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that is in some cases ambiguous. Each series in one section may, however, be generally distinguished 
from any one in the other by habit or other characters, so as to render the cases very few where the place 
of a flowering specimen may not be assigned without the pod. 
I have adopted from De Candolle and Vogel the names as well as the distinctive characters of Chame- 
fistula and Chamesenna, notwithstanding their defective composition. Misled, perhaps, by the Chame- 
buxus, sometimes called faux buis, it seems to have been imagined that yauai meant spurious instead of 
dwarf or prostrate. 
Series 1. Bacillares. Foliola sepius ampla, semper bijuga, glandula inter inferiora v. 
rarius inter utrumque par. Legumen ad suturam interiorem dehiscens. 
* Genuine. Anthere perfecte parum inequales, 3 inferiores evidentius rostrate. Petala infrapollicaria 
rarius subpollicaria. 
T Racemi breves, rarius elongati, axillares, summis paucis paniculatis. 
21. C. TENUIFOLIA, Vog. ! Syn. Cass. 16. Molliter hirsuta. Foliola mediocria. Stipule 
setaceæ, caducissimæ. Racemi axillares, subterminalesque (?), laxe pauciflori. Legumen 
angustum, subteres, torulosum.— 77. Bras. 96. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Rio Janeiro. 
22. C. ACUTISEPALA, Benth.! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Oesalp. 97. Foliola ampla, glabri- 
uscula. Sepala lanceolata, acutissima, venosa (in sequentibus omnibus obtusa). 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Pr. Max. Neuwied. 
23. C. MACROPHYLLA, Kunth ! Mim. 126, t. 38. Foliola ampla, membranacea, glabri- 
useula. - Sepala obtusa, venis prominulis costata (in sequentibus levia).—77. Bras. 97. 
Chamefistula macrophylla, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 451. 
Hab. Tropical America: New Granada, N. Brazil. 
24. C. SCANDENS, Ruiz et Pav. ! in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 440. * Caulis alte scandens.” 
Foliola ampla, membranacea, acuminata, glabriuscula. Racemi quam in affinibus 
longiores laxiores. 
Hab. Tropical America: Guayaquil, Ruiz and Pavon, 
Foliola ovata v. ovali-elliptica, ultima 4-6-pollicaria, aristato-mucronata. Glandula conica inter infe- 
riora. Stipulæ setaceæ. Pedunculi in axillis inferioribus 3-5-pollicares, laxe et elongate racemosi. 
Bracteæ lineari-subulate. Pedicelli pollicares longioresque. Sepala ovata, 3-4 lin. longa. Petala duplo 
saltem longiora. Antherw omnes rectæ, brevissime lateque rostratz, 3 inferiores cæteris paullo longiores. 
Legumen haud suppetit. - ; 
25. C. OBLIQUA, Ruiz et Pav. ! in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 451. Foliola ampla, membra- 
naceo-coriacea, acuminata, glabriuscula. Flores quam in affinibus majores, staminibus 
3 inferioribus cæteris submajoribus (minus tamen quam in Speciosis eminentibus, et racemi 
omnes axillares videntur). Legumen in herb. Boissier breve, fere C. vimineæ, stylo 
insigniter apiculatum. 
Chamafistula obliqua et Chamefistula elegans, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 451. 
Cassia Peruviana, Vog. Syn. Cass. 40. 
Hab. Tropical America: Peru, Ruiz and Pavon. | 
Foliola ovata y. ovali-oblonga, acuminata, membranacea v. demum subcoriacea, ultima 3-4 poll. longa ; 
glandula inter inferiora angusta. Stipule minute, setaceæ. Pedunculi axillares, petiolo longiores brevio- 
