558 MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
C. acuminata, Willd. Spec. Pl. ii. 517. 
C. nitida, Rich. in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 108, ex DC. sed char. potius C. vimineam indicat. 
C. ramiflora, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 48. 
C. adenopoda, Miq.! in Linnæa, xix. 436. 
C. ensiformis, Vell. Fl. Flum. 170; Ic. iv. t. 79. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil from Rio Janeiro to the northern frontier; French 
Guiana, Aublet. 
185. C. HYMENEÆFOLIA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 130. Foliola 1-3-juga, 
falcato-ovata, acuminata, coriacea, subtus pallida, venis crebris er ; glandula 
infrajugali. 
Hab. Tropical America.: N. Brazil, on the Rio Uaupés. 
186. C. ADIANTIFOLIA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 130. Foliola 20-30-juga, 
longa, obtusa, valde insequilatera, coriacea, subtus tomentosa; glandula infrajugali. 
Hab. Tropical America: Rio Uaupés, Spruce, n. 2437. 
Arbor pulchra, 20-pedalis, ramulis petiolis inflorescentiaque pube minuta ferruginea tomentellis. Folia 
ad apices ramorum conferta ; foliola obtusa, valde inæquilatera, 3-3 poll. longa, petiolo communi 4-6-pol- 
licari. Stipulas non vidi. Racemi ad nodos vetustos defoliatos laterales, sæpe fasciculati, breves, laxe 
pauciflori, pedunculo communi 3-1 poll., pedicellis 1-14 poll. longis. Sepala ovata, obtusiuscula, 1} lin. 
longa. Petala aurea, brevissime unguiculata, majora obovata 6—7 lin. longa, summum latius vix ultra 
4lin.longum. Stamina 10, «equilonga, filamentis brevissimis, antheris crassis 21 lin. longis obtusis ab 
apice fere usque ad basin rimis lateralibus dehiscentibus. Legumen ab ovario paullo acutum ei C. ger 
couite simile; perfectum haud suppetit. 
Tab. 63. fig. 1, flower (the upper petal represented rather too long) ; fig.2, two of the stamens ; ; fig. 3, 
ovary (longitudinal section). 
Sectio 8. ABSUS. 
Frutices suffruticesve American; decandræ v. herbæ annus gerontogeæ pentandre. 
Glandulæ petiolares nullæ, v. rarius infra juga foliolorum depressæ v. adnatz. Racemi 
simplices y. ramosi, terminales v. simulque in axillis superioribus, inflorescentia uti 
interdum fere tota planta plus minus glutinosa v. viscosa. Bracteolæ 2 oppositæ v. 
alterne parv: versus apicem pedicelli seepissime adsunt, caducæ v. rarius persistentes. 
Sepala obtusa v. acuta. Petala seepius parum inæqualia, inferiora majora, summum 
intimum concaviusculum longiusque unguiculatum. Antheræ ad lineam suturalem late- 
ralem villis minutis albis barbellatæ. Leguminis valvulæ coriaceæ, dure v. tenues. 
Series 1. Absoidee. Foliola bijuga, membranacea, sepius juniora saltem subtus v. 
utrinque pubescentia (excepta C. barbata), pollice breviora v. viz longiora, petiolo (excepta 
C. Abso) eglanduloso. 
* Herba annua gerontogea, floribus parvis pentandris. | 
187. C. Azsus, Linn. ! Spec. Pl. 537. Foliola obovata. Racemi terminales v. opposi- 
tifolia.— Oliv.! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 279; Jacq. f. Ecl. t. 53. 
l Senna Absus, Roxb. ! Fl. Ind. ii. 340. 
€. Thonningii, DC. ! Prod. ii. 500. 
C. coccinea, Wall. ! Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5315. 
