578 MR. G. BENTHAM—REVISION OF THE GENUS CASSIA. 
** Foliola angustiora, sepius acutiuscula v. mucronato-acuta, costa magis excentrica, margini superiori 
plus minus approximata, venis tamen sepius nonnullis obliquis interjectis. 
322. C. NICTITANS, Linn. ! Spec. Pl. 543. Annua, erecta v. diffusa, ramosa, glabra v. 
pilosa. Glandula urceolata, sessilis v. breviter stipitata. Flores parvi, breviter pedicellati. 
Stamina 4-6, seepius 5, filamentis longiusculis (in sequentibus stamina ssepius 7-10 fila- 
mentis, abbreviatis). 
C. procumbens, Linn. Spec. Pl. 543, quoad plantam boreali-Americanam non Linn. herb. 
C. diffusa, DC.! in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Genéve, ii. 130. 
Grimaldia assurgens et G. decumbens, Schrank, in Denkschr. Münch. Akad. 1808, 110, 111, 
y td Di 
Cassia smaragdina, Macfad. Fl. Jam. i. 347, ex Griseb. 
C. aspera, Muhlenb. in Ell. Bot. S. Car. and Georg. i. 474, ex Torr. et Gr. 
Hab. Subtropical N. America: Southern United States, Mexico, and perhaps also tro- 
pical America, W. Indies, Guiana, and Columbia. 
Although Linnæus gives “in Indiis as well as Virginia for the habitat of his C. procumbens, both his 
references belong to the N. American species, which is certainly not distinct from C. nictitans. 
323. C. ZAMBESICA, Oliv. ! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 280. Herbacea (erecta ?), patentim pilosa. 
, Glandula tenuiter stipitata. Flores parvi, breviter pedicellati. Stamina 7-10. Legumen 
hirsutum. 
-Hab. 'Tropical Africa. 
This has the gland of the Prostrate; but the habit appears to be more that of the Chamecriste vere. 
324. C. PROCUMBENS, Linn.! herb. et Spec. Pl. 548, ex paríe. Suffruticosa, pro- 
cumbens, pubescens. Glandula parva, sessilis v. breviter stipitata. Flores parvuli v. 
mediocres, breviter v. longiuscule pedicellati. Stamina 7-10. Legumen sparse pilosulum. 
C. pygmea, DC.! Prod. ii. 502. 
C. Chamecrista, Mill. ! Dict. n. 17. 
C. chamecristoides, Collad. Hist. Cass. 134. 
Hab. "Tropical America: Vera Cruz, Houston; Costarica, (Ersted; St. Domingo (DC. 
Vogel). : 
Caules e basi plus minus lignosa -prostrataque, apice adscendentes, semipedales ad pedales, uti folia 
pilis subappressis substrigosis pubescentes interdum cinerascentes. Foliola 8-20-juga, jugis confertis, 
dimidiato-oblonga, sublinearia, costa valde excentrica, venis uno latere 1-2 basilaribus paucisque a costa 
divergentibus, inter costam et marginem superiorem perpaucis obscurisve, in forma normali 14-3 lin. longa 
(folio toto sepe vix semipollicaria), rigidula, oblique acutiuscula. Stipule anguste v. latiuscule lan- 
ceolatze. 
Berlandier's n. 2427, from Texas; seems to be a rather larger variety, with larger stipules and flowers, 
and longer pedicels; Wright's n. 2380, from Cuba, has smaller leaflets, bordered by long cilia; but all 
belong probably to one species. The larger specimens sometimes resemble C. cinerea, but the venation 
of the leaflets is quite different. 3 
325. C. PATELLARIA, DC.! in Collad. Hist. Cass. 195, t. 16. Herbacea (v. suffruti- 
cosa ?), erecta, molliter hirsuta. Glandula sessilis, depressa. Flores parvi; aggregati, bre- 
vissime pedicellati. Stamina 7-10. Legumina erecta, stricta, hirsuta.— 77. Bras. 174. 
` Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, Guiana, and Columbia. 
In its habit, indumentum, small flowers, and erect pods clustered in the axils, this species closely — E 
resembles the African C. nigricans; but the venation of the leaflets will be found quite different ; it is 
