534 MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
inflorescence nearly of C. ligustrina, but the pod (in the few specimens in which I have seen it ripe) of 
C. Sophera. To this form belong those American specimens which may possibly be indigenous. 
Among the numerous synonyms I have quoted, C. atroviridis, Span., has been referred by Miquel 
(Fl. Ind. Bat. i. parsi. 93) doubtfully to C. alata ; but Spanoghe's character is totally at variance with that 
species. C. egyptiaca and C. robinioides, Willd., had been referred by Vogel, who had seen the speci- 
mens, at first to C. ligustrina ; but he afterwards (Linnæa, xv. 69) transfers them to C. Sophera, which is 
much more in accordance with the characters given. C. chinensis, Jacq., may not really belong to any 
wild form of this species, but represents probably a luxuriant garden variety. C. chinensis, Lam. Dict. i. 
644. (altered to C. grandiflora, in Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 457), referred to C. Sophera by Vogel, is made up of a de- 
scription drawn from a garden plant, which appears to me to refer rather to C. bicapsularis, with a reference 
to Rumphius's figure, iv. t. 33, which appears to represent C. glauca. C chinensis, Collad. Hist. Cass. 
t. 10, is more probably C. occidentalis. At any rate the name must be altogether suppressed as desig- 
nating only garden varieties. No Cassia is known from China, except the common Asiatic weeds C. Tora, 
C. occidentalis, C. mimosoides, &e. 
71. C. PUBESCENS, Jacq. Fragm. 46, t. 57. Herba v. suffrutex foetens. Foliola 4-6-juga, 
ovato-lanceolata, acute acuminata, subtus pubescentia. Racemi corymbosi. Legumen 
quam in C. occidentali longius, angustius magisque arcuatum.— Fl. Bras. 113. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. 
Of this I have only seen very few specimens, said to be wild, in Martius's herbarium; but they agree 
so well with Jacquin's figure and description that I have very little doubt of their identity. The form 
and number of leaflets &c. are those of C. occidentalis and of C. hirsuta, the pod and indumentum are 
intermediate between those two species, the inflorescence different from both. 
72. C. HIRSUTA, Linn. Spec. Pl. 540. Herba fœtens, undique hirsuta. Foliola 3-5- | 
juga, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, acuta v. acute acuminata. Racemi axillares, breves, 
summi conferti. Legumen lineare, turgidum v. subteres (6—8 poll. longum, 2-3 lin. latum), 
hirsutum.— 77. Bras. 114, t. 34. 
C. venenifera, Rodsch, in G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 167, fide Griseb. ! 
C. caracasana, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 270. 
& tomentosa, Wall.! Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5304, non Linn. 
C. pubigera, Lag. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Nov. 14, ex char. 
Hab. Tropical America: in waste and cultivated places; common in many parts of 
Peru, but extends from Brazil and Bolivia to Mexico. 
*** Foliola 6-9-juga, acuta v. acutiuscula, glabra v. ciliata. 
73. C. MARYLANDICA, Linn. Spec. Pl. 541. Foliola oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata. 
Racemi axillares, breves, subsessiles, multiflori, summi conferti. Flores flavi. Legumen 
lineare, planum (3-4 poll. longum, circa 3 lin. latum), glabrum v. pilosum.— Torr. et 
Gr. Fl. N. Amer. i. 395. 
C. reflexa, Salisb. Prod. 326. 
E acuminata, Munch, Meth. 273. 
Hab. Extratropical N. America : United States. 
The plant representing C. Sophera in the Linnæan herbarium may be a garden variety of C. marylandica. 
Salisbury’s and Mœnch’s synonyms are merely arbitrary changes of names, because they disapproved of 
the Linnzan one. 
.. TA. C. LIGUSTRINA; Linn.! Spec. Pl. 541. Foliola oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata. 
Racemi in paniculam corymbosam dispositi. Flores flavi quam in C. Marylandica majores. 
