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deciduani tcrminati, appresse pubernli 3—4 ceut. longi. Fo- 

 liola versus apicem (inferiora ad 3/^ all.) inserta, snpra 

 nitida atroviridia in sicco uigricautia pilis minutissirais in 

 nervis paulo raajuscnlis deusioribusque, seusim glabrata, 

 subtiis subflavescenti-glauca costulis pattilis utrinquc 6 — 10 

 perlensa, pilis appressis sparsis tenuissimis snpra nervös 

 longioribas jiuiioribus flavicantibus, adultis albentibus sub- 

 deciduis instructa, valde (praesertira inf.) inaeqiiilalera, in- 

 feriora ovata obtusa vel retusa, Jatere exteriore valde ro- 

 tundato paullo longiora, 2V2 — 4 cent. longa, 2 — 2% lala, 

 superiora magis elliplica, majora 4 — 51/2 cenl. longa, 2^^ 

 — 3 lata, Glandula 3 mm, longa. Gemma in foliorum 

 axilia ovala aureo-sericea, periilis? qnibusdam 3 — 5 spi- 

 nulosis cincla. Stipulac deciduae lincari - filiformes subfal- 

 calae pilosae 5 — 8 mm, longae. Racemi ad apices rarao- 

 rum axillares folium paullo superanles et paniculalim termi- 

 nales, ramis compressis angulalis aureo - pilosis, pancidori. 

 Bracteae parvae ovalae aureo- pnbeseenles. Pedicelli 1 — 

 2 cent. longi cymose conferti, Sepala angusle oblonga acu- 

 tinscnla vel oblusa pube teuera deusa exdis adspersa margi- 

 nibusquo aureo -ciliala, 8 — 10 mm, longa. Pclala sppalis 

 paullum longiora obovato-rotnndata, reliculata extns pubcs- 

 centia, posticum magis obovalo -rolundalnro, anlicum minus. 

 Antherae Ires steriles acuminalae exiguae, seplem y^erfi/cs 

 clavalo-oblongae, leviler cnrvatae, 4-sulcae, apice aile- 

 uuato biporosae, quarnm 3 exloriores paullo longiores sub- 

 rostratim attennatap. Filamenta brevissima subulata gla- 

 briuscnia. Stylus brcvissimus glabriusculus in stigma un- 

 cinalo-incurvatum acutum sub apice perforatom lerminalus. 

 Legutnen iramalurum lineare leviter curvalum pilis fuscis 

 appressis pubescens, slylo roslralura. — Cassiae striatae 

 Vogel p. 39. affiuis? A C. cJtrf/sotricha Coli. Monogr» 



