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Natui-aL Order, Leguminosae. 



Dolichos Sphoerospermus. (black-eye Pea) although 

 cultivated for the table, is frequently met within fields, where 

 its turning stems matted and interwoven, cover a considerable 

 space. I,eaflets stalked, three; flowers variable, yellow or 

 white, blotched with purple, followed by pods long, round, 

 slender. May or June. 



Cassia Bicapsularis. Linn. ( Christmas bush.) An ever- 

 green shrub three to four feet high, with long, weak, trailing 

 branches, leaflets smooth, three to four pairs. Flowers one 

 inch, yellow, ten or twelve on a stalk in succession, followed 

 by a seed-pod four to six inches long. Not very common. 

 Grows along old walls and hedges.- November to March. 



Cassia Bacillaris. Lian. (cassia). Resembles the former, 

 but is distinguished by having only two pairs of leaflets. 

 Rare. Pod cylindrical. 



Cassia Glauca. Lara. (West Indian ash) with four to six 

 pairs of leaflets. Pound at " Somerville." 



Cassia Ligustrina. Linn. (" privet ") Common in gardens 

 and now used as hedges here and there. Lefroy describes it 

 as distinguishable ' ' by the very pointed leading leaflets like 

 true privet, whence its name." 



Cassia Occidentalis. Linn. Described by Lefroy as an an- 

 nual weed in gardens, especially at St. George's. Has five 

 pairs of ovate lance-shaped leaflets. 



Cassia Alata (omitted by Lefroy) is given by Reade. No 

 description except pod four-angled. 



Cassia Florida, mentioned only by Reade as being in the 

 Hamilton Public Grounds. Has flat, narrow, leathery pods 

 about six inches long. 



Desmanthus Virgatus. Willd. (desmanthus) A slender 

 shrub, four feet high, with smooth twiggy stems. Leaflets 

 twelve. Flowers white, followed by a pod two inches long, 

 one-sixth of an inch wide, flat and compressed. Rare. Found 

 at Hungry Bay and at Somerset. 



