580 



BiiLicarnca extns praeter marginein pailiduin siibscariosuni ap- 

 presso- brevi - hirlella, 2 exteriora panllo rainora 5 — 6miti. 

 longa, 3 interiora paiillo majora. Petala obovala suljrotiui- 

 data rcliciilata majora 3, rainora 2*/.2 cent. longa, pnbesceu- 

 tia, nngue dcnso hirlello. Stamina 7 ^oW'nnieva , JHameif 

 tis brevissirais dilute fiiseis semitcreti siibulalis piernmqne 

 leriter torlis, basi extiis snbpnberiilis; lionnn 4 majora an- 

 therts tetragonis quailrisulcis leviter cnrvatis 1 cent. paullo 

 brevioribns, apice truncato obliquis biporosis, poris oblou- 

 gis; 3 paullo breviora antheris raagis curvaiis apice obli- 

 que attenualo- rostrato uuiporosis, poro oblongo; stamina 3 

 sterilia minula filiformi-clavata pallida. Ovarium angusle 

 lineare, stamina superans. 



3. Cassia quinquangulata Rieh. Act. Soc. hist, nat. 

 Paris, p. 108. Fogel l. c. p. 40. 



Crescit locis umbrosis ad Oserabo in Para Siirinami, 

 Marl. April, fl. Arbnscula. 



Cum Richardi descriptio ad nnguem in siippelenlia 

 specimina quadret, de synonymo haud haesitavi, etiamsi 

 Stigma „raaximum petaloideutu" dictum reciius viagnum ga- 

 leato - injlatum dicendum sit, Maxime affinis et cum hac 

 omnino ulterius coiuparanda est C. tindulata Benth, in Hook. 

 Journ. IL /?. 76. 



Rami ramidique evidenter quinqnangulati , striali, niti- 

 «luli , glabri vel juniores rainule puberuli. Petiolus 6 — 9 

 cent. longus, strictus, anlicc sulco profundo exaratiis, rai- 

 nute appresse pubescens, subcompressus. Foliola bijuga, 

 ovato-oblonga, valde iuaequilalera basi inaequalia, latere 

 seil, exterlore convexo latiore longioro rotundato, altero atJe- 

 Duato breviorc, rcctiusculo, apice aeuminata, acuminc obtuso 

 brevi- mucronato , coriacca, supra nitida glabra io nervo me- 

 dio pnberula, subtus fuscesceoli -nitida minuiissinie appresse 

 s«riceo-pilosa , inque nervis hirtello-pubescenlia , costis 



