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wet, or too dry, or if watered with 

 iharp Spring-water : thefe Flowers, 

 being p'anted in Pots, are very pro- 

 per to adorn Court-yards, at the 

 time they are in Flower. 



CASIA. Vide Ofyris. 



CASSIA. 



The Characters are ; 



it bath a cylindrical long taper or 

 fat Pod, which is divided into many 

 Cells by tranfverfe Diaphragms, in 

 each of which is contained one hard 

 Seed, which is, far the mofl part, 

 lodged in a. clammy black Subjlance, 

 which is purgative : the Flozuers con- 

 fijl of fi<ve leaves, which are difpofed 

 in an orbicular Order. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cas'jia Americana, foliis fub- 

 rotundis ecuminitis. Tourn. The Ame- 

 rican Caflia, with roundifh - pointed 

 Leaves. 



2. Chssi a Americana fa*tida, fo- 

 liis oblongis glabris. Tourn. The (link- 

 ing American Caflia, with oblong 

 fmootn Leaves. 



3. Cassia fy!<vcjlris faetida, fili- 

 quis alatis. Plum. No<v. Cm. The 

 wild ihnking Caflia, with winged 

 Pods, called in the W c fi- Indies French 

 Guava. 



4- Cassia Marylandica, pinnis 

 foliorum obtufis, radice repcnte. Caf- 

 fia from Maryland, with blunt Leaves, 

 and a creeping Root. 



5. Cassia Bahamevfis, pinnis fo- 

 liorum mucronatis angujti?, calyce fio- 

 ris non reflexo*. Mart. Hiji. PI. De:.2. 

 Narrow-leav'd Callia of the Bahama 

 stands i with a reflex'd Cup to the 

 Flower. 



6. Cassia Americana foetida, fo- 

 liis obtufis. Tourn. Stinking Ameri- 

 can Caflia, with blunt Leaves. 



7. Cassia Americana, fili qui s pla- 

 nts. Plum. Nov. Gen. American Caf- 

 fia, with fmooth Pods. 



8. Cassia fijiula Alexandria, 



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C. B. The purging Caffia, or Pud- 



den-pipe tree. 



9. Cassia floribus pentandris, ca- 

 lycibus acutis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Caf- 

 fia with a Leaf like the fenfitivc 

 Plant. 



10. Cassia foliolis fex farium 

 o<vatis acuminatis lanigeris. Lin. Caf- 

 fia with fix Pair of ovah pointed 

 woolly Leaves. 



11. Cassia minor fruticofa hex a- 

 phylla, fenn<e foliis. Sloan. Hifi. 

 Shrubby fix-leav'd Caflia,with Leaves 

 like Senna. 



1 2. Cass 1 a foliolis trium quatuor- 

 ue parium fubouatis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 

 Caflia with three or four Pair of oval 

 Leaves. 



13. Cassia hexapbylla, filiqua bi- 

 capfulari. Plum. Six-leav'd Caflia, 

 with a Pod having two Cells. 



14. Cassia humilis, fili qui s fce- 

 nugrxci. Plum. D warf Caflia, with 

 Pods like Fenugreek. 



15. Cassia foliolis no<v em parium 

 cblo-.gis, glandula fubulata inter in- 

 fma. Flor. Leyd. Shrubby Caflia, 

 with nine Pair of oval Leaves. 



16. Cassia arborca wllo/a, foliis 

 latis mucronatis, fiiiquis articulatis. 

 Hoary Tree Caflia, with broad-point- 

 ed Leaves, and jointed Pods. 



17. Cass 1 a foliolis feptem parium 

 lanceolatis extitnis fere minoribvs, 

 glandula fupr a bafin petiolorwn. Lin, 

 Hort. Cliff. Wild Senna, with feven 

 Pair of Lobes to each Leaf. 



1 8 Ca s s i a plerumque hexapbylla, 

 fore magno, filiqua pentagona alata, 

 Six-leav'd Caflia, with a large Flow- 

 er, and a five-corner'd winged Pod. 



Thefe Plants are moft of them Na- 

 tives of the warmell: Parts of Ame- 

 rica ; fo cannot be preferved in this 

 Country, unlefs they are placed in 

 a warm Stove in Winter : the eighth 

 Sort, which produces the purging 

 Caflia of the Shops, grows in Alex- 

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