362 Ign. Urban: 



Gaules e radice snperne 4 — 5 mm. crassa plures lignescentes brunes- 

 centes v. nigrescentes glabri ramosi; rami hornotini teretes non striati pube 

 flavida, internodiis 3,5 — 1 cm. longis. Stipulae 2 — 5 mm. longae, longiores 

 magis setaceo-acuminatae, dense et elevatim longitrorsum striatae. Folia 

 petiolis 2 — 4 mm. longis in ^j^ — Y-, alt. glandula scutellata er. 0,7 mm. 

 longe stipitata nigrescente instnictis, 2 — 3,5 cm. longa; foliola sessilia, basi 

 unilateraliter rotundata, apice supra nervnm principalem brevissime mucro- 

 nata, chartaceo-coriacea. Pedunculi supraaxillares, convexi; bracteae sub- 

 oppositae v. alternae, e basi triangulari subulato-acuminatae, 1,5 — 2 mm. 

 longae. Sepala exteriora oblongo-lanceolata acute acuminata, 8 mm. longa, 



3 mm. lata, interiora ovato-oblonga, 9 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, apice ob- 

 tusiuscula membranaceo-marginata, omnia e basi multinervia. Petala flava, 

 maximum valde inaequilaterum oblique ovato-ellipticum, 12 mm. longum, 

 14 mm. latum, intermedium orbiculare 11 — 12 mm. longum, 9 — 10 mm. 

 latum, caetera obovata, 10 — 11 mm. longa, 7 — 7,5 mm. lata, omnia 0,5 — 

 1 mm. longe unguiculata, e basi plurinervia, nervis reticulato-anastomosanti- 

 bus. Stamina 10, omnia perfecta; antherae 5 posticae flavae subaequales 

 3,5 — 4 mm. longae, anticae 5 valde inaequilongae, longe rostratae, obscure 

 violaceae, 5 — 8 mm. longae, omnes er. 0,7 mm. longe stipitatae. Ovarium 

 lineare, breviter et adpresse pilosum, interdum abortivum; Stylus arcuatus, 

 ovario aequilongus, stigmate obsolete. Legumina vix stipitata, apice acu- 

 minata, in faciebus inter semina impressa et intns dissepimenta praebentia, 

 brunescentia, brevissime et parce pilosula. Semina brunea, 2 — 2,5 mm. 

 longa, 1,4 — 1,8 mm. lata. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Gonaives in pratis montanis siccis ad 

 Terreneufe, 350 m. alt, m. Junio flor. et fruct.: Buch n. 91. 



Cassia adeiiosperma Urb. (u. sp.) fruticulus 30 — 35 cm. altus, 

 ramis decumbentibus v. erectis, pilis brevibns patulis v. sursum cur- 

 vatis obtectis; stipulis ovato-lanceolatis subiüato-acuminatis; petiolis 

 superne glandulam brevissime stipitatam v. subsessilem praebentibus, 

 foliolis 10 — 16-jugis, linearibus, apice semirotimdatis, interdum acu- 

 tatis, 6 — 2 mm. longis, 1 — 1,3 mm. latis, nervo principali nnilaterali 

 juxta marginem ipsuni obvio, Jateralibus supra parum, subtus magis 

 prominiüis 5 — 7 sub angulo 40 — 50" abeuntibus subirregularibus hinc 

 illinc parum ramosis, utrinque brevissime denseque pilosulis; pedun- 

 culis 1 — 2,5 cm. longis, 2 — 5 mm. sub apice bracteas gerentibus, 

 l-floris; calyce 7 mm. longo; leguminibus linearibus, 2 — 3,5 cm. longis, 



4 — 4,5 mm. latis, nervis tenuibus prominulis irregulariter transversis 

 venosis; seminibus 5 — 11, plus minus rhombeis glanduloso-impressis. 



Gaules e radice 7 mm. crassa palari numerosi lignescentes brunes- 

 centes, inferne stipulis persistentibus permultis et hinc illinc basibus pedun- 

 culorum eorumque bracteis basalibus obsessi, ad apicem foliosi, teretes, pube 

 tenui grisea, internodiis 2 — 15 mm. longis. Stipulae 3 — 4 mm. longae, 

 brevissime pilosae, dense et elevatim longitrorsum striatae. Folia petiolis 

 1,5 — 2 mm. longis in Ys^Vi ^^^' 8'landula scutellata coucaviuscula nigres- 

 cente instructis, ambitu ovata v. anguste ovata, 1 — 1,6 cm. longa; foliola 



