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Hab. Tropical America: N. Brazil, Spruce, n. 2558. 
Arbor 30-pedalis, coma patula, ramulis foliisque novellis minute sericeo-puberulis, adultis glabratis. 
Foliola 3-5-juga sæpius 4-juga, longiuseule petiolulata, ovali-elliptica, breviter acuminata, basi angustata 
v. euneata, 3-5-pollicaria, tenuiter coriacea, supra nitida venulosa, subtus opaca venis primariis elevatis 
venulis minus conspieuis. Petiolus communis 6-10-pollicaris, supra late canaliculatus, eglandulosus. 
Stipulae minute, caducissimæ. Racemi ad basin innovationum axillares v. infra folia nati, laxi, 6-9-polli- 
cares. Bractew parvæ, ovato-orbiculares, obtuse, concavæ, longe ante anthesin caduce. Pedicelli 1-14- 
pollicares. Sepala ovata, obtusissima, 5-6 lin. longa. Petala lutea venis rubris, obovali-oblonga, sub- 
pollicaria, in unguem contracta. Stamina 3 longiora petalis subæquilonga, filamentis basi replicatis 
medio parum incrassatis, antheris utrinque obtusis dorso hirtellis ; staminum 5 intermediorum filamenta - 
2 filiformia petalis paullo breviora, 3 crassa adhue breviora; stamina 2 superiora seu staminodia minima, 
filamentis basi dilatatis, antheris parvis cassis. Legumen 1-2-pedale, tereti-compressiusculum, glabrum, 
perfectum fere pollicem latum sepe tamen angustius, suturis utrinque prominulis. Semina pulpa nidu- 
lantia. 
Plate 60. C. Spruceana: fig. 1, five ofthe stamens, 1 long, 3 intermediate, and 1 short; figs. 2, 3, por- 
tions of the pod ; fig. 4, seed ; fig. 5, the same, transverse section. 
4. C. SAGOTIANA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 93. Foliola 3-4-juga, obtusa, 
coriacea, petiolo supra late canaliculato. Sepala interiora circa 3 lin. longa. 
Hab. Tropical America: French Guiana, Sagot, n. 802. 
Very near C. Spruceana, but with more obtuse and coriaceous leaflets, less veined above and usually 
whitish underneath ; the flower smaller, the intermediate anthers with longer basal lobes, &c. The two 
species are distinguished from all other Fistulas by the broadly channelled common petioles of the leaves. 
5. C. KorscHYANa, Oliv.! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 271. Foliola 4-8-juga, obtusa, subtus 
innovationesque aureo- v. sericeo-tomentosa. 
Hab. Tropical Africa. 
6. C. BnEwsrERI, F. Muell. ! in Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 282. Foliola 2-4-juga, glabra. 
Filamenta staminum longiorum medio nodoso-incrassata, in precedentibus undique fili- 
formia v. vix medio crassiora. 
Cathartocarpus Brewsteri, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 110. 
Hab. Tropical Australia. 
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++ Foliola oblonga, subtus pubescentia, jugis numerosis approximatis. 
7. C. GRANDIS, Linn. f. Suppl. 230. Anthere pilose. Ovarium tomentosum. Le- 
gumen lignosum, crassum, compressiusculum, transverse venoso-rugosum, 14-2-pedale, 
13 poll. latum.— Fl. Bras. 93. 
Cathartocarpus grandis, Pers. Syn. i. 459. 
Cassia brasiliana, Lam. Dict. i. 649. — 
Cathartocarpus brasilianus, Jacq. Fragm, 59, t. 85. f. 3 (legumen). 
Cassia mollis, Vahl, Symb. iii. 57. | 
Bactyrilobium molle, Schrad. in Gótt. Gelehr. Anz. 1821, 713. : | 
Hab. Tropieal America: Central America, Ecuador, New Granada, Surinam, San 
Domingo, Jamaica, and perhaps North Brazil. 
De Candolle, Vogel, and most authors have adopted for this species Lamarck's name of C. brasiliana, 
which, however, was only published in the “Dictionnaire Botanique, in 1788, whilst Linnæus the 
younger's name, C. grandis, dates from 1782. Lamarck’s name, morcover, is wed er for E 
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