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acute lobes: corolla crimson, tubular, 3-5 mm. in length, five- 
lobed, lobes acute, about one half as long as the tube: stamens 
numerous, crimson, exserted, more than twice the length of the 
corolla : anthers small, rounded : ovary stipitate : style much ex- 
serted, about 2 cm. in length, four times as long as the corolla: 
stigma small: immature fruit compressed, slightly curved, puberu- 
lent: mature fruit 9 cm. in length, 1 cm. in width, dark-brown, 
curved : seeds arilled. 
Collected in fruit near Nassau in January, and in flower in the 
coppet at Mastic Point, Andros, in June (605). Тһе plant belongs 
to the section Unguis-cati and is related to Р. аиста Benth. 
PLATE 5. Pithecolobium Bahamense. Portions of plant in flower and in immature 
fruit. >< 8. 
CAESALPINACEAE 
Cassta Banamensis Mill. ‘Stinking реа” New Providence, 
Тап. (103). 
CASSIA BIFLORA L. Nassau, Jan. Leaflets strongly emarginate 
(55) 
CASSIA LIGUSTRINA L. Common. Nassau, Jan.; Conch 
Sound, March (123, 422). Same as Wright 1190. 
CASSIA MIMOSOIDES L. Nassau, Jan. Pods 2-2.5 cm. long, 
very hairy (134). 
CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS L. Nassau, Jan. (105). 
CASSIA POLYADENA DC. Nicol’s Town, March. In the pines, 
strict and unbranched, 7-0 cm. in height, not as pubescent as 
Wright 2376. 
Cassta vittosa Mill. Nassau, Jan. Determined by Miss 
Anna Murray Vail at Columbia herbarium (14). 
Cassia Caribaea sp. nov. 
Shrubby, 6-9 dm. in height ; stem gray, smooth : leaves Жы : 
cm. long, with from two to four pairs of leaflets, mostly ne : Ж Pid 
2-5 mm. long, channelled: a stipitate gland between t A 
or slightly below (often wanting between the lowest рат) : We unt 
sessile, elliptical, 1.5-2 cm. long, about one third as wl берч 
and oblique at the base, apex mucronate, margin entire, 1 , 
glabrous, shining above, resinous-dotted below ; 
parallel and prominent ; stipules about 3 mm. 
Subspinescent, ribbed and often as gori 
Margin, persistent : flowers large, solitary, aX р 
3 cm. ел : calyx deciduous: sepals lanceolate, acuminate, about 
