LEGUMINOSvE. CCLXXII. CASSIA. 



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173 C. A'SPERA (Muhl. cat. ex Ell. sketch, p. 474.) erect, his- 

 pid ; leaves with 24 pairs of linear-lanceolate ciliated leaflets ; 

 petiole bearing a turbinate gland beneath the lower pair of leaf- 

 lets ; peduncles few-flowered, supra-axillary ; flowers either 

 heptandrous or enneandrous, with 3 of the stamens longer than 

 the rest. Q. H. Native of Georgia, in the Island of Eding. 

 Habit of C. nictilans. 



Rough Cassia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1818. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



174 C. LESCHENAULTIA'NA (D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 2. 

 p. 132.) erect ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of oblong-linear cuspidate 

 leaflets, which are blunt at both ends ; petiole bearing a sessile 

 gland beneath the lower pair of leaflets, and ending in an awn at 

 the apex, and is, as well as the branches, pubescent ; pedicels in 

 fascicles, supra-axillary ; flowers heptandrous. 0- H. Native 

 of Bengal. Stamens very unequal. Pedicels when in fruit about 

 3-4 lines long. Stipulas ending in long taper points, many- 

 nerved at the base, 8 lines long. Calyx smoothish. 



Letchenault't Cassia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



175 C. WALMCHIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) erect; leaves with 20-25 

 pairs of oblong-linear mucronate leaflets, which are obtuse at 

 both ends ; petioles bearing a sessile gland beneath the lower 

 pair of leaflets, and ending in a bristle at the apex, and is, as 

 well as the branches and calyxes, pubescent ; pedicels in fas- 

 cicles, supra-axillary ; flowers decandrous. Q. H. Native of 

 Nipaul. C. dimidiata, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 32. D. Don, prod, 

 fl. nep. 247. Stamens nearly equal. Stipulas 4-6 lines long. 

 Sometimes there are 2 glands on the petiole, one between each 

 of the 2 lower pairs of leaflets. 



Wallkh's Cassia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 foot. 



176 C. ANGUSTI'SSIMA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 650.) erect; leaves 

 with about 30 pairs of very small, linear, mucronate leaflets ; 

 Stipulas lanceolate-setaceous ; peduncles twin or 2-parted, and 

 are hairy as well as the branches. O- S. Native of Java and 

 Amboyna, ex Rumph. amb. 6. t. 67. f. 1. 



Very -nar row -leafietted Cassia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



177 C. FLEXUOSA (Lin. spec. 543. but not of Burm.) erect; 

 leaves with 25-35 pairs of oblong-linear 3-nerved leaflets ; sti- 

 pulas obliquely cordate, acuminated ; pedicels axillary, usually 

 solitary. Q. S. Native of Brazil. Breyn. cent. 65. t. 23. 



Flexuous-stemmed Cassia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



178 C. GUINEE'NSIS; stem erect, simple, flexuous ; leaves 

 with 4 pairs of oval-lanceolate, entire, acute, glabrous leaflets ; 

 pedicels 1-flowered, axillary, and terminal. Jj . S. Native of 

 Guinea, in the Island of St. Thomas. 



Ortti'nea-stamened Cassia. Shrub 1 foot. 



179 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 529.) erect; leaves 

 with about 50 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets ; petioles narrowly 

 margined between the pairs of leaflets, and bearing a sessile 

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

 axillary ; legumes villous. Tj . S. Native of the Island of 

 Santa-Cruz. Stem branched, pubescent. Stipulas lanceolate, 

 acuminated. Perhaps many species are confused under this 

 name. 



Var. /3, Guineensis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 505.) leaves with about 

 40 pairs of leaflets ; petiole not margined ; pedicels solitary. 

 O- S. Native of Guinea. C. geminata, Vahl. ex herb. Puer. 



Var. y, hecatophylla (D. C. in Collad. mon. p. 128. t. 18.) 

 glands usually twin beneath the leaflets ; pedicels 2-3, aggre- 

 gate; legumes at length smoothish. O- S. Native of Tobago. 



Var. S, Senegalensis (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with about 40 pairs of 

 leaflets ; petiole a little marginate ; legumes smoothish. O. S. 

 Native of Senegal, at Richard-Tole. 



