LEGUMINOS/E. CCLXXII. CASSIA. 



155 C. MIMOSOIDES (Lin. spec. 543.) erect; leaves with 10- 

 12 pairs of linear, mucronate leaflets, with a pedicellate gland 

 on the petiole between the loner pair ; pedicels axillary, 1-2- 

 together, 1 -flowered, much shorter than the petioles ; branches 

 pubescent; legumes glabrous. Q.l S. Native of Java and 

 Ceylon. 



Mimosa-like Cassia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1806. PI. 2 feet. 



156 C. CALYCIOI'DES (D. C. in Collad. mon. 125. t. 20. f. B.) 

 erect; leaves with 10-13 pairs of linear, mucronate leaflets, 

 which are lined with nerves beneath, with a pedicellate gland on 

 the petiole beneath the lower pair ; branches, petioles, and le- 

 gumes pilose ; peduncles axillary, divided nearly to the base 

 into 2 or 3 1 -flowered pedicels. Q. S. Native of Cayenne. 



Cnlycium-like Cassia. Fl. 1 foot. 



1 57 C. PLAVI'COMA (H. B. et Kunth,nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 366.) 

 branches clothed with soft, yellow villi ; leaves with 12-13 pairs 

 of linear-oblong, pubescent leaflets, with a stipitate gland imme- 

 diately under the lower pair; pedicels 1-2, rather supra-axillary, 

 beset with villi. Tj . S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the Orinoco. 



Yellow-haired Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



158 C. RAMosissiMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 367.) branches tomentose ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of linear- 

 oblong glabrous leaflets, with rather scabrous margins, and with 

 the nerve pilose beneath ; petiole bearing a stipitate gland beneath 

 the lower pair of leaflets ; pedicels usually solitary, supra-axil- 

 lary, villously pubescent. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, on the 

 mount Jorullo. Legume unknown. 



Much-branched Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



159 C. TRISTICULA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 367.) branches hairy ; leaves with 14-16 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 cultriform, pilose leaflets, with a stipitate gland on the petiole 

 beneath the lower pair ; pedicels solitary or twin, pilose, hardly 

 supra-axillary ; legumes pilose. J? . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada, near Fusagasuga, and of Mexico, near Jalapa. C. hirta, 

 H. W. no. 7988. 



Darkish Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



160 C. FELIPE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 .'J68.) branches hairy, tomentose ; leaves with usually 12 pairs of 

 linear-oblong, acutely piliferous, glabrous, rather ciliated leaflets, 

 with a small sessile gland on the petiole beneath the lower pair, 

 and some also between the pairs ; pedicels 1-2-together, pubes- 

 cent, hardly supra-axillary. Jj . S. Native of South America, 

 in the province of Jaen de Bracamoros, near San-Felipe. 



San-Felipe Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



161 C. PROPINQUA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 369.) 

 branches densely clothed with yellow pubescence ; leaves with 

 JO-14 pairs of oblong-linear glabrous leaflets, which are a little 

 ciliated on the margins ; petiole bearing a stipitate gland imme- 

 diately under the ultimate pair of leaflets ; pedicels 3-4-together, 

 pubescent, supra-axillary ; legumes pubescent, 8-1 0-seeded. Pj. 

 S. Native of Cumana, near Caripe, and on mount Cocollar, 

 and of Mexico. Very like C. Mschynbmene . 



Related Cassia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



162 C. CAPE'NSIS (Thunb. prod. 79. fl. cap. ed. Schultes, 1. 

 p. 388.) erect ; leaves with 12-18 pairs of linear leaflets, ending 

 each in a somewhat hooked point, and with a sessile gland at the 

 base of the petiole ; branchlets villous ; pedicels axillary, soli- 

 tary, 1 -flowered, bibracteolate in the middle. I? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, among grass. Collad. mon. p. 124. 

 t. 19. B. Lodd. bot. cab. 511. 



Cape Cassia. Fl. June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 



163 C. PU'MILA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 651.) plant diffusely pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves with 12-15 pairs of linear, rather mucronate, 

 ciliated leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole beneath 



the lower pair; pedicels nearly axillary, 1 -flowered, solitary, 

 bibracteate above the middle, much shorter than the petioles ; 

 branches and legumes pubescent. Q. S, Native of the East 

 Indies. C. prociimbens, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 380. but not. ed. 2. 



