568 MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
Subsect. 1. Xerocalyx. Sepala rigidula, subscariosa, tenuiter striato-multinervia. 
* Foliola 1-juga. i 
260. C. DIPHYLLA, Linn. ! Spec. Pl. 537. Glabra, prostrata. Foliola obovata, rigidule 
membranacea, glandula parva, stipitata v. urceolata.— Fl. Bras. 156. 
C. diphylla, Cav. Ic. t. 600. 
Hab. Tropical America: from Brazil to Central America and Mexico. 
Linnæus having given the erroneous habitat “in India” for this plant, its identity has been doubted ; 
but his specimen clearly belongs to this species. 
261. O. CULTRIFOLIA, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 363. Glabra v. apice pa- 
tentim pilosa. Foliola dimidiato-oblonga v. oblongo-linearia, sæpe Fats subcoriacea ; 
glandula scutellata v. urceolata.— Fl. Bras. 156. 
Hab. Tropical America : Solurobia an Central Brazil. 
** Foliola 2-juga (species omnes viz inter se distincte). 
262. C. LATISFIPULA, Benth.! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 156. Glabra v. superne 
pubescens. Foliola latiuscula, oblonga v. obovata, rectiuscula. Stipule ample, obtuse. 
Flores magni. 
Hab. Tropical ination Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 
263. C. DESVAUXIL, Collad. Hist. Cass.131. Glabra v. ramulis bifariam pubescentibus. 
Foliola obovali-oblonga, rectiuscula. Stipulæ acutee. Flores magni. Pedicelli longi- 
usculi v. rarius abbreviati. Legumen appresse pilosum, 5-6-plo longius quam latum.— 
Fl. Bras. 157. : 
C. tetraphylla, Desv. Journ. Bot. iii. (1814) 72, non Collad. 
C. pulchra, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 362. 
Var. MOLLISSIMA, mollissime pubescens, pedicellis longiusculis. 
Var. ? BREVIPES, pubescens v. glabrescens, pedicellis ut in C. drevipedi brevissimis, legu- 
mine C. Desvauxii. | 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, and Columbia; the var. mollissima in $. 
Brazil, the var. brevipes in Brazil and Guiana. . 
264. C. BREVIPES, DC.! in Collad. Hist. Cass. 119, t. 9. Pubescens. Folia floresque 
C. Desvauxii. Pedicelli brevissimi. Legumen vix duplo longius quam latum, pilis longis 
aureis hirsutissimum. 
Hab. Tropical America : Panama, Seemann ; Costarica, (Ersted. 
265. C. UNIFLORA, Spreng. Neu. Entd. i. 291. Glabra v. rarius tenuiter pubescens. 
Foliola obovato-oblonga, recta v. leviter incurva, in forma typica subsemipollicaria, rigi- 
dule membranacea. Stipule acute, longiuscule. Flores mediocres v. parvi. Legumen 
glabrum v. appresse pilosum.— FI. Bras. 157, t. 43. 
C. lanceolata, Pers. Syn. i. 456 (ex char.), non Forsk. T 
C. Persoonii, Collad. Hist. Cass. 119. 
Var. PARVIFOLIA, foliolis 2-6 lin. longis, sæpius quam in forma ce obtusioribus. — 
C. ramosa, Vog.! Syn. Cass. 55. | y 
C. savanensis, Miq.! in Linnza, xviii. 584. 
