340 CALYCIFLOR^E. 



SECT. 4. Sepals obtuse. Anthers %-pored. Le- 

 gumes membranaceous broad piano-compressed 

 plurilocular with transverse partitions, scarcely 

 dehiscent, torose at the seeds, scarcely pulpy with- 

 in : seeds vertical, generally obcordate. 



5. Cassia obovata. Obovate-leaved Senna. 



Leaflets 6-7-paired obovate obtuse, petiole eglan- 

 dulose, legumes piano-compressed arcuate subcristate 

 at the middle tumid. De Cand. 



Senna secunda Italic-it s. foliis obtusis, Sloane, II. 47 Cas- 

 sia senna, Swartz, Obs. 161. C. Portu-regalis, Bancroft, MS. 



HAB. Common, near the town of Port-Royal. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



This is, in my opinion, an introduced plant, originally a na- 

 tive of Egypt. The leaves are very generally employed as a 

 substitute for the Senna of the shops. 



SE.CT, 5. Sepals obtuse. Anthers oblong, 2-pored. 

 Legumes compressed, dehiscent, with the sutures 

 slightly tumid, multilocular with transverse more 

 or less complete partitions ; cells not pulpy. Seeds 

 vertical, parallelly compressed by the valves. 



6. Cassia sericea. Silky Cassia, 



Leaflets 3-4-paired sericeo-pilose oval, a subulate 

 glandule between every pair of leaflets, legumes hir- 

 sute subtetragonal transversely subarticulated. 



Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. 724 Dec. Prod. II. 493. C. Sensi- 

 tiva, Jacq. Ic. Ear. t. 459. 



HAB. Subalpine pastures Hills of St Dorothy and St 

 John's. 



FL. August September. 



Suffruticose, erect, about 3 feet in height, angular, pilose 

 towards the extremities. Leaflets mucronate: petiole com- 

 pressed, channelled above, pilose. Stipules an inch long, linear, 

 sericeo-pilose. A long subulate orange tipped glandule be- 

 neath each pair of leaflets. Peduncles axillary, shorter than 

 the leaf, bearing several rather small yellow flowers. Bracteas 

 linear, larger than the flower. Sepals subrotund, with one as 

 it were superior and rather larger. Petals subequal, with two 

 inferior more concave. Stamens 4 minute, sterile; 4 in the 

 middle small but fertile ; 2 longer. Ovary hirsute : style incli- 

 nate: stigma inflected, capitato-depressed. Legumes erect, 



