K> s NTRIBUTI0N8 FBOlfl I ill NATIONAL BERBARIUM. 



The natives make bom the leavet id roots of ( . grandu and C. occidenUdu 



vmriotu medicaments. Grosourdy (cited by Cook and Collins, p. los Bays i hat the 

 wood of t lii— tree Lb handsome, Btrong, and verj resistant, of ordinary weight and hard- 



ibroufl in texture and fine-grained. 



Local name, cihiijistula cimarrona, 



■ '.. Cassia quinquangulata I . 

 I rban, 272. 



Shrub 2.5 to 3 meters high or a -mall tree about l<» meters high; branch) 

 leaflets 2-jugate, obliquely ovate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 7..". t.» 10 cm. long, 

 the lower sometimes smaller. Bhining above, yellow-pubeecent beneath, the glands 

 slender, between eaeli pair of leaflets; Mowers in short raceme-, usually arranged in a 

 terminal panicle; sepalfl ovate, petals l.i' to 1.6 cm. long. 



Flowers from September to December. 



Near Bayamon in a copse; sierra de Naguabo, on Blopes along the Rio Blanco; near 

 Juncos, on Mount Florida; near Hato Grande, on Mount Gregorio; between Gurabo 

 and < Saguas; near Aibonito, al I. a Lima: nearMaricao, in mountain forests. St. Thomas, 

 St. Kill.-. ( iniana. Brazil. 



I. Cassia bicapsularis L. 

 I Oban, 273. 



Shrub 2 to :;.:> meters high; leaves 6 to n cm. long; leaflets 3 to \ cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. 

 wide: Bepals membranous, obtuse, 8 to 11 mm. long; petals yellow, 1.7 to I 

 long; legume erect or somewhat curved. <> to b~> cm. long, 1 to 1.5 cm. wide. 



Near Fajardo in thickets on the coast: near Pefiuelas; near Yauco, on Mount Duey; 

 on calcareous mountains near Cabo Rojo; near Mayaguez.- Bermuda introduced, 

 Eemsley), Bahama I Crisebach), Cuba (Richard), Jamaica. Haiti. St. Thomas, St. 

 Croix. St. John < K^ers . St. Bartholomew (Stockholm Herbarium), Antig 

 bach . Guadeloupe, Dominica (Grisebach . Martinique, St. Vincent, Muetique BLew 

 Bull. no. si. p. lM^ . Barbados, Grenada, Curacao. Tropical and subtropical South 

 America, very common, extending from south Brazil to Central America: frequently 

 sent also in collections from tropical Asia, but there only in cultivation. Madeira. 



Local names, sen del pais, hoja di 9< n. 



5. Cassia stahlii I'rb. 

 (Urban, 273.) 



Shrub 2 to 4 meters high; leaflets 5-jugate, the upper oval or elliptical, 2.5 to 3 cm. 

 long, 1 to 1.5 cm. wide, the lower orbicular-oval. 1 cm. long; glands of the common 

 petiole interpetiolular. oblong-linear; racemes long and many-flowered; (lowers pur- 

 ple-veined : sepals <) to 7 mm. lent:: petals 10 to L3 nun. long; legume erect . ll' to L5 cm. 

 long, 1 .5 cm. wide, linear. 



In mountain forests between (Juayama and Guamani; near Oayey, on the river 

 liorillos; near Aibonito, at La Lima. Indigenous. 



c. sinhlii resembles in habit the closely related species C. bicapsulari*, but differs 

 from it in its longer inflorescence, much longer pedicels and 5-jugate leaflets. 



6. Cassia laevigata Willd. 



(Urban, 273. 



Shrub 2 to :'» meters high, glabrous; leaflets :'. or l-jugate, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 



:> to s cm. long, '_' to :'. cm. wide: common petiole 1<> to 12.5 cm. long, channelled, 

 with oblong or cylindrical Lnterpetiolular glands; basal glands none, flowers in axil- 



