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80. C. DENSIFLORA, Mart. et Gal.! in Bull. Acad. Brux. xii.304. Foliola ampla, acuti- 
uscula, subtus molliter pubescentia. Flores parvuli. Legumen subteres, semipedale. 
Hab. Tropical America: Mexico, prov. Oaxaca, Galeotti, n. 3188, Liebmann, Jurgensen, 
n. 51. 
Ramuli subteretes, flexuosi, puberuli. Foliola oblique ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, insequilatera et sæpe 
subfalcata, terminalia 3-4-pollicaria, supra pilis brevibus conspersa, subtus molliter pubescentia, utrinque 
viridia; glandula oblonga v. conica inter inferiora. Stipulas caducissimas non vidi. Flores parvuli in 
racemis axillaribus petiolo sæpius longioribus conferti.  Bracteæ angustæ, caducissimæ. Pedicelli 6-9 lin. 
longi, pubescentes. Sepala obtusa, pubescentia, 2-24 lin. longa. Petala vix duplo longiora, pubescentia. 
Antheræ perfecte 7, parum inæquales, acuminate. Ovarium hirsutum. Legumen leve, suturis haud 
prominentibus, 5-6 lin. diametro, sericeo-villosum ex Mart. et Gal, in speciminibus nostris glabratum, 
indehiscens ? v. tardius intus dehiscens ? 
Evidently nearly allied to C, oxyphylla, but with a more axillary inflorescence, much smaller flowers, 
and the anthers more evidently acuminate; the pod appears also to be quite different. I have not seen 
Galeotti's typical specimens, but believe Liebmann to be correct in his determination of those he gathered 
in the same locality. 
++ Racemi in paniculam terminalem corymbosam v. oblongam basique foliatam dispositi, inferiores pauci 
interdum axillares. 
31. C. OXYPHYLLA, Kunth! Mim. 129, t. 39. Foliola ampla, acute acuminata, subtus 
dense pubescentia, glandula inter inferiora, Stipule anguste. Legumen ante dehiscen- 
tiam tereti-compressúm. Ramuli sepius apice insigniter flexuosi, racemis nonnullis axil- 
laribus. 
Chamefistula oxyphylla, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii, 451. 
Cassia Hartwegi, Benth.! Pl. Hartw. 117. 
E fagifolia, Bertol. Fl. Guatem. 14, ex descr. 
Hab. Tropical America : Mexico, Liebmann; Central America, Columbia, Guayaquil. 
Although this species has been very well figured in flower by Kunth, I am induced to add here a re- 
presentation of a fruiting specimen, as those of the Kew Herbarium are admirably calculated to show the 
different stages of the pod of this and allied species, from its long, straight, Fistula-like form when unripe 
to the fully expanded follicle. 
Plate 61. Cassia oxyphylla : fig. 1, seed; fig. 2, the same, transverse section; fig. 3, embryo. 
32. C. BACILLARIS, Linn. fil.! Suppl. 931. Foliola ampla, acuminata, glabra v. pube 
minuta rara conspersa, glandula inter inferiora. Stipule setacez. Flores ampli. Legu- 
men ante dehiscentiam teres, elongatum.— 77. Bras. 98, t SL. 
Mimosa nodosa, Linn.! Spec. Pl. 1498 (ad stirpem hortensem nondum florentem descripta). 
Acacia nodosa, Willd. Spec. Pl. iv. 1016. : 
Cassia fruticosa, Mill.! Diet. n. 10, Rel. Houst. t. 17; Vog. in Linnæa, xv. 67. 
Cathartocarpus bacillus, Pers. Syn. 1. 459. | | 
Chamefistula bacillaris, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 451. 
Cassia puberula, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 341. 
Chamefistula puberula, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 451. 
Cassia Fockeana, Miq.! in Linnza, xviii. 479. 
C. carthaginensis, Willd. herb. ex Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. | 
Hab. Tropical America : N. Brazil, Guiana, Columbia, Central America, and some of the 
... West-Indian islands, probably indigenous; sent also from Rio Janeiro and occasionally 
. . also in East-Indian and other collections, but evidently cultivated. 2 
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