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be almoft Keart-fhaped. Their confidence is much 
thicker than thole- of the common Laurel, and their 
colour is' a fplendent green, with one deep midrib 
running through their middle, and many fmall veins 
going from thence tranfverfly to their border. The 
flowers are produced in fmall loofe bunches at the 
extremity of the branches, which have feveral narrow 
leaves intermixed with the bunches. Thefe are fuc- 
ceeded by berries of the fame fhape with thofe of the 
fecond fort, but larger. 
This tree is propagated by feeds as the other fpecies, 
and deferves a place in the ftove, for the beauty of 
its evergreen leaves, which being of a thick confif- 
tence, and of a fhining green colour, make a fine 
. appearance in the ftove at all fealbns of the year •, but 
this hath no aromatic flavour to recommend it, as 
hath the fecond fort, for which reafon it is feldom 
noticed. I take this to be the Bay-tree, mentioned 
by Hughes, m the Hiftory of Barbadoes, which he 
clefcribes to have no flavour ; for I have feen plants 
of this fort which were brought from Barbadoes, fo 
that I fuppofe it grows naturally there. 
As the plants of thefe forts do not rife fo readily from 
feeds in England, the beft way to obtain them, is to 
get fome perfon of fkill in America, to take up a 
number of young plants, and plant them clofe in 
boxes of earth, fetting them in the fhade till they have 
taken new root ; then remove them into an open fi- 
tuation, where they may have time to eftablifh their 
roots before they are fhipped for England *, and in 
their p adage they mu If be guarded from the fpray of 
the lea, and fait water, and fhould have very little 
water given them ; for moft of the plants which are 
fent to England, are killed in their pafifage by having 
too much wet. If thefe di reft ions are obferved, the 
plants may be brought in good health to England, 
provided they come over any time in the fummer, 
that they may have time to get frefh root before the 
cold leafon begins •, and when once they are well efta- 
blilhed in their roots here, they may be preferved 
many years in vigour ; but I have not feen many of 
the plants in flower here as- yet. 
C A S I A. See Gsyris. 
CASSIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 461. Caflia, or Wild 
Senna. , 
The Characters are. 
The empalement is compofed of five concave coloured leaves •, 
the flower hath five roundijh concave petals , which fpread 
open : it hath ten declining ftamina , three of the lower 
are long , the three upper are jhorter ; the fummits of the 
three lower are large , arched , beaked , and feparated at 
their points the three upper ftamina have very fmall fum- 
mits •, the four fide ftamina have no beaks , but fpread 
from the other. In the center is fituated a long taper ger- 
men , having a fhort ftyle , terminated by an obtufe ftig- 
ma. The germsn afterward becomes a long pod , divided 
by tranfverfe partitions , each containing one or two round- 
ijh feeds , faftened to the margin of the upper valve. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 
Linnaeus’s tenth clafs, intitled Decandria.Monogynia, 
the fiov/ers having ten ftamina and one ftyle. 
. The Species are, 
1. Cassia [Occident alls) foliis quinquejugis, ovato-lan- 
ceolatis, margine fcabris, exterioribus majoribus, 
glandula bafeos petiolorum. Lin. Sp. Plant. 337. 
Caffta with leaves compofed of five pair of oval fpear- 
floaped lobes with rough borders , the upper lobes being the 
large ]} , and a fmall gland at the bafe of the foot-ftalk. 
Senna occidentals, odore opii virofo, orobi Pan- 
nonici foliis mucronatis glabris. Hort. Amft. 1. p. 51. 
tab. 26. 
2. Cassia ( Frutefcens ) foliolis qninquejugatis ovatis gla- 
bris, exterioribus longioribus, caule fruticofo. Caffta 
with leaves compofed of five pair of fmooth oval lobes , the 
upper being the longeft , and a jhrubby ftalk. Senna fpu- 
ria Americana frutefcens, foliis mucronatis minori- 
bus, filiquis teretibus, duplici feminum ordine foetus. 
Houft. MSS. 
3. Cassia (. Alata ) foliolis otffbjugatis, ovL-oblongis, 
interioribus- minoribus, petiolis eglanduioiis ftipulis 
C A S 
patulis. Hort. Cliff, 158. Caffta with eight pair of ob- 
long. oval lobes , the inner being the leaf ; , foot-ftalks with- 
out glands , and a fpr ending- ftipula. Caflia fyiveftris 
foetida, filiquis alatis. Plum. Cat. 18, Wild finking 
Caffta with winged pods. 
4. Cassia ( Villofa ) foliolis trijugatis, oblongo-ovatis 
asqualibus villofis, filiquis articulatis, caule e recto 
arboreo. Caffta, with three pair of oblong , oval, hairy 
leaves , which are equal , jointed pods , and an upright 
woody fern. Senna fpuria arborea, villofa, foliis laris 
mucronatis, filiquis articulatis. Houft. MSS. 