Small-leafletled Cassia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1810. PI. 1 ft. 



180 C. ARENA' RIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6, p. 



VOL. II. 



370.) branches flexuous, tetragonal, puberulous ; leaves with 45- 

 50 pairs of linear glabrous leaflets, with rather hispid scabrous 

 margins, lower ones and Stipulas ciliated ; petiole bearing 2 

 glands beneath the lower pair of leaflets ; peduncles 1-2, pilose, 

 axillary. fj . S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near 

 Maypures, in sandy shady places. 



Sand Cassia. Fl. June, May. Clt. 1819. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 



{ Species not sufficiently known. 



181 C. TETRAPHY'LLA (Coll. mon. 130.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 ovate leaflets ; stems procumbent ; flowers solitary, axillary ; 

 legumes hairy. Q. S. Native of Mexico, about Vera Cruz. 

 C. procumbens, Mill. diet. no. 20. but not of Lin. Perhaps the 

 same as C. hispida. 



Four-leafletted Cassia. PI. proc. 



182 C. DESVAU'XII (Coll. mon. 131.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 glabrous, veiny, ovate-lanceolate leaflets ; stem shrubby ; legumes 

 villous. >j . S. Native of South America. C. tetraphylla, 

 Desv. journ. bot. 1814. p. 72. but not of Mill. 



Desvaux's Cassia. Shrub. 



183 C. LATIFOLIA (Meyer, prim, esseq. 166.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of oblong glabrous leaflets, with a large gland between the 

 lower pair, and a small one between the superior pair. Tj . S. 

 Native of Guiana. Flowers large, yellow. 



Broad-leafletted Cassia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



184 C. GLA'BRA (Coll. mon. 131.) leaves with 2 pairs of ob- 

 liquely ovate-roundish, obtuse, quite glabrous, veiny leaflets ; 

 branches angular, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. C. venosa, 

 Desv. journ. bot. 1814. p. 72. but not of Zucc. 



Glabrous Cassia. Shrub. 



185 C. ARBORE'SCENS (Mill. diet. no. 15. but not of Vahl.) 

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

 beneath ; flowers corymbose ; stem erect, arboreous ; legumes 

 compressed. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, about Vera Cruz. 



Arborescent Cassia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



186 C. AUKI'TA (Coll. mon. p. 131.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 oblong-lanceolate, eared leaflets, with a large ovate gland be- 

 tween the lower pair, fj . S. Native of Brazil. Vand. fl. lus. 

 et bras, in Roem. script, p. 104. 



.ZJared-leafletted Cassia. Shrub or tree. 



187 C. CIBE'NSIS (Hoffmans. verz. 1824. p. 209.) leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of ovate, acuminated, ciliated, rather pilose leaf- 

 lets, which are unequal at the base, outer ones the largest, with 

 a gland on the petiole between the lower pair ; legumes slender, 

 terete, obtuse, somewhat incurved. *j . S. Native of Cuba. 



Cuba Cassia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



188 C. MONA'NTIIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 506.) leaves with 3 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated, villous leaflets ; flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary ; legumes erect, terete; stem erect, herbaceous. Q. S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Campeachy. C. uniflora, Mill. diet, 

 no. 5. 



One-flowered Cassia. PI. 1 foot. 



189 C. MILLE'RI (Coll. mon. p. 132.) leaves with 3 pairs of 

 obtuse emarginate leaflets ; stems pilose ; flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary, longer than the petioles ; legumes flat. Tj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica. C. emarginata, Mill. diet. no. 13. but not of Lin. 



Miller's Cassia. Shrub. 



190 C. viLLbsA (Mill. diet. no. 14.) leaves with 3 pairs of ob- 

 long-oval, equal, villous leaflets; legumes articulated; stem 

 erect, arboreous. Jj . S. Native of Mexico, about Campeachy. 

 Flowers small, straw-coloured. 



Villous-\ea\ed Cassia. Tree 14 to 16 feet. 



191 C. HOMOPHY'LLA (Hoffmans. verz. 1824. p. 209.) leaves 

 with 3-4 pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, outer 

 ones hardly larger than the others ; petiole furnished with 1 or 

 2 subulate sessile glands between 1 or 2 of the lower pairs of 



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