Collad. mon. p. 127 Pluk. aim. t. 120. f. 1. 



Dnarf Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. proc. 



164 C. PROCU'MBENS (Willd. spec. 2. p. 530.) procumbent; 

 leaves with many pairs of leaflets; petioles glandless. Q. H. 

 Native of Virginia and Carolina. Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 543. 



Procumbent Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. PI. proc. 



165 C. DIFFU'SA (D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 2. p. 130.) 

 plant diffusely procumbent, smoothish ; leaves with 8-15 pairs 

 of linear mucronate leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on the 

 petiole beneath the lower pair ; pedicels supra-axillary, solitary, 

 bibracteate in the middle, much shorter than the petioles ; le- 

 gumes glabrous. Q. S. Native of Porto-Rico. 



Diffuse Cassia. Shrub proc. 



166 C. PEDICELLA'RIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 504.) branches pu- 

 bescent; leaves with 15-20 pairs of glabrous, linear, inucronate 

 leaflets, with a pedicellate gland on the petiole beneath the lower 

 pair; pedicels 1-flowered, solitary, length of the leaves; legumes 

 glabrous. Fj . S. Native of St. Domingo. Nearly allied to C. 

 diffusa, but the flowers are 3 times the size. 



Pedicellate Cassia. Shrub diffuse. 



167 C. RIPA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 269.) 

 branches pubescent; leaves with 16-19 pairs of linear glabrous 

 leaflets, which are adpressedly ciliated on the margins ; petiole 

 bearing a stipitate gland beneath the ultimate pair of leaflets ; 

 pedicels 1-2, pilose, supra-axillary ; legumes pilose. Tj . S. 

 Native on the banks of the river Magdalena, near Mompex. 



River-side Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



168 C. .(EscHYNOMENE (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 127. t. 17.) 

 plant rather diffuse ; leaves with 18-20 pairs of linear, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous leaflets ; petiole smoothish, bearing a sub-sessile 

 gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; pedicels supra-axillary, 

 aggregate, short ; flowers heptandrous. O- S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. Breyn. cent. t. 24. Legume rather puberulous. 



jEschynomene-like Cassia. Fl. Jime, July. Clt. 1810. Sh. 1 ft. 



169 C. STIPULA'TA ; stem, petioles, and peduncles thickly 

 beset with horizontal, stiff, yellowish hairs ; leaves with 18-20 

 pairs of lanceolate, cuspidate, hairy, nerved leaflets ; stipulas 

 ovate, cuspidate, nerved, oblique at the base, tapering much to 

 the apex. Ij . S. Native of Peru. (v. s< in herb. Lamb.) 



Stipulate Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



170 C. PATELLA RIA (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 125. t. 16.) 

 erect, clothed with villous pubescence ; leaves with 1 8-20 pairs 

 of linear cuspidate leaflets, with 1 or 2 sessile glands along the 

 petiole ; pedicels supra-axillary, short, in fascicles ; calyx and 

 legumes hairy. Q. S. Native of Cayenne and Panama. 



Little-Dish Cassia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



171 C. PARKERIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 565.) erect, pube- 

 rulous ; leaves with 20 pairs of oblong, mncronate, glabrous 

 leaflets, with a pedicellate turbinate gland on the petiole beneath 

 the lower pair ; peduncles supra-axillary, branched, many-flow- 

 ered ; legumes shining, rather pilose, f? . S. Native about 

 Demerara. Habit of G. Leschenaultiana, but differs in the glands 

 being pedicellate. 



Parker's Cassia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



172 C. OTTERBE'INII (Mey. prim, esseq. 169.) leaves with 20 

 pairs of oblong-linear glabrous leaflets, with a pedicellate gland 

 on the petiole between the lower pair ; petioles, pedicels, and 

 branches clothed with canescent pili ; pedicels 2-3-together, ex- 

 tra-foliaceous ; legumes shining, rather pilose. I? . S. Native 

 of Guiana, in bushy places near Essequebo. 



Otterbein't Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



