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smooth, a gland above the base of the rib ; flowers racemed. 

 This is an elegant shrub, the height of a man ; gathered 

 on the rocks of Madeira. 



20. Cassia Hirsuta. Leaflets six pairs, broad-ovate, acu- 

 minate, woolly. Native of America. 



21. Cassia Multiglandulosa ; Glanduloiis Cassia. Leaflets 

 six pairs, villose beneath and about the edges, obtuse ; a 

 gland between each pair of leaflets. Brought from Teneriffe 

 to England, where it flowers most part of the summer. 



22. Cassia Tomentosa. Leaflets six or eight pairs, linear, 

 obliquely rounded at the base, rough with hairs on the upper 

 surface ; panicles axillary ; legumes villose. This is a tree 

 with round flexuose branches, covered with a thick soft white 

 pile, which is yellow when they are dry ; flowers pale yellow. 

 Found in South America by Mutis. 



23. Cassia Serpens. Leaflets seven pairs ; flowers pent- 

 audrous ; stems filiform, prostrate, herbaceous. This is an 

 annual plant, native of Jamaica, where it is found in dry 

 pastures, creeping among the grass. 



24. Cassia Ligustrina ; Privet-leaved Cassia. Leaflets 

 seven pairs, lanceolate, the outmost smaller ; a gland at the 

 base of the petioles. Stem six or seven feet high or more, 

 the thickness of the little finger, slightly angular, putting 

 forth many deeply striated branches from top to bottom ; 

 flowers many, terminating, yellow : the leaves and flowers 

 have somewhat of a fetid smell. Native of the isle of Pro- 

 vidence, and other islands in the West Indies. 



25. Cassia Alata ; Broad-leaved Cassia. Leaflets eight 

 pairs,oval-oblong,the lowest smaller;petioles without glands; 

 stipules spreading. Stem subherbaceous, six feet high and 

 more, branched, upright, furrowed, smooth, with simple stri- 

 ated branches ; leaves alternate, a foot or a foot and half 

 long ; leaflets near two inches and ahalf long, one-inchbroad, 

 near together, quite smooth; flowers yellow, in terminal 

 racemes. It lives but a few years, though it puts out the 

 appearance of a shrub in its growth ; and when cultivated, 

 rises sometimes to the height of seven or eight feet, but sel- 

 dom exceeds four in its native soil. Ants are very fond of 

 the flowers : the juice of the leaves or buds is said to cure 

 the ring-worm, whence it is called the ring-worm bush, in 

 Jamaica. It flowers in the spring; and, according to Mr. 

 Miller, has a strong foetid odour. 



26. Cassia Marilandica ; Maryland Cassia. Leaflets eight 

 pairs, ovate-oblong, equal ; a gland at the base of the pe- 

 tioles. Root perennial ; calix pale or greenish-yellow ; 

 flowers two or three together, from the axils of the upper 

 leaves, and in loose spikes at the end of the stem, bright 

 yellow. Native of North America. 



27. Cassia Tenuissima. Leaflets nine pairs, oblong, a sub- 

 ulate gland between the lowest. Native of the Havanna. 



28. Cassia Sophera. Leaflets ten pairs, lanceolate ; an 

 oblong gland at the base ; corolla very pale yellow with 

 brown veins. Native of the East Indies, China, and the 

 island of Tongataboo in the South Seas. 



89. Cassia Bracteata. Leaflets ten pairs, oblong, obtuse, 

 without glands ; racemes elongated ; bractes ovate, swelling, 

 imbricate ; legume quadrangular, compressed. Corollas 

 yellow. Found at Surinam by Dalberg. 



30. Cassia Auriculata ; Eared Cassia. Leaflets twelve 

 pairs, obtuse, mucronate ; several subulate glands ; stipules 

 kidney-form, bearded. Native of the East Indies. 



31. Cassia Javanica ; Java Cassia. Leaflets twelve pairs, 

 oblong, obtuse, smooth ; no gland. This rises to a great mag- 

 nitude, with a large trunk, dividing into many branches. 

