Gassia L. 403 



297. CASSIA (CHAMAEFISTULA) INDECORA H. B. K. 



Char. Spec. cf. Vogel. Cass. 18. 30. Linn. XI. 003. 30. Wlp. Rprt. I. 

 815. 'o3. — Var. nostra C. Ucimcavdln Ilrt. Bog. Ilsskl. Dccad. 10. 

 (a clss. Wlp. Rprt. 1. c. cf. ZoU. Arch. III. 68. 4 ct Mor. Vcrz. 1 

 ad varictatcm y. C. pendiilam Wild. ducta) Diagn. nov. 214. Catal. 

 1278. 4. "\Ylp. Rprt. V. 559. 1 dillert: ramulis pubcrulis dein gla- 

 briusculis, foliolis oblique obovatis obtusiusculis, iufcrioribus oblique 

 subrotundis, obtusis, emargiuatis, subtus glauccsccntibus, tomcnto te- 

 Tiuissimo, glandula globosa (ncc tereti) inter par infimum, fructu 

 puberulo, dein nitidissimo et glabrato. Magna affinitas adest quoad 

 folia et liabitum ad C. hicapsularem L. cf. Vogel. Cass, 18. 28. 

 Linn. XL ()()3. 28. Wlp. Rprt. I. 815. 33. Wght. ct Arn. Prdr. L 

 286. 388, ni fructus disscpinicnto longitudinali cssct dcstitutns ; — 

 an C, ghtuduhflora Rnwdt. Bl. Cat. 68. C. (jlandnUfera Stcnd. Nom. 

 bot. ed. II hujus loci ? 



Descript. Frutex erectus ramosissimus, floribus au- 

 reis saepe totus obtectus! pulchcrrimus (incle nomen haucl 

 conforme naturae!); lami clivaricati teretes; r«;/?z^/? puberuli 

 clein glabriusculi ; /olia altema pinnata ; petioli canaliculati, 

 1,5 — 3,0 poll. longi, basi tumescentes, articulati, inter folio- 

 lorum par infimum glanclnla globosa, brunnca laevi hinc inde 

 et ahera inter par secjucns praccliti ; /6'//o/^/ 3 — 4-juga, infima 

 minora subrotundo-obliqua, apice obtuse emarginata, 0,7 poll. 

 longa, 0,6 poU. lata, summa oblique obovata, apice obtusius- 

 cula nunc mucronulata, reliciua iutcr formam et magnitudinem 

 utramque intermedia; omnia brcviter petiolulata, supra atro- 

 viridia, opaca, nervis laetioribus notata, subtus subglauces- 

 centia, tomento tenuissimo tecta, nervis glabris, margine lu- 

 tescentia ; racemi cymosi ; pechmculi axillares foHo longiores 

 2,0 — 2.5 poll. longi, (folia floraUa 1,5 poll. longa!) terctes 

 glabri 6 — 15-flori; pcdicelli 0,7 — 1,0 poU. longi, lutescentes 

 articulati, patentes aut ercctij; calt/x coloratus 5-phyllus ; fo- 

 liola coaHta, inaequaha, bina superiora majora, bina 6-latcra- 

 lia minora, 5-tum inferius, omnia obovata, concava, dein re- 

 liexa, rc- et in-vohita; corolla 5-petala; petala cum scpalis 

 alternantia, lutea, inaequalia, calycem longe superantia 0,7 

 poll. longa, obovata, bina inferiora angustiora, superius soli- 

 tarium apice cordatum; stamina 10 inaequalia, 3 superiora, 

 brevissima, sterilia, patentia; filamenta brevia, conncctivum 



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