6 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
rotundo-ovata tubum multoties excedentia petalis oblongis 
dimidio breviora, fructigera tubum aequantia Spr quartam 
partem amplectantia. 
A small tree. Leaves chartaceous, with petiole 2—4 in. long added, 1o-15 
in. long; terminal leaflet 7-9  23{—4 in., petiolule 1 4-1 % in. long ; lower 
leaflets often alternate, elliptical, 314 < 134 in., base obtuse; nerves 5-7 to 
the side. Calyx in anthesis equaling pedicels, 114 1. high. Petals2'% x 11., 
obtuse at each end. The shorter stamens as long as sepals. Carpels pilose, 
lanceolate, at length much exceeded by styles. Capsule glabrous, 6 x 31. 
Cupuliform yellow aril embracing a fourth of the seed. 
uerre, Llanos de S. Clara, Costa Rica, alt. goo ft., Feb. 1896, Donn. Sm. 
no. 6466 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm 
Cassia Guatemalensis Donnell Smith. (§ CHAMAgsENNA DC. 
Ser. Pachycarpe Benth.) — Folia 4—8-juga, jugis 2 inferioribus 
glandula intrapetiolulari instructis, foliolis oblongis utrinque 
rotundis vel ad imam basin cuneatis, costis marginibusque pilosis. 
Petala inter minora sepalis parum longiora. Antherarum per- 
fectarum poro duplici apiculatarum 3 ceteris longiores. Legum- 
inis lineari-oblongi valvulae planae, semina obliqua obovoidea. 
Fruticose, except leaf surfaces pubescent. Fully grown leaves nearly a 
foot long ; leaflets chiefly in 6-8 pairs, 14-2 in. X 6-10 1., decreasing below 
and more oval, apex mucronulate or retuse, base chiefly rounded, veiny, mar- 
gins scarious. Stipules linear, 3 1. long. Bracts linear, 4 1. long, present 
only in undeveloped peduncles. Racemes axillary, subequaling leaves, 
long-pedunculate, many-flowered. Pedicels subequaling flowers, in fruit 
7-9 l. long. Sepals pubescent, suborbicular, the interior 3 1. and the exterior 
2 1. long. Petals obovate, 4-3 1., unguiculate, venose. Anthers smooth, 
incurved, equaling filaments, the longer 3 l. and the shorter 1&% 1. long ; 
lamina of staminodes oblong. Ovary flavo-sericeous. Pod smooth, flat, 
slightly curved, 34 in. x 6 1., apex obtuse, base cuneate, shortly stipitate, 
_ margins nerviform, dehiscing at each suture. Seeds 8-9, slightly compressed 
parallel with valves, 4x2'4 1— Nearest perhaps to C. Bofteriana Benth. 
‘The doubt, expressed by M. Micheli (Donn. Sm. Enum. PI. Guat., etc., 4: 45) 
in referring the Santa Rosa specimen (with ees ye C. corymbosa 
Lam., is confirmed by Mr. Nelson’s mor with pods that 
require the assignment of the plant to a different section of the genus. 
Buena Vista, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guat., alt. 5500 ft., Dec. 1892, Heyde_ 
_& Lux, no. 4176 Pl. Guat., ete., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.— Between San Martin and 
_ Todos Santos, Depart. ae Guat. ak. H erhee fe Dec. eae 
stamhecces a ae : 