 The flowers are in loose spikes of a carnation colour ; and are 

 urceeded by large cylindrical pods two feet long, divided 



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by transverse partitions into many cells, in which the seeds 

 are lodged, surrounded with a black purging pulp ; this is 

 called horse-cassia, because it is generally given to horses, 

 but is seldom used by the human species, on account of its 

 griping quality. Native of the East Indies. 



32. Cassia Grandis. Leaflets twenty pairs, somewhat 

 silky, without glands. This is a stout tree, and the branches 

 are covered with a purple silky down. Native of Surinam. 



33. Cassia Chamajcrista ; Dwarf Cassia. Leaflets many 

 pairs ; a petiolar pedicelled gland; stipules ensiforni. Stem 

 herbaceous, a foot high or more, diffused, smooth, round, 

 with hirsute branches ; corolla small, yellow ; legume com- 

 pressed. Annual. Native of dry pastures in the West 

 Indies. Dr. Wright says, that two quarts of a decoction of 

 this plant, taken daily, is an antidote to the poison of 

 Night-shade. 



34. Cassia Glandulosa. Leaflets many pairs, with many 

 glands ; stipules subulate. Stems suffruticose, with almost 

 naked branches. Native of the West Indies. 



35. Cassia Mimosoides. Leaflets many pairs, linear ; an 

 obscure gland at the base of the petioles ; stipules setaceous. 

 Stem erect, two feet high. Native of Ceylon. 



36. Cassia Flexuosa. Leaflets many pairs ; stipules half- 

 cordate. This is an annual plant, and native of Brazil. 



37. Cassia Nictitans. Leaflets many pairs ; flowers pent- 

 androus ; stem somewhat erect. Annual j and a native of 

 Virginia. 



38. Cassia Procumbens. Leaflets many pairs, without 

 glands ; stem procumbent. An annual plant ; and a native 

 of both Indies, Cochin-china, Africa, and Virginia. 



39. Cassia Fruticosa. Leaflets two pairs, ovate-lanceolate, 

 smooth ; flowers terminal ; pods long, round ; stem shrubby. 

 This grows upwards of twenty feet high, with several stems, 

 covered with brown bark, and dividing into many branches 

 at top ; the flowers are produced in loose spikes at the ex- 

 tremity of the branches ; they are large, of a gold colour, 

 and succeeded by taper brown pods about nine inches long, 

 having many transverse partitions, in which the seeds are 

 lodged in a thin pulp. Native of La Vera Cruz. 



40. Cassia Arborescens. Leaflets two pairs, oblong-ovate, 

 villose beneath ; flowers corymbed ; stem erect, arboreous. 

 Trunk 25 to 30 feet high. Native of La Vera Cruz. 



41. Cassia Villosa. Leaflets three pairs, oblong-ovate, 

 equal, villose; pods jointed; stem erect, arboreous. This 

 rises with a woody stem to the height of fourteen or sixteen 

 feet, sending out many lateral branches ; flowers in loose 

 bunches, pale straw-colour. Native of Campeachy. 



42. Cassia Uniflora. Leaflets three pairs, ovate-acuminate, 

 villose ; flowers solitary, axillary ; pods erect. Annual ; 

 and a native of Campeachy. 



43. Cassia Frutescens. Leaflets five pairs, ovate, smooth, 

 the outer ones longer ; stems shrubby. Native of Jamaica. 



44. Cassia Tetraphylla. Leaflets two pairs, ovate ; flowers 

 solitary, axillary siliques hirsute ; stems procumbent. An- 

 nual. Native of La Vera Cruz. 



45. Cassia Minima. Leaflets four pairs, oblong-ovate ; 

 stems procumbent ; flowers axillary ; peduncles two- 

 flowered. Annual. Native of Jamaica. 



46. Cassia Patula ; Shining Cassia. Leaflets five pairs, 

 oblong, sharpish, smooth ; a gland at the base of the peti- 

 oles ; branches even. It flowers in August and September. 

 Native of the West Indies. 



47. Cassia Stipulacea ; Large-stipukd Cassia. Leaflets 

 about eight pairs, ovate-lanceolate ; a gland between the 

 lower ; stipules ovate, very large. Native of Chili. 



48. Cassia Frondosa ; Smooth-leaved Cassia, Leaflets nine 

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