542 MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
Sepala circa 3 lin. longa. Petala semipollicaria, tenuiter venosa. Legumen 3-4 poll. longum, 3-4 lin. 
latum, planum, crassiusculum. 
Botteri's specimens have in some herbaria, under the same number, 784, one also of C. leiophylla, Vog. 
106. C. SKINNERI, Benth., sp. n. Foliola 5-6-juga, anguste obovata v. cuneato-oblonga, 
subtus pubescentia. Pedunculi axillares, pauciflori. Petala maxima, subavenia, stipitata. 
. Hab. Guatemala, Skinner. 
Frutex ramulis petiolis inflorescentiaque pilis brevibus pubescentibus. Foliola obtusissima, ultima pol- 
lice longiora, infra medium valde angustata, basi insequilatera, brevissime petiolulata, inferiora decrescentia 
magis ovalia, omnia supra glabra, margine subtusque ad venas piloso-pubescentia; glandula tenuis inter 
paria 1-2 inferiora. Petioli communes vix 2-pollicares. Stipulæ lineari-setaceæ, elongate, subpersis- 
tentes. Pedunculi foliis breviores, apice confertim 2-5-flori.  Bractez lineares. Pedicelli pollicares. 
Sepala interiora suborbiculata, 3-4 lin. longa, exteriora minora. Petala parum inæqualia, maxima fere 
12-pollicaria, patentissima.,  Antherz 3 majores fere 5 lin. long, vix acuminate, pilis paucis consperse. 
Legumen (si rite huc relatum in herb. Lindl.) planum, vix dehiscens, 4 lin. latum. 
A well-marked species, with the foliage nearly of some varieties of C. bicapsularis, but with the large 
flowers almost of the Bacillares Speciose. The pods accompanying the specimens are not attached to 
them, but, from the peduncles &c., appear really to belong to them. They are broken so as not to tell 
their real length, but are quite those of the Chamesenne of some of the following groups. 
Series 2. Aphylle. Folio nulla v. ad squamulas minutas reducta. Pedunculi ad 
nodos solitarii v. gemini, sepissime biflori. Anthere vix rostrate. Legumen lineare, 
planum, marginatum. 
107. C. APHYLLA, Cav. lc. vi. 41, t. 561. Glaberrima, aphylla. Rami tenues, apice 
sæpe spinescentes. | 
Hab. Extratropical S. America: Mendoza and Buenos Ayres. 
108. C. CRASSIRAMEA, Benth. ! in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1063. Glaberrima, aphylla. Rami 
valde incrassati. : 
Hab. S. America: Andes of Salta, and dry hills, San Vicente, Pearce; Bolivia, prov. 
Tarija, Weddell. 
Series 3. Rostrate. Anthere staminum 2-3 inferiorum rostro cylindrico porifero ter- 
minate. Legumen sepius angustum, valvulis planis marginibus incrassato-nerviformibus. 
Foliola pauci- v. multijuga, membranacea, obtusa v. rarius acutiuscula. Stipule lineares 
setacee v. caducissime. | 
* Pedunculis solitariis geminisve bifloris v. rarius hinc inde subumbellatim 8—4-floris. 
109. C. LEIOPHYLLA, Vog. ! Syn. Cass. 25. Glabra (in forma typica). Foliola 2-3-juga, 
obtusissima. Sepala interiora semipollicaria. Legumen 3-4-pollicare, 21-31 lin. latum, 
arcuatum, marginatum.— 7. Bras. 120. y 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil. 
Var.? PUBESCENS. Undique molliter pubescens; cætera omnia forme glabræ Bra- 
siliensis. : 
. C. pumila, Mart. et Gal.! in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. pars ii. 307, non DC. 
Hab. Tropical America: Peru, near Tarapoto, Spruce, n. 4299; Central America, - 
Nicaragua, Œrsted; * New Spain," Pavon; near J alapa, Galeotti, n. 3312. | im 
"e The aspect, especially of the pubescent variety, is very nearly that of C. mucronifera, in Prososperma; 
