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Cum C. ferruginea Sehr, ob foliolorum formam neqnit con- 



juug'. 



Observ. Cassia Fistula L. culta occurrit, nee tarnen 

 freqaens. 



Sectio Chamaefistula DC? 

 2. Cassia Focheana, Ramulis teretinsculis vel obsolete 

 tetragonis slriatis, petiolis foliisqiie ntriuque tenerrimc pube- 

 rulls, his bijiigis, foiiolis inaequilateris acumiuatis, iufcrio- 

 rlbus ovatis, superioribus oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis 

 subfalcatls, latere interiore ad Vs ^''« rectiliueo, membrana- 

 ceis, petiolo subpcntagono anticc canaliculato in setam pili- 

 forraem minutam deciduam terminato, glaudula ovato-conica 

 trancata inter jugum inf,, racemis axillaribus et termiualibus 

 cjmosis, sepalis angusto- oblougis pallido-marginatis ap- 

 presso hirtellis, petalis magnis ungniculalis obovatis utrin- 

 que praesertim extns pubesceutibus, ovario albo-sericeo, 

 stigmate subsessili iucurvo subbilabiatim perforato ciliato. 



Crescit spontanea in hortls ad Paramaribo, ra. Oct. fl. 



— Affinis C inaequilaterae Balb. et C. puberulae HBK. 



Friitex vel arbor? — Petioli majores 7 ceut. longi; 

 petioluli densius hirtelli crassiuscnli 3 — 4 mm. Foliola 

 lenuiter membranacea supra laete viridia pilis brevissimis 

 inter nervös sparsis, subtus pallidiora subglancescentia pilis 

 tcnellis inqiie nervis panllo longinscuiis decidnis; inferiora 

 petiolo paulliim supra 1/2 «'*"• inserta, 5 — 7 ceut. longa, 

 2*/2 — 41/9 lata brevi-acumiuata; superiora 7 — 11 cent. 

 longa, 2*/2 — 41/2 lata, costis in utraque pagina prorainen- 

 tibus venosis ntriuque 7 — 10, parce reticulatis. Stipulael 



— Racemi 4 — 5 cent, longi, iuferne nudi , versus apicem 

 cyraose pedicellos 1, dein 4 — 5 cent, longos, prirao erectos, 

 dein palulos , 5angulato-sulcatos pubesceutes exsereutes. 

 Bracteae minutae oblongae pubescentes» Sepala in sicco 



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