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gland at the base of the petiole in any of the following sp. ; 
anthers in all 2-porous. 
tfl* C..BICAPSULABIS L. 
Smooth ; lfts. in 3-4 pairs obovate obtuse, the lower rounded 
with an ovate gland between the lowest pair ; rac. axillary short 
erect crowded towards the ends of the branches, 3-6- or 8-fld.; pod 
subcylindric, a little flattened at the sutures, not striated. — 1)C. 
ii. 494; Vogel Svn. Gen. Cass. (Berol. 1837) p. 18; Holl! in J.ofBot. 
i. 21. C. sennoides Jacq. Ic. Ear. i. t. 70. — Slir. per. Mad. seg. 1, cc. 
To the E. of Funchal for the distance of about a mile along the 
Can^o road, almost clothing the sea-cliffs, and enlivening them 
with its bright-v. blossoms at most seasons ; in similar situations 
to theW. in several places and amongst beds of Opuntia towards 
Camera deLobos, &c. ; perfectly naturalized, yet not usually pro- 
ducing pods except in the hotter months ; and in winter the pi. 
by their sickly y. foliage and abortive fl. prove themselves to be 
natives properly of even warmer situations than those to which 
they are exclusively confined in Mad. Throughout the year. — 
A rather low shr. not usually above 3 or 4 ft. high, but occa- 
sionally, when meeting with support or shelter, rising to a height 
of 5 or 6 ft. Wood hard and strong. Foliage perfectly smooth 
and shining, bright- often y.-gr. Branches more or less droop- 
ing or declining weighed down by the thick heavy foliage. Lfts. 
slightly glaucous beneath, somewhat thick and fleshy stiff or 
coriaceous, very obtuse or rounded at the top with a very minute 
mucro, the lower smaller shorter and rounder often almost or- 
b’cular. Fl. or.-y., in upright axillary stalked rac. 2-4 in. long 
towards the ends of the branches. Stip. and bracts deciduous 
flat small narrow-lanceolate, the former spreading horizontally. 
Pods not often (especially in winter) perfected, 3-4 in. long, 4- 
5 lines thick, straight or slightly curved, indehiscent, slightly 
pulpy within, subcylindric, a little flattened at the sutures, and 
when fully ripe with a faint line or wrinkle of the parenchyme 
on each side parallel with the suture at about a line in distance 
from it, otherwise nearly even and not striated across. The su- 
tural diam. is only from |-1 line less than the dorsal. Seeds 
depressed and flattened vertically, olive-brown, imbedded in a 
little greenish sweetish fleshy pulp, which is not however eaten 
in Mad., as it is said by Schmidt (Fl. Cap. Verd. p. 23) to be in 
the Cape de Verd Islands. Hence the sp. is misplaced by l)o 
Candolle in his section Chamcesenna , — belonging by its indehis- 
cent semi-pulpy pods to his former section Cliamccfistula. 
ttf2. C. laevigata Willd. 
Wholly smooth ; lfts. in 3-4 pairs ovate acuminate smooth 
and shining, with an oblong-ovate gland between each pair ; pod 
very smooth thick subcylindric subdepressed, the sutures either 
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