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CALYCIFLORJE. 
Sect. 4. Sepals obtuse. Anthers Q-pored. Le- 
gumes membranaceous broad piano-compressed 
plurilocular with transverse partitions , scarcely 
dehiscent , torose at the seeds , scarcely pulpy with- 
in : seeds vertical , generally obcordate. 
5. Cassia obovata. Obovate-leaved Senna. 
Leaflets 6— 7-paired obovate obtuse, petiole eglan- 
dulose, legumes piano-compressed arcuate subcristate 
at the middle tumid . — De Cand. 
Senna secunda Italica s. foliis obtusis, Sloane , II. 47 — Cas- 
sia senna, Sicartz, Obs. 161. — C. Portu-regalis, Bancroft, MS. 
HAB. Common, near the town of Port- Royal. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
This is, in my opinion, an introduced plant, originally a na- 
tive of Egypt. '1 he leaves are very generally employed as a 
substitute for the Senna of the shops. 
Sect. 5. Sepals obtuse. Anthers oblong , %-pored. 
Legumes compressed , dehiscent, with the sutures 
slightly tumid, multilocular with transverse more 
or less complete partitions ; cells not pulpy. Seeds 
vertical, parallelly compressed by the valves. 
(j. Cassia sericea. Silky Cassia. 
Leaflets 3-4-paired sericeo-pilose oval, a subulate 
glandule between every pair of’ leaflets, legumes hir- 
sute subtetragonal transversely subarticulated. 
Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. 724 Dec. Prod. II. 493. — C. Sensi- 
tive, Jacq. Ic. Ear. t. 459. 
HAB. Subalpine pastures — Hills of St Dorothy and St 
John’s. 
FL. August — September. 
Suffruticose, erect, about 3 feet in height, angular, pilose 
towards the extremities. Leaflets mucronate : petiole com- 
pressed, channelled above, pilose. Stipules an inch long, linear, 
sericeo-pilose. A long subulate orange tipped glandule be- 
neath each pair of leaflets. Peduncles axillary, shorter than 
the leaf, bearing several rather small yellow flowers. Bracteas 
linear, larger than the flower. Sepals subrotund, with one as 
it were superior and rather larger. Petals subequal, with two 
inferior more concave. Stamens 4 minute, sterile ; 4 in the 
middle small but fertile; 2 longer. Ovary hirsute: style incli- 
nate: stigma inflected, capitato- depressed. Legumes erect, 
