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CASSIA MOSCHATA. 



1863. longiorum late ellipticse, biriniosae, introrsum dehiscentes, basi 

 affixes ; antherse staminum trium brevissimorum birimosse, 

 tribus supradescriptis hand dissimiles sed valde rainores. 

 Ovarium longe stipitatum lineare, adscendens, falciforme, margine 

 superiore basin versus parce pilosum, aliter glabrura. Stigma 

 Legumen. oblique truncatum. Legumen cylindricum, rectum, 1 IJ-pedale, 

 lignosum, durum, Iseve, corticatum, breviter apiculatum vel 

 obtusum, septis transversis numerosis ut in Cassice Fistulce, L. 

 legumine (cui simillimum) instructum. Semina ovato-rotundata, 

 compressa, nitida, durissima, 3 lineas longa, coloris cinnamomei 

 in succo saccharine adstringente immersa. 



Distinctive Cassia moschata, as remarked by the authors of the Nova 

 o5 f enera e t Species, as well as by Mr. Sutton Hayes, is nearly allied 



chata. to C. brosiliana, Lam.; but it is easily distinguished from that plant 

 by its comparatively glabrous yellow flowers and its totally 

 different legumes. These legumes are stated by both Mr. Hayes 

 and M. Triana to be used in medicine in New Granada instead 

 of those of 0. Fistula, L. ; so that their occasional appearance 

 in European commerce is not surprising. They differ from the 

 latter by their smaller size, less regularly straight and cylindrical 

 form, and especially their paler and less saccharine pulp, which, 

 when fresh, is stated to have a slightly musky odour. These 

 characters are of but little value botanically ; the leaves how- 

 ever of C. moschata, its shorter racemes, and nearly glabrous 

 ovary, amply suffice to distinguish it from (7. Fistula, L. 

 [Transact. Linn. Soc., xxiv. (1864), 161.] 



NOTE ON CASSIA MOSCHATA, Humb. B. K. 

 (Pharmaceutical.) 



1864. AMONG the many botanical treasures with which the travels 



of Humboldt and Bonpland enriched the herbaria of Europe, and 

 which were described in that noble work the Nova Genera et 

 Species Plantarum, is a species of Cassia discovered on the 

 shores of the Magdalena in New Granada. This plant was 

 placed by Kunth in that section of the genus of which Cassia 



