450 



LEGUMINOSjE. CCLXXII. CASSIA. CCLXXIII. DELARIA. 



leaflets. Ij . S. Native country, flowers, and fruit unknown. 

 Said to be allied to C. occidentalis. 

 Equal-leafletted Cassia. Shrub. 



192 C. HOUSTONIA NA (Coll. mon. p. 132.) leaves with 4 pairs 

 of oblong-ovate leaflets ; stems procumbent ; peduncles axillary, 

 2-flowered. . S. Native of Jamaica. C. biflora, Mill. diet, 

 no. 14. but not of Lin. 



Houston's Cassia. PL proc. 



193 C. MACRADE'NA (Collad. mon. p. 132.) leaves with 4 

 pairs of oblong, eared, mucronate leaflets, bearing a large orbi- 

 cular gland at the base of the petiole, fj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Vand. in Roam, script, p. 104. 



Long-glanded Cassia. Shrub. 



194 C. PUBI'OERA (Lag. gen. et spec. p. 14. no. 184.) leaves 

 with 4 pairs of rather hairy, ovate, acuminated leaflets, outer 

 ones lanceolate, with a conical, somewhat pedicellate gland at 

 the base of the petiole. Native of Guayaquil. 



Pubtgerous Cassia. Shrub. 



195 C. ARACHOIDES (Burch. cat. no. 1680. ex trav. 1. p. 341.) 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of obovate leaflets, which are rounded or 

 obcordate at the apex ; stems herbaceous, trailing ; racemes sim- 

 ple, axillary ; legumes oval-orbicular, membranous, flat. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Aracliis-like Cassia. PI. trailing. 



196 C. SINGUEA'NA (Gailliaud, fl. a meroe, 1826.) branches 

 tomentose at the apex ; leaves with 7 pairs of obtuse interglan- 

 dular leaflets, pubescent on the back and margins. fj . G. Na- 

 tive of Egypt, about Singue. 



Singue Wild-senna. Shrub. 



197 C. ASCIIRE'K ^Forsk. descrip. p. 86.) leaves with 4-5 

 pairs of oval-oblong, glabrous, obtuse, acuminated leaflets, with 

 a subulate gland between each pair ; legumes flat. O- ? G. 

 Native of Arabia at Mor, where it is called Aschrek. 



Aschrek Cassia. PI. 1 foot? 



198 C. PLUMIE'RI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 506.) leaves with 5 pairs 

 of ovate-lanceolate glabrous leaflets ; legumes compressed, long, 

 straight, pendulous, torose at the seeds. fj . G. Native of 

 Guadaloupe. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 77. C. planisiliqua, Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 645. but not of Lin. 



Plumier's Cassia. Tree. 



199 C. FRUTE'SCENS (Mill. diet. no. 2.) leaves with 5 pairs of 

 ovate glabrous leaflets, outer ones the longest ; stem shrubby ; 

 legumes long, terete, fj . S. Native of Jamaica. 



Shrubby Cassia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



200 C. HIRTA (Willd. enum. suppl. 23.) leaves with 5 pairs 

 of oblong hairy leaflets, with an oblong gland on the petiole be- 

 tween the lower pair ; stipulas subulate ; branches hairy, tj . S. 

 Native country unknown. 



Hairy Cassia. Shrub. 



201 C. SA'BAK (Gailliaud, fl. a meroe, 1826.) branches smooth, 

 ferruginous ; corolla an inch and a half; flowers numerous. T? . 

 S. Native of Egypt, on mount Aqaro, where it is called Sa- 

 bak, and where the inhabitants use the husks of the pods to tan 

 leather. 



Sabak Cassia. Shrub. 



202 C. SUMATRA'NA (Roxb. ex Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 

 135.) leaves with 4-8 pairs of elliptic coriaceous leaflets, which 

 are retuse.and mucronate at the apex. J? . S. Native of Su- 

 matra. 



Sumatra Cassia. Shrub. 



203 A. EGLANDULOSA (Dum. Cours. bot. cult. ed. 2. vol. 6. 

 p. 34.) leaves with 7 pairs of ovate-orbicular, mucronate, gla- 

 brous leaflets, which are palest beneath ; petioles glandless. fy . 

