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Legumen planum v. valvulis convexiusculis, glabrum, 3-4 poll. longum, circa 3 lin. 
latum. | 
C. ligustrina, Bot. Reg. t. 109; Bot. Mag. t. 1829. E 
Hab. Tropical and subtropical N. America: Cuba, Wright, n. 149 and 1190, Bahamas, 
and perhaps Jamaica. | 
The foliage of this species is often very nearly that of C. Sophera, but usually has the still more nu- 
merous leaflets of C. marylandica, of which it has very nearly the pod, but is readily known by the larger, 
more showy yellow flowers in a compact terminal corymbose panicle. It has been frequently misunder- 
stood, owing to an erroneous description of the fruit taken from the plate in the * Hortus Elthamensis ” 
representing the foliage and flowers of C. ligustrina, with a loose fruit copied from Plumier, but belonging 
to some other species (apparently C. angustifolia, Vahl). 
75. O. STENOPHYLLA, Benth. Foliola angustissime linearia. Racemi corymbosi. 
C. decipiens, Griseb. ! Enum. Pl. Cub. 79, non Desv. 
Hab. Tropical America: Cuba, Wright, n. 1601. 
Frutex videtur glaberrimus, ramulis tenuibus. Foliola 6-10-juga, linearia, acuminata, 2-3 poll. longa, 
vix 1 lin. lata, jugis secus petiolum tenuem 4-6-pollicarem distantibus; glandula supra basin petioli nunc 
brevis crassaque, nune sæpius tenuis elongata. Racemi in axillis superioribus pedunculati, pauciflori, 
folis multo breviores. Flores fere C. occidentalis. Legumen 4-5 poll. longum, 3 lin. latum, rectum, 
junius compressum, demum turgidulum. 
Sectio 4. PROSOSPERMA. 
Herbæ, suffrutices fruticesve.. Folia interglandulosa. Stamina perfecta 6-7; staminodia 3. 
Legumen lineare, seepius tetragonum, rectum v. arcuatum, ad suturam utramque de- 
hiscens (rarius vix dehiscens ?). Semina longitudinalia, oblique quadrata, cotyledonibus 
latissimis, undulato-plicatis. | 
Series 1. Tore. Herbe suffruticesve. Pedunculi breves, 1-2-flori. Foliola 2-3-juga. 
76. C. PENTAGONIA, Mill.! Dict. ed. 8. n. 18. Herba glabriuscula. Foliola pleraque 
3-juga. Legumen utrinque acutum, alis 4 longitudinalibus herbaceis 1-2 lin. latis in- 
structum.— #7. Bras. 114, t. 34. 
. Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes, Central America. 
Miller's plate, t. 82, contains a figure of a detached fruit of this plant. The flowering specimen figured 
may be the same also, if we suppose it to be a little exaggerated as to foliage, and the inflorescence to be 
supplied by the artist's imagination. 
77. C. Tora, Linn. ! Spec. Pl. 538. Herba glabra v. adpresse pubescens. Foliola plera- 
que 3-juga. Legumen elongatum, angustum, tereti-tetragonum, arcuatum v. rectius- 
culum.—77. Bras. 115. 
Senna Tora, Roxb. ! Fl. Ind. ii. 340. 
Cassia obtusifolia, Linn. Spec. Pl. 539. 
C. Tagera, Lam. Dict. i. 643, Collad. aliique non Linn. 
C. humilis, Collad.! Hist. Cass. 96. 
C. gallinaria, Collad. 1. c. 
C. fetida, Salisb. Prod. 325. 
C. Tala, Desv.! Journ. Bot. iii. (1814) t. 73. 
C. Sunsub, Forsk. Fl. ZEq. Arab. 86. 
C. toroides, Roxb.! Hort. Beng. 31. 