5. Cassia ( Uniflora ) foliolis trijugatis, ovato-acumina- 
tis, villofis, fioribus folitariis axillaribus, filiquis erec- 
tis. Caffta with three pair of lobes in each leaf which are 
oval, pointed , hairy , and fingle flowers proceeding from 
the fides of the folks, with upright pods. Senna fpuria 
herbacea orobi Pannonici foliis rotundioribus, flore 
parvo, filiquis eredtis. Houft. MSS. 
6. Cassia ( Marylandica ) foliis odtojugis ovato-oblongis, 
tequalibus, glandula bafeos petiolorum. Lin. Sp. 541. 
Caffta with Jmall leaves compofed of eight pair of oblong , 
oval, equal lobes , having a gland at the bafe of the foot- 
ftalk. Caflia Marylandica pinnis foliorum oblongis, 
calyce floris reflexo. Mart. Cent. 1. 21. 
7. Cassia (. mcapfulari ) foliolis trijugatis obovatis gla- 
bris, interioribus rotundioribus minoribus, glandula 
interjedta globofa. Hort. Cliff. 159. Caffta with three 
pair of oval fmooth leaves , the inner ones being rounder, 
fmaller, and a globular gland placed between the leaves . 
Caflia hexaphylla, filiqua bicapfulari. Plum. Cat. 18. 
8 . Cassia ( Fiftula ) foliis quinquejugatis ovatis acumi- 
natis, petiolis eglandulofis. Flor. Zeyl. 149. Caffta 
with five pair of oval, pointed , fmooth lobes, and foot- 
ftalks having no glands. Caflia fiftula Alexandrina. 
C. B. P. 405. The purging CaJJia of Alexandria, or Pud- 
ding Pipe-tree. 
9. Cassia ( Bahamenfis ) foliolis fexjugatis, lanceolatis, 
glabris, interioribus minoribus, fioribus terminatrici- 
bus. Cafljia with fix pair of fmooth fpear-ftjaped lobes, the 
inner ones being fmaller, and flowers terminating the ftalk. 
Caflia Bahamenfis, pinnis foliorum mucronatis anguf- 
tis, calyce floris non reflexo. Martyn. Cent. 1. p. 21. 
10. Cassia {Fruticofo) foliolis bijugatis, ovato-lanceola- 
tis, glabris, fioribus terminalibus, filiquis Ipngis te- 
retibus, caule fruticofo. Caffta with two pair of oval , 
fpear-fhaped , fmooth lobes , flowers terminating the folks, 
long taper pods , and a Jhrubby ftalk. Caflia fruticofa 
tetraphylla, filiquis eredtis. Houft. MSS. 
11. Cassia ( Javanica ) foliolis duodecemjugatis, oblon- 
gis, obtufis, glabris, glandula nulla. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
379. Caffta with twelve pair of fmooth lobes, which 
have no glands. Caflia fiftula Brafilania. C. B. P. 403. 
Purging Caffta of Brafil, commonly called Horfe Caffta in 
America. 
12. Cassia ( Liguftrina ) foliolis feptemjugatis, oblongo- 
ovatis, fioribus fpicatis axillaribus, filiquis recurvis. 
Caflia with fevenpair of oblong oval lobes, and 'fhort fpikes 
of flowers proceeding from the fides of the ftalks, and re- 
curved pods. Senna folio liguftri. Plum. Cat. i8v 
Senna with a Privet leaf. 
13. Cassia ( Emarginata ) foliolis trijugatis, obtufis, 
emarginatis, caulibus pilofis, fioribus folitariis axil- 
laribus petiolis longioribus. Caflia with three pair of 
obtufe leaves, indented at the top, hairy ftalks, flowers 
growing fingly from the fides of the ftalks upon a long foot- 
ftalk. Senna fpuria frutefcens, foliorum pinnis lati- 
oribus, caulibus pilofis, filiquis longiffimis pediculis 
infidentibus. Houft. MSS. 
14. Cassia ( Biflora ) foliolis quadrij ugaris oblcngo-ova- 
tis, caulibus procumbentibus, fioribus axillaribus pe- 
dunculis bifloris. Caflia with four pair of oval oblong 
leaves, trailing ftalks , and flowers proceeding from the 
fides of the ftalks , two growing upon each foot-ftalk. 
Senna fpuria minima, procurnbens, foliorum pinnis 
lubrotundis, caule pubefcente. Houft. MSS. 
15. Cassia ( Arbor efcens ) foliolis bijugatis oblongo- 
ovatis, fubtus villofis, fioribus corymbofis, caule 
erecto arboreo. Caflia with two pair of oblong oval 
leaves, hairy on their under fide , flowers growing, in 
round bunches, and an ere A tree-like fern. Senna fpuria 
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