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XLTII. LEGUMINOS.E. 
[Cassia. 
Section III. Cham.esenna. — Sepals obtuse. Stamens of Chamai fistula. Pod 
very Hat and thin. Seeds flattened parallel to the embryo, and lying vertically 
in the pod (parallel to the valves), separated by more or less complete partitions 
or thin pulp. Shrubs. Flowers in axillary pedunculate racemes or terminal 
panicles. 
6. C. magnifolia (large-leaved), F. r. .17. Fragm. i. 166 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 288. Glabrous. Leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, broadly ovate, very obtuse and 
emarginate, broao and oblique at the base, 2 to Bin. long, coriaceous and strongly 
veined on both sides, the common petiole ^ to 1ft. long; glands between the 
leaflets obscure or none. Stipules persistent, ovate, the margins recurved at the 
base. Peduncles attaining 1ft. in length, rigid, bearing a raceme in the upper 
part. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, near the calyx, fugaceous. Sepals oblong or 
oval, about 6 lines long. Petals ovate, veiny, slender- clawed, about 8 lines long. 
Fruiting pedicels lin. long. Pod very flat, 8 to 4in. long, fin. broad, glabrous, 
with thin valves. Seeds flat, on slender funicles ; albumen scanty. 
Hub.: Clarke’s River and rocky granite ridges. Upper Gilbert River, F. v. Mueller ; Chillagoe 
and Herberton, R. C. Burton. In flower January and February. 
7. C. venusta (lovely), F. r. M. Fragm. i. 165; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 284. 
A tall shrub or small tree, the young parts softly silky-pubescent, or villous, 
becoming at length nearly glabrous. Leaflets 10 to 15 pairs, or in smaller 
specimens 7 to 10 pairs, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse and finely mucronate, .1 
to 2in. long, very obliquely rounded at the base, rather coriaceous ; glands very 
small between the leaflets of most pairs. Stipules ovate-cordate, acuminate, rigid 
and persistent, especially at the base of the peduncles, the margins usually revolute 
at the base. Peduncles in the upper axils 4 to 1ft. long, rigid, bearing in their 
upper portion a raceme of flowers on short pedicels. Bracts membranous, 
orbicular, imbricate before flowering, but soon falling off. Sepals 5 to nearly 6 
lines long. Petals rather longer. Perfect anthers 7 on short filaments, 2 of 
them nearly twice as large as the others, 3 small imperfect stamens. Ovary 
villous. Pod very flat, about Bin. long and |in. broad. Seeds flat, rather distant. 
Hab.: Lake Nash, M. Costello ; North Queensland inland. 
8. C. notabilis (notable), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 28 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 284. 
Villous with long soft hairs. Leaflets 9 to 15 pairs, ovate-lanceolate or oval- 
oblong, acute or the lower ones obtuse and mucronate, sessile, very obliquely 
rounded or truncate at the base, 1 to 141n. long ; glands very small between the 
leaflets of most of the pairs. Stipules narrow and deciduous. Racemes on 
elongated peduncles in the upper axils. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, very 
deciduous. Pedicels short. Sepals villous, about 3 lines long. Petals shortly 
exceeding the calyx. Perfect anthers 7 on very short filaments, of which 2 larger 
than the others ; 8 small imperfect stamens. Ovary glabrous. Pod 1 to Hin. 
long, very shortly stipitate, oblong-lanceolate. 
Hab.: The sandy ridges of the Georgina River, E. J. Whelan. 
9. C. pleurocarpa (pod ribbed), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 223 and ii. 182 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 284. A tall erect glabrous shrub. Leaflets usually 4 or 5 rather distant 
pairs, oblong-linear, H to 2in. long, rather thick ; glands none. Stipules small, 
subulate, deciduous. Flowers loosely racemose in the upper portion of axillary 
peduncles. Bracts membranous, broad, obtuse, very deciduous. Sepals thin, 
broad, 3 to 34- lines long. Petals unequal, rather longer than the calyx. 
Perfect anthers 7 on short filaments, 2 of them nearly twice as large as the others 
and incurved ; 3 small imperfect stamens. Ovary glabrous. Pod stipitate, flat, 
