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Antheris fertilibus quadranguLari-prismaticis apice bipo- 

 rosis, sunimis aborUvis; legumine compresso; semiuibus yer- 

 ticalibus iu latitndinem fructiis exteusis funiculo longioribus 

 aut aequalibus. — Frutices, arbores vel herbae. 



Ohs, Maxime hujus sectionis species habita et legumiuis 

 florisque structura inter se diffenmt. Memoratn dignae 

 sunt C. spinescens Hffmg, unica nota species inter 

 Cassias stipulis spinescentibus, et C. reniformis Don, 

 ob semina singiilari modo saepe exculta et flores sub- 

 plenos, 



51. C. leiophylla m. 

 Herba (perennis?) circ. bipedalis, glabra; cauHs ere- 

 ctus, simplex aut parum ramosus, subcompressus, superne 

 sulcatp-striatus. Petiolus communis semiteres, supra eauali- 

 culatus, circ. 8'" lg.; stipulae lineares, acutae, ultra semi- 

 pollicares, deciduae; foliola bijuga, brevi petiolulata, obova- 

 to- vel elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, acutiuscula, subrigide mem- 

 branacea, utrinque reticulato- nervosa, concoloria, usque 2" 

 lg., ^'" lt.; inferiora plerumque minora. Glandula sessilis, 

 subcrassa, ovato - oblonga , acuta inter inferiora. Flores apice 

 ramulorum saepius aphyllo racemosi, subgemini, pedicellati, 

 saepius e pedunculo commnni brevissimo aut elongato (3'" — 

 2" longo) nati; basi pedunculi communis bractea stipulis si- 

 millima; pedicelli compressi, apice parum angustati ibique 

 hirto - pnbescentes , circ, 1" lg., basi bractea oblonga parva 

 decidua stipati. Sepala glabra, 3 interiora raajora obovatö- 

 vel ovali- oblonga, rotimdata, 6 — 7'" lg.; 2 exterjh^ra ob- 

 longa, diraidio minora. Petala obovato- oblonga, inaequalia, 

 brevi -stipitata, obliqua, calyce duplo lougiora_, lutea? Stam. 

 10 glaberrima; 3 inferiora majora filamentis subcompressis, 

 antheris crassis longe rostratis petala dimidia aequfintibus ; 



