciliated leaflets, with a sessile gland on the petiole beneath the 

 lower pair ; petioles and branches puberulous ; pedicels 3 in a 

 fascicle, supra-axillary, bibracteolate above the middle, shorter 

 than the petioles ; bracteoles and stipulas linear-lanceolate, 

 many-nerved. . ? S. Native country unknown. C. venosa, 

 Castign. ex Zucc. cent. 1. p. 68. Flowers large. 



Three-flowered Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 ft. 



145 C. POLYADE'NA (D. C. mem. soc. hist nat. gen. 2. p. 2. 

 t. 132.) erect; leaves with 6-8 pairs of oblong, obtuse, glabrous 

 leaflets, which are cuneated at the base ; branches and petioles 

 glabrous ; glands 2-4 on the petiole, sessile, placed beneath and 

 among the pairs of leaflets ; pedicels 2-3-together, in a fascicle, 

 supra-axillary, bibracteolate above the middle, shorter than the 

 petioles ; bracteoles and stipulas acute and small. Q.I S. Na- 

 tive of Guadaloupe. Nearly allied to C. glandulbsa, but differs 

 in the glands being sessile. 



Many-glanded Cassia. PI. 14- foot. 



146 C. BURMA'NNI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 502.) erectish ? leaves 

 with 7-9 pairs of oblong, awnedly mucronate, glabrous, rather 

 ciliated leaflets, with a sessile gland at the base of the petiole ; 

 pedicels axillary, bracteolate, in fascicles ; legumes glabrous, 

 but puberulous at the sutures. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. C. flexuosa, Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 12. exclusive 

 of the synonymes. 



Burmann's Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. PI. 1 foot. 



147 C. VIRGA'TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 728.) erect ; leaves 

 with 10 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, mucronate leaflets, which are 

 rather villous beneath, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole 



beneath the lower pair; pedicels hairy, 1-flowered, axillary, 

 longer than the petioles. I? . S. Native of Jamaica and St. 

 Domingo. 



Twiggy Cassia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1810. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



148 C. SWA'RTZII (Wicks, obs. fl. st. Barth, p. 411.) branches 

 pubescent; leaves with 9-12 pairs of obliquely linear, glabrous 

 leaflets, which are obtuse and mucronate at the apex ; petiole 

 furnished with a gland at the base ; stipulas lanceolate, acumin- 

 ated, pubescent on the outside ; sepals acuminated. f? . S. 

 Native of the island of St. Bartholomew. Flowers large. Le- 

 gume compressed, marginated, a little curved, glabrous, 8-10- 

 seeded. Allied to C. rirgiita. 



Stvartz's Cassia. Shrub 1 foot. 



149 C. BREVIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 651.) plant diffuse; 

 leaves with 10-12 pairs of oblong, glabrous, obtuse, somewhat 

 3-nerved leaflets ; petiole glandless ; stipulas lanceolate-linear, 

 acuminated ; pedicels 1-flowered, axillary, twice the length of 

 the leaves, bibracteolate above the middle, tj . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Leaflets a line long. 



Short-leqfletted Cassia. Shrub 1 foot. 



150 C. NI'CTITANS (Lin. spec. 549. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyme of Rumph.) erectish; leaves with 8-12 pairs of oblong- 

 linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; petioles villous, bearing a 

 somewhat pedicellate gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; 

 pedicels supra-axillary, very short; legumes pubescent. 0. G. 

 Native of the West Indies, Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Lin. 

 hort. cliff, t. 36. Pluk. t. 314. f. 5. Grimaldia assurgens, 

 Schrank. Flowers pentandrous. 



Twinkling Cassia. Fl. July. Clt. 1800. PL 1 foot. 



151 C. CHAMJECRISTA (Lin. spec. 542. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyme of Comm.) erect; leaves with 10-12 pairs of oblong- 

 linear, mucronate leaflets, with a sessile gland on the petiole, 

 beneath the lower pair ; pedicels 2-3-together, in a fascicle, su- 

 pra-axillary, shorter than the petioles ; legumes rather hispid. 



f? . S. Native of the West Indies, Carolina, and Virginia. 

 Abbot, insect. Georg. t. 94. Curt. hot. mag. 107. C. pul- 

 chella, Salisb. prod. p. 326. Flowers small. The leaves are a 

 good substitute for senna. 



Var. ft, stricla (Schrank, hort. mon. t. 34.) leaves with 10 

 pairs of leaflets ; flowers nearly axillary. . S. Native of 

 Jamaica. 



Ground-crista or Dwarf Cassia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1699. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



152 C. GLANDULOSA (Lin. spec. 542.) erect; leaves with 10- 

 12 pairs of oblong, mucronate, glabrous leaflets, with a pedicel- 

 late gland on the petiole beneath the lower pair, and some be- 

 tween the leaflets ; pedicels aggregate, supra-axillary ; legume 

 smoothish. O-S. Nativeof the West Indies. Collad. mon. p. 129. 



Glandular Cassia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 foot. 



153 C. CINE'REA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 5. p. 599.) 

 a much-branched procumbent shrub, clothed with grey adpressed 

 down ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of linear, rather cultriform, ob- 

 liquely semi-cordate leaflets, with a marginal mucrone each ; 

 petiole furnished with a gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; 

 stipulas ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 5-nerved ; pedicels soli- 

 tary or twin, axillary, or supra-axillary, bibracteate ; stamens all 

 fertile. 1? . S. Native of Mexico, on the sea-shore between 

 Tecoluta and Villa Rica. Legume 4-12-seeded, black. 



Cinereous Cassia. Shrub procumbent. 



154 C. PAVONIA'NA ; stem pubescent, simple ; leaves with 

 10-20 pairs of linear, cuspidate, nerved leaflets ; stipulas subu- 

 late, nerved ; peduncles 1-2-flowered, bracteate ; petiole bear- 

 ing a gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets. f? . S. Native 

 of Peru. (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Pavon's Cassia. PI. 2 feet. 



