570 MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
Series 2. Prostrate. Herbe prostrate, annue v. basi perennes sepe patentim pilose. 
Foliola wmi- plurijuga, membranacea. Glandule tenuiter stipitate v. nulle. Flores parvi 
v. mediocres, pedicellis filiformibus. 
273. C. ROTUNDIFOLIA, Pers. Syn.i. 456.  Foliola 1-juga, obovata, petiolo eglanduloso. 
Stipulæ cordate, cauli arcte appressee.— 77. Bras. 161. 
C. bifoliolata, DC.! in Collad. Hist. Cass. 120, t. 9. 
C. pentandra, Raddi, Quar. Piant. Nuov. 20 (in Mem. Acad. Moden. xviii.). 
C. monophylla, Vell. Fl. Flum. 166; Ic. iv. t. 61. 
Var. BAUHINLEFOLIA. Stipulæ semipollicares longioresque, foliola usque ad 13 poll. 
longa, flores quam in forma typica majores, sepalis 3 lin. longis. 
C. bauhiniefolia, Kunth !, Mim. 123, t. 37. 
C. fabaginefolia, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 363. 
C. filipes, Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 81. 
Var. GRANDIFLORA. Stipulæ vix 3 lin. longi. Flores magni, sepalis 6 lin. longis. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, Columbia, Central America, and Mexico; the 
var. bauhiniæfolia in Guiana and Columbia, the var. grandiflora in Brazil. 
274. C. TAGERA, Linn.! Spec. Pl. 538, excl. syn. Foliola 3- rarius 2-juga, parva, obovata; 
glandula stipitata. Stipulee cordato-lanceolatæ, cauli appressæ, demum subhyalinæ. Le- 
gumen breve, 1-4-spermum.— 77. Bras. 162. 
C. ciliaris, Collad. ! Hist. Cass. 98. 
C. Kunthiana, Cham. et Schlecht.! in Linnza, v. 598. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, Columbia, Central America, Mexico. 
The specimen in the Linnæan herbarium (answering to the character given) is certainly this species, 
although the habitat “in India" and the synonyms are erroneous. 
275. C. PILOSA, Linn. Spec. Pl. 540. Annua. Foliola 3-5-juga, latiuscule oblonga, 
membranacea, 4-1-pollicaria, petiolo eglanduloso. Stipulæ lanceolate, basi oblique. 
C. emarginata, Mill.! Dict. n. 18, non Linn. 
C. Milleri, Collad. Hist. Cass. 132. 
Hab, Tropical America: Jamaica, Columbia, sea coast, Fendler. 
There is no specimen of this in Linnzeus’s herbarium. 
276. C. sERPENS, Linn.! Spec. Pl. 541, non Vog. Foliola 5-7-juga, lineari-oblonga, 
membranacea, semipollice breviora; glandula tenuiter stipitata v. rarius nulla. Stipulæ 
lanceolato-subulatæ. Leguminis acumen rectiusculum.— Fl. Bras. 162. 
C. prostrata, Humb. et Bonpl. ! in Willd. Enum. 441. 
C. flexuosa, Mill. ! Dict. n. 16, non Linn. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, Columbia, West Indies, Central America, 
Mexico. 
277. C. TRICHOPODA, Benth.! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 163. Herbacea, prostrata, 
patentim pilosa. Foliola 8-25-juga, dimidiato-linearia, rigidule membranacea ; glandula 
tenuiter stipitata, Pedicelli calyce multo longiores. Stigma parvum. 
_ Hab, Tropical America: Brazil, prov. S. Paolo, Minas Geraes, and Goyaz; Caraccas, 
Birschell, 
278. C. PUMILA, Lam. Dict, i. 651. Herbacea, prostrata, pubescens. Foliola 8-15- 
