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" introduced, and as yet rare." Yar. @. Feejee Islands. (A form 

 with more numerous leaflets, in which respect C. Sophera alone differs 

 from G. occidentalism and with shorter and rather turgid pods, only 

 two inches long.) 



3. Cassia tomentosa, Linn. f. 



Hab. Hunter's River, New South Wales. Probably introduced ? 



4. Cassia oblongifolia, Vogel. 



Cassia oblongifolia, Vogel, Syn. Cass. p. 23, & in Linnaea, 11, p. 666. 

 Hab. Brazil, near Rio Janeiro : in sand, near the coast. 



5. Cassia obtusifolia, Linn. 

 Hab. St. Jago, Cape de Yerde Islands. Probably introduced. 



6. Cassia Gaudichaudii, Hooh. & Am. 



Cassia Gaudichaudii, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 81 ; Vogel, Syn. Cass. p. 26. 

 C. montana, Nutt. ined. in Herb. Hook. 



Hab. Mountains behind Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands. (Also 

 gathered by Gaudichaud, Lay & Collie, Nuttall, &c.) 



This shrubby species is pretty well characterized in both the works 

 above cited. When the leaflets are reduced to three pairs, the gland 

 is not between the lowest, but on the petiole at some distance below : 

 this gland, at first clavate, as described by Yogel, at length becomes 

 filiform and nearly 2 lines long. The leaflets vary from two-thirds of 

 an inch to 2 1 inches in length, and are soon glabrate : so are the pods 

 in most cases, although sometimes finely pubescent, even at maturity. 

 They are broadly linear and very flat, like those of C. glauca, mem- 

 branaceous, acuminate or abruptly pointed at both ends, somewhat 



