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branaceae, non striatae. Folia 3,5 — 0,5 cm. longe petiolata, rhachi supra 

 sulcata brevissime pilosula; foliola 0,5 — 1 mm. longe petiolulata, saepius 

 brevissime mucronato-apiculata, nervo medio supra obsolete v. impresso, 

 lateralibus non conspicuis v. subtus utrinque 3 — 4 parum prominentibus, 

 inaequilatera praesertim ad basin oblique rotundatam, supra glabra, subtus 

 subparce pilosula v. fere glabra. Inflorescentiae 1,5 — 0,5 cm. longe pe- 

 dunculatae; bi-acteae oblonge -lineares, 1,5 mm. longae, valde deciduae. Sepala 

 exteriora oblonga 5 — 6 mm. longa, 2 — 2,5 mm. lata, margine anguste mem- 

 branacea, extrinsecus brevissime pilosa, interiora obovato-cuneata 7 — 8 mm. 

 longa, 3,5 mm. lata, late membranaceo-marginata, reticulato- nervosa, ex- 

 trinsecus subglabra. Petalum majus late obovatum, antice truncatum, 

 7 mm. latum, 2 mm. longe unguiculatum, caetera obovata, 5 mm. lata, 0,6 mm. 

 longe unguiculata, omnia e basi 3-nervia, nervis venisque reticulato -ana- 

 storaosantibus obscuris. Antherae erostres, glabrae, tetramorphae : antica 

 linearis cassa tenuis 2 mm. longa, filamento aequilonga, 2 laterales anticae 

 ex Omnibus maximae 6 mm. longae, filamentis incrassatis aequilongae, arcuato- 

 curvatae, supra basin obtusam fere 1,5 mm. latae, apice porosae, polline 

 instructae; 4 laterales fere 4 mm. longae, filamentis 3-plo longiores, rectae 

 lineares, fertiles, apice porosae, loculis basi attenuatis, 3 posticae 1,3 mm. 

 longae, filamentis dimidio breviores, subrectangulares planae cassae. Ova- 

 rium lineare breviter pilosum; Stylus 3-plo brevior, apice incurvus, stigmate 

 dense breviterque barbellato intus verso. Legumina in quoque pedunculo 



1 — 2, vix stipitata, brevissime curvulo- pilosa, in sicco bruneo-nigrescentia, 

 stylo persistente apice mucronata, 28 — 35-sperma. Semina septis dis- 

 juncta, liorizontalia, funiculis brevibus filiformibus affixa, ovata, 3 mm. longa, 



2 — 2,3 mm. lata, olivacea, area media excepta striis albidis irregulariter 

 curvatis et anastomosantibus eleganter percursa. 



Hab. in Haiti: C. Ehrenberg, prope Jeremie m. Jan. fruct. : Eggers 

 n. 3386, ad Anx Cayes, m. Nov. flor. et fruct.: Favrat n. 70. 



Obs. Affinis C. biflora L. differt stipulis setaceis elongatis, glandula 

 rhacheos plerumque elongata atque stipitata, inflorescentiis umbellatim 2 — 3- 

 floris, floribus duplo majoribus, antheris trimorphis, 3 anticis maximis aequali- 

 bus fertilibus bene rostratis. 



Cassia Buchii Urb. (u. sp.) e sectione Chamaecrista , fruticuius 

 30 — 60 cm. altus erectus; ramis superne brevissime adpresseque pilosis; 

 stipulis lauceolatis subulato-acuminatis; petioHs superne giaudulam 

 bene stipitatam gerentibus, foliolis 9 — 15-jugis, linearibus, apice semi- 

 rotundatis, 12 — 5 mm. longis. 1,5 — 2 mm. latis, nervo principaU uni- 

 laterali juxta marginem ipsum obvio, lateralibus utrinque praesertim 

 subtus crassiuscule prominentibus 6 — 8 sub angulo valde acuto abeun- 

 tibus ideoque sublongitrorsis raniosis, tenuioribus intermixtis, margine 

 exteriore minutissime pilosulis, caeterum glabris; pedunculis 2 — 3,5 cm. 

 longis, 2 — 4 mm. sub apice bracteas gerentibus, 1-floris; calyce8 — 9 mm. 

 longo; leguminibus linearibus, 3— 4 cm. longis, fere 4 mm. latis, ob- 

 solete et impresse reticulato -venosis; seminibus 10 — 12 rhombeis v. 

 rectangularibus, non glanduloso-impressis. 



