576 MR. G. BENTHAM— REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
Series 6. Chamæcristæ vere. Herbe v. suffrutices. Foliola 8-20-juga (in O. mimosoide 
sepe ultra 30-juga), membranacea, costa subcentrali v. excentrica utrinque pennivenia v. 
rarius venulis latere angustiore subevanidis. Glandula sessilis vel stipitata. Stipule 
parce v. anguste. 
* Foliola obtusa v. acutiuscula, costa subcentrali v. parum excentrica. 
314. C. CHamacrista, Linn. ! Spec. Pl. 542. Herbacea. Glandula sessilis, depressa. 
Flores majusculi. 
C. triflora, Jacq. Hort. Scheenbr. t. 480, fide specim. in herb. DC. 
C. venosa, Castigl. ex DC. in Collad. Hist. Cass. 130. 
C. castiglionea, Collad. l. c. lapsu calami pro C. trifolia, Jacq. a 
C. Hornemanni, DC. Prod. ii. 507 (C. venosa, Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 46), ex char. nimis brevi. 
C. pulchella, Salisb. Prod. 326. 
C. fasciculata, Mich. Fl. Bor.-Amer. i. 262. 
Var. BRASILIENSIS, Vog.! Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 172, t. 45.  Caule robustiore, 
1-3-pedali. | 
C. hypnotica, Vell. Fl. Flum. 169; Ic. iv. t. 75, ex icone. 
C. gemina, Vell. 1. c. ; Ic. t. 74 est forte forma floribus minoribus. 
- Hab. Subtropical and extratropical N. America, where it varies exceedingly in stature, 
indumentum, &c., as well as in the proportion of large and small anthers. The Brazilian 
variety appears common in South and Central Brazil and Eastern Bolivia. 
The original typical form appears to be annual; but some varieties are described by collectors as 
shrubby, at least at the base, and it is possible that characters might be found generally to separate as 
species the Brazilian from the North-American forms; but then it would be necessary to split up the 
North-American ones into several species. The specimens, for instance, from Texas, Lindheimer, 2nd coll. 
n. 232, have a very distinct habit. On the other hand, the whole of the group of the Chamecriste vere 
seem to pass so gradually one into the other, that the delimitation of species here given must be 
admitted to be very unsatisfactory. 
C. felipensis, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 368, with quite sessile glands, appears to be referable 
rather to C. Chamecrista than to C. glandulosa. 
315. C. rLAvICOMA, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 366. Fruticosa, molliter 
aureo-pubescens. Glandula urceolata v. stipitata. Flores majusculi. Legumen vil- 
losum.—77. Bras. 173. 
C. stipulata, G. Don !, Gen. Syst. ii. 44. 
Hab. Tropical America: Columbia and Peru: 
316. C. vIRGATA, Swartz !, Fl. Ind. Occid, ii, 728, Fruticosa, glabra v. adpresse pu- 
bescens. Glandula stipitata. Legumen glabrum. - À 
C. Chamecrista, Mill. ! herb., at non Dict. n. 17. 
C. glandulosa, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3435; Benth. Pl. Hartw. 263, and others. 
C. Swartzii, Wikstr. in Stockh. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1825, 430, ex Griseb. 
Hab. 'Tropical America: West-Indian Islands. : 
.917. C. GLANDULOSA, Lina.! Spec. Pl. 542. Herbacea v. suffruticosa, pubescens v. 
glabrescens nec patentim pilosa. Glandula stipitata, Flores majusculi, longiuscule 
pedicellati. Legumen glabrum v. pube brevi conspersum.—Z7. Bras. 173. 