 S. Native country unknown. 



Glandless Cassia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



204 C. TUBERCULAT A (Collad. mon. p. 133.) leaves with 7-8 



pairs of oblong acuminated leaflets, lower ones the smallest ; pe- 

 tiole glandless ; stem angular, tubercled. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Vand. in Room, script, p. 104. 

 Tubercled-stemmed Cassia. Shrub. 



205 C. DECIPIENS (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. p. 73.) leaves with 

 usually 8 pairs of linear-lanceolate, acute, quite glabrous leaflets; 

 legumes compressed, elongated, somewhat reniform. I? . S. 

 Native of America. 



Deceiving Cassia. Shrub. 



206 C. SOPHEROIDES (Collad. mon. p. 134.) leaves with 8-10 

 pairs of lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets, with rather villous 

 margins ; petiole bearing an oblong gland at the base ; legumes 

 compressed. 17 . S. Native of the East Indies. C. Sophera, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 649. but not of Lin. 



Sophera-like Cassia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



207 C. CHAM/ECRISTOIDES (Collad. mon. p. 134.) leaves with 

 many pairs of linear leaflets ; stems procumbent, frutescent ; 

 flowers large, solitary, axillary ; legumes glabrous. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, about Vera Cruz. C. chamaecrista, Mill. diet, 

 no. 17. but not of Lin. 



Chamcecrista-like Cassia. Shrub proc. 



208 C. HORNEMA'NNI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 507.) erect ; leaves 

 with many pairs of elliptic, ciliated, mucronate leaflets, bearing 

 one sessile gland on the petiole. 0. S. Native country un- 

 known. C. venosa, Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 46. but not of Zucc. 



Hornemann's Cassia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



209 C. MULTIJUOA (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. 108.) ar- 

 boreous, quite glabrous ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of oblong ellip- 

 tic leaflets, which are white beneath ; panicle terminal, multiple. 

 \) . S. Native of Cayenne. 



Many-paired-\eaftetted Cassia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



210 C. DISCOLOR (Herb. Desv. Hamilt. prod. p. 38.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves with usually 6 pairs of obovate, oblong, rather 

 emarginate, glabrous leaflets, cinereous beneath ; flowers termi- 

 nal, sub-racemose ; legumes broad, oblong, compressed. Tj . S. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



Discoloured-le&veti Cassia. Shrub. 



211 C. HIRSUTA (Herb. Desv. Hamilt. prod. p. 38.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves with usually 6 pairs of ovate, obtuse, mucro- 

 nulate leaflets, which are tomentose beneath ; flowers axillary, spi- 

 cate ; legume glabrous, compressed, very long, and linear. Jj . S. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



Hairy Cassia. Shrub. 



Cult. All the species of Cassia are of easy culture ; they 

 thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat, and cuttings of the 

 shrubby kinds root readily in sand under a hand-glass ; those of 

 the stove species in heat. The C. Marylandica being the only 

 hardy perennial species, should be grown in a sheltered situation 

 in peat soil, and it may either be increased by seeds or by divid- 

 ing the plant at the root in spring. 



CCLXXIII. DELA'RI A (Delar, evidently the name of some 

 botanist). Desv. obs. legum. ex in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 510. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx spathaceous, 5- 

 toothed, marcescent. Vexillum large, spreading. Stamens 10, 

 fertile. Ovary sessile or stipitate. Stigma acute. Legume 

 elongated, few-seeded. Shrubs, with alternate simple leaves. 



1 D. OVALIFOLIA (Desv. 1. c.) leaves oval-elliptic, canescent 

 beneath ; flowers axillary ; legumes hairy, usually twin. Pj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Cassia simplicifolia, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 

 p. 72. D. C. prod. 2. p. 505. 



Oval-leaved Delaria. Shrub. 



2 D. PYRIFOLIA (Desv. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of Guinea. 

 Nothing further is known to us of this plant. 



Pear-leaved Delaria. Shrub. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat is the soil best suited to the 



