MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 511 
C. propinqua, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 369. 
C. erecta, Willd. herb. ex Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 
C. Otterbeinü, G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 169, ex descr. 
C. parvifolia, Wender. in Syll. Flor. Ratisb. i. 65, ex descr. 
C. Pavoniana, G. Don !, Gen. Syst. ii. 447. 
C. disadena, Steud.! in Flora, 1843, 760. 
C. ramosissima, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 367, videtur hujus potius quam C. flavicome var. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, Columbia, Peru. 
918. C. STENOCARPA, Vog. ! Syn. Cass. 68. Herbacea v. suffruticosa, patentim pilosa. 
Glandula stipitata. Flores mediocres, breviter pedicellati. Legumen glabrum v. pube 
brevi conspersum.— Fl. Bras. 173. | 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, Columbia. 
319. C. RIPARIA, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 369. Herbacea v. suffruticosa, 
glabra v. tenuiter pubescens. Glandula stipitata. Flores mediocres, breviter pedicellati. 
Legumen pilis longiusculis conspersum.—Fl. Bras. 174. 
C. Parkeriana, DC. ! Prod. ii. 504. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, Peru, Central America, West-Indian Islands. 
The three preceding species ought probably to be united into one; but if C. stenocarpa be retained as ` 
distinct, C. riparia cannot well be referred to C. glandulosa. 
320. C. NIGRICANS, Vahl, Symb. i. 30. Herbacea, molliter hirsuta. Glandula sessilis, 
depressa. Flores parvi, brevissime pedicellati. Legumina erecta, stricta, pilosa.— Oliv. ! 
Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 280. 
C. micrantha, Guill.! et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 262. 
C. Arnottiana, Wight !, herb. propr. n. 2410. 
Hab. Tropical Africa and Asia. : - 
C. pilidens, Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2, is founded on the Abyssinian specimens, Schimper, n. 66, at 
first referred to the N. American C. nictitans, of which it has the aspect and small flowers, with only 
4 or 5 stamens; but the gland is broad and sessile, and it may very possibly prove to be a reduced ; 
differing in being less hairy, with rather longer more slender pedicels, and only 4 
variety of C. nigricans, cans usually is. We 
or 5 stamens. The specimens are few, much smaller and more slender than C. nigri 
have also two very similar specimens from Simla in herb. Hook., and one very near to them from 
N. China. 
391. C. BREVIFOLIA, Lam. Dict. i. 651, fide herb. DC.! Pumila, diffusa, pilis paucis 
brevibus conspersa. Folia parva, foliolis confertis. Glandula parva, depressa. Flores 
mediocres, longiuscule pedicellati. Sepala obtusa. 
on pcdes Folia vix semipollicaria, foliolis 8-12-jugis approximatis 1-2 lin. longis oblongis 
obtusis coriaceis, costa subcentrali nunc duplicata, venis utringue perpaucis prominulis, Stipulæ e basi 
lanceolata v. patai setaceo-acuminatz. Pedicelli solitarii. Sepala glabra. 
Var. MINUTULA, Boj. !, longius pilosa, foliis tenuioribus, venis vix conspicuis. en 
Hab. Madagascar, in the lofty mountains of the province of Emirna, Bojer m 
herb. DC. | = 
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