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s ub tetragonal, subarticulate from tbe seeds, hirsute : seeds 
oblong, truncated at both ends. 
7. Cassia obtusifolia. Blunt-leaved Cassia. 
Leaflets 3-paired obovate rounded at the apex 
with an apicula pubescent, a stalked oblongo-eylindri- 
cal glandule between the lowest pair, stipules lineari- 
subulate, pods long gracile recurved. 
Swartz , Obs. 158. — De Cand. Prod. II. 493. 
HAB. Common in waste places. 
FL. September, October. 
Suft'ruticose, 1-2 feet in height, suberect : branches at their 
extremities striated, pubescent, slightly scabrous. Leaflets, the 
outermost pair the largest : common petiole about 3 inches in 
length, 3-gonal, pubescent. Stipules half an inch in length, 
linear. Flower-stalk axillary, solitary, very short, dividing 
into 2 pedicels : pedicels about an inch in length, anguloso-sul- 
cated, 1-flowered, furnished at their insertion with a lanceolate 
ciliated bractea. Calycine sepals unequal, the two outer being 
the smallest, and oblong ; the three inner elliptic, blunt, paral- 
lelly 5-nerved, ciliated. Petals subequal, clawed, obovato- 
oblong, veined ; the two lower rather smaller than the rest, and 
contiguous; the rest spreading. Stamens 7-8, fertile, subequal ; 
3-4 minute, abortive. Ovary linear, cylindrical, arcuate, lon- 
gitudinally sulcated, puberulous : style short : stigma obtuse, 
excavated, puberulous. Legume about 5 inches long, cylindri- 
cal, arcuate, curved, puberulous, many-seeded : seeds ovate, 
angular. 
8. Cassia viminea. Trailing-branched Cassia. 
Leaflets 2-paired glabrous ovato-oblong acuminate, 
an oblong acute glandule between the lowest pair, 
petiole with an awn beneath at the extremity. 
Senna spuria 4-phylla, siliqua lata compressa, Sloane, II. t. 
180. f. 6 et 7. — C. viminea, Swartz , Obs. 156. 
HAB. Common in mountain thickets. 
FL. Autumn. 
A trailing shrub, ascending to a considerable height by 
throwing its long slender branches over neighbouring rocks 
and trees ; extremities of the branches anguloso-sulcated (the 
furrows parallel), pubescent. Leaflets the outer pair the 
largest, unequal at the base, shortly petiolulated, shining above. 
Stipules setaceous. Racemes terminal, and axillary, many- 
flowered. Flowers rather large, showy, yellow. Sepals and 
petals subunequal. Stamens subequal, with the exception ot 
