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I74. C. glandulosa, Z., Vog. I Shrubby or suifratesceut ; leaflets \Q~l%{-h)-jugal, 

 oblong-linear, mucronulale, slightly oblique at the base, penninerved, striate with veins : 

 petiole bearing a stipitate gland below the lowest pair (and sometimes several below the 

 upper pairs) : stipules short, not attaining the petiolar gland, subulate ; peduncles 1-3, 

 one-flowered, as long as (or twice as long as) the flower, nmch exceeded by the leaves ; 

 stamens 10 : filaments very short ; legume bearing scattered, curved hairs. — C. Chamse- 

 crista Garibsea, L., Rich. Cub. — Often (and by Linngeus himselt) confounded with other 

 species, but distinguished from the North American C. Chawuscrista, I/., by smaller (1"' diam.), 

 quadrate seeds, the small stipules, and a perennial, at length shrubby stem : it begins 

 flowering however in the first year, and appears then like an annual plant. The variability 

 of 0. gland/Uilosa is extreme, and affects chiefly the ramification, the down, and the number 

 and size of the leaflets. 5'-6' (-2') high;. leaflets 3"'-10"', petals 5"'-6"', legume l"-2" 

 long. 



o. stricta, Schrk, Virgate, simple below, glabrescent : petiolar glands solitary (or a few), 

 shortly stipitate. — Schrk, H. Monac. t. 24; Bot, Mag. t. 3435. — This is the common 

 West Indian form, but Linnseus's description agrees better vrith ft and Breynius's figure, 

 quoted by him, is to be excluded. 



iS. ramosa. Diffuse ; branches, petioles, and often the leaflets hairy ; petiolar glands 

 longrstipitate, often serial up to the upper part of the common petiole. — C. virgata, 8w. I 

 C. Swartzii, Wiclcstr. ! ; a form with subsessile, solitary petiolar glands. — Leaflets small, 

 often pointed, 3"'r-4"' long, 10-14-jugal. 



, Hab. Jamaica !, all cpll., common in the hills up to 4000' alt. (o, /3) ; a in all Carib- , 

 bean Islands ! and Trinidad ; [Cuba to Brazil !]. 

 ' ■ 175. C. nicticans, J/. Annual, herbaceous or suffrntesceut, pubescent with curved 

 hairs, or glabrescent; leaflets\%-^^{,^h)-j'agal, oblong -linear, mucronulate, slightly oblique 

 at the base, penninerved, striate vrith veins : petiole bearing a stipitate gland below the 

 lowest pair : stipules exceeding the insertion-point of the gland, acuminate from a lanceo- 

 late oblique base ; pedwncles 1 (-3)-flOwered, much exceeded by the leaves ; stamens 5-7 

 (-10) ; legume bearing scattered, curved hairs. — Schrk. H. Monac. t. 33. Collad. Gass. 1. 17. 

 ^-CCh2,mssen%i2.,Sw.0bs., Schrk. C. .fflschynomene, DC, Yog.! C. smaragdina, Jfac/l.' — ■ 

 Leaflets 5 '"-3"', petals (nearly included) 3"'-4"' long ; variable in the petiolar glands loug- 

 .stipitate or subsessile, the pedicels 2"'-8"' long, and the number of the stamens. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, .JfarcA; a weed in the hiUs; [Massachusetts to Texas I ; S. Thomas !, Guadeloupe !]. 



176. C. patellaria, DC. Annual, sufErutescent, villoViS-pubescent ; leaflets 10-2h-J'iigal, 

 oblong-linear, mucronulate, oblique at the base, penninerved, striate vith. •^eins: petiole 

 bearing a sessile, scutellate gland below the lowest pair : stipules exceeding the insertion- 

 point of the glarid, subulate ; pedvmcles usually distant from the axil, 1-3, very short, 

 1 (-3) -flowered; stamens 7-8; legume villous with scattered hairs. — Breun. Cent. t. 24. 

 Collad. Cass. t. 16.— 1'-2' high, virgate; leaflets 5"'-3"', peduncles 2"'-4"', petals (in- 

 cluded) 2"'-3"', legume i"-li" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, B^isfe., uncommon; Trinidad!, Zoc3.; 

 [Cuba! and Mexitio ! to Uruguay! and Pern!]. 



17T. C prsetexta, Vog. Suffmtescent, virgate, glabrescent j leaflets iO-Zfi-jugal, 

 obloiig-linear, mucronulate-blimt, unequal-sided, penninerved with distant veins, glabrous : 

 petiole bearing a sessile, turbinate-cylindrical gland below the lowest pair : stipules subulate ; 

 peduncles distant from the axil, very short ; leguvie glabrescent, margined with a narrow 

 vring on both edges. — 8' high, at length shining-glabrous ; leaflets 6"'-4"', peduncles 3'"- 

 4'", legume 2" long. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Or. ; [Guiana]. 



The Asiatic C. mimosoides, L., mentioned by Vogel as West Indian, does not occur in 

 our coDfictions: several Cassia, described by olders authors, remain as doubtful as they 

 ever have been, 



63. SWARTZIA, Schreb. 



Calyx closed, bursting into valves. Petals 1 (-2), or none. Stamens co, hypogynous, 

 several longer. Ovary stipitate, several-ovulate. Legume follicular. Badicle inflexed. — 

 Trees; '\bw&s impari-pinnate or \-foliolate. 



178. S. grandiflora, W. Xea/Bis«B()'?c(-"3"),elliptical-oblong, with abluntishpoint, 



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