294 xliv. leguminoSjE. [Cassia 



rains, near Catumba ; in fl. Nov. 1859. No. 1718. Common in hilly 

 sandy-stony places near Mumpulla, in company with species of Thesium 

 and Thymelese, etc., sparingly ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859 (subsequently 

 found to have been destroyed by fire) ; a dwarf form with large flowers, 

 about * in. long, which much resembles some states of C. capensis Thunb. 

 No. 1719. A slender erect undershrub, woody at the base ; flowers 

 larger, of a splendid orange colour ; calyx almost entirely petaloid. In 

 the more elevated pastures of Empalanca, at 5200 ft. alt., picked up 

 hurriedly while reconnoitring ; fl. end of March 1860. No. 1730. 



11. C. Kirkii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Air. ii. p. 281 ; Benth., I.e., p. 580. 

 Hdilla. — A robust erect ornamental undershrub, usually branched, 



2 ft. high ; stems rigid, purple, hard-woody, tomentose especially above 

 and on the branches ; leaves 12-32-jugate ; leaflets very gibbous at the 

 base on one side ; petiole with a dark-purple hemispherical gland at 

 the base ; flowers axillary, large, of a fine orange colour ; peduncles 

 densely bracteolate, 3-4-flowered ; pedicels unequal ; sepals $ or ^ 

 shorter than the petals, acuminate, dark-purple ; style arched, nearly as 

 long as the ovary. Abundant in bushy-grassy wooded places between 

 Erne and Monino ; fl. Dec. 1859, fr. Feb. 1860. No. 1721. 



12. C. bicapsularis L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 376 (1753); Schmidt, 

 Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. pp. 23, 339 (1852); Benth., I.e., p. 525. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — A much-branched shrub, as tall as a man- 

 Cultivated in the island of St. Jago ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 1737. 



The specimen appears to belong to this species, which is a 

 native of Tropical America and is not unfrequently introduced 

 into India and elsewhere. The following should be compared 

 ■with the same species and with Cassia Jloribunda Cav. ; Lowe, I.e., 

 p. 228 :— 



Cape de Verde Islands. — Cultivated with crops in the public 

 garden at Villa de Mindello, St. Vincent ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 1741. 

 A shrub 6 to 7 ft. high and very much branched, almost a small tree, 

 well worthy of cultivation. Cultivated in the island of St. Vincent ; 

 fr. Jan. 1861. Coll. Carp. 483. 



13. C. corymbosa Lam. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 644(1783); Benth., 

 i.e., p. 526 ; vel affinis. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — -A much branched bushy profusely 

 flowering shrub. Cultivated in the public garden of the Island of 

 St. Vincent, at Praia de Mindello ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 1739. 



The species, to which this No. apparently belongs, is a native of 

 South America. 



67. DIALIUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 574. 



1. D. guineense Willd. in Roem. Arch. i. p. 30, t. 6 (1796); 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 283 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 153 (1884). 



Codarium acutifolium Afzel. Gen. PI. Guin. p. 23 (1804). 



Island of St. Thomas.— A small tree, called by the negroes 

 " Salamba." In the mountainous forests of the Monte Caff6, at an 

 elevation of about 2000 ft. above the sea ; in flower-bud Dec. 1860. 

 No. 4127. 



2. D. angolense Welw. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 283 ; Ficalho, 

 PI. Uteis, p. 153. 



Pungo Andongo.— Trunk at the height of 5 to 7 ft. patently 



