TERTIARY FLORA OF CHILE; 



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comparisons among fossil forms, and the same is true among 

 the existing forms of a genus so large as is Cassia, among 

 which numerous South American species resemble it closely, 

 as for example Cassia Iccvigata Willd. and Cassia stipulacea 

 Ait. 



Fig. 6. Restoration of lower Miocene Cassia from Chile, */ 2 nat. size. 

 Restoration based on the leaflets of Cassia oxleyi and the asso- 

 ciated-pods of Cassia Gardneri. 



