LEGUMINOSiE. 
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infima 5-7 lineas longa. Petiolus communis adjecta rhachi 16-20 lineas longus, eglandulosus propriique 
canescenti-pubescentes, lineam vix superantes. Stipeue ad basim petioli du®, parra, subulat®, subpun- 
gentes. Racemi axillares, solitarii, pedunculati, multiflori, subtripollicares; pedunculo subpollicari rha- 
cliique puberulis. Flores pedicellati, sparsi, magnitudine praecedentis; pedicellis filiformibus, pubes¬ 
centibus, 5-4 lineas longis. Bracteas haud vidi. Calyx pentaphyllus, valde irregularis, membranaceus, 
glaber, viridis, punctulis nigris (glandulis?) conspersus; foliolis integerrimis, concavis; quatuor ovato- 
oblongis, obtusiusculis, gradatim brevioribus; quinto omnium latissimo, orbiculato. Petala quinque, ungui- 
culata, flavescentia, glabra, venosa, punctulis nigris glandulosis conspersa, apice rotundata; tria superiora 
subaequalia, oblonga, basi cuneato-angustata, plana, longitudine calycis; duo inferiora multo majora, ex 
his alterum superioribus simillimum, nisi duplo longius; alterum omnium maximum, difforme, valde 
obliquum, dimidiato-ovatum, concavum. Stamina decem; tria superiora sterilia; reliqua fertilia, duplo 
longiora. Filamenta brevia, glabra. Antheiue fertiles oblongo-subcuneat®, compressiuscul®, basi affixa;, 
erectae, rectae, hinc et inde sulco longitudinali notatae, utrinque obtusae, biloculares, apice biporosae, glabrae, 
flavae, longitudine parum inaequales, lineas longae. Stamina sterilia : antherae arcuatae, utrinque emar- 
ginatae, glabrae. Ovarium stipitatum, lineare, compressum, glabrum. Stylus brevis. Stigma simplex. Fructus 
desideratur. 
A celeb. Peralta cum Bonplandio communicata. 
29. CASSIA ELLIPTICA* -f 
C. arborea) foliolis 2 -3-jugis, ellipticis, apice retusis, supra hirte Ilis, subtus molliter 
hirto-pubescentibus et canescentibus; petiolo eglanduloso; racemis axillaribus. 
Brucha Macho incolarum. 
Crescit locis calidissimis , prope Cumanam , Turbaco et Campeche. fy Floret Septembri , 
Aprili. 
Arbor 20-5o-pedalis, foetida; ramulis teretibus, albidis, glabris; junioribus angulatis, tomentoso-hirtis. 
Folia alterna, petiolata, paripinnata. Foliola bi-aut saepius trijuga, petiolata, elliptica, utrinque rotundata, 
apice retusa et interdum obsolete mucronata, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo subtus prominente, 
membranacea, supra hirtella et viridia, subtus molliter hirto-pubescentia et canescentia, 22-24bneas longa, 
pollicem lata ; inferiora minora; infima 10- 14 lineas longa. Petiolos communis adjecta rhachi 2-2-'-pollices 
longus, pubescenti-hirtus, eglandulosus. Petioli proprii i-i^lineam longi, hirto-tomentosi. Racemi axillares, 
solitarii, pedunculati, multiflori, 5 - 3 f pollices longi, nutantes (ex Bonpl.). Pedonculus etrhachis pubescenti- 
hirta. Flores pedicellati, magnitudine floris Cassi® marilandicae; pedicellis filiformibus, 5-6 lineas longis, 
villoso-pubescentibus. Bractea ad basim pedicelli parva, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, externe villosa, caduca. 
Calyx pentaphyllus, coloratus, glaber; foliolis reticulato-nervosis, membranaceis, concavis; tribus interio¬ 
ribus ovato-orbiculatis, majoribus, i|-2 lineas longis; duobus exterioribus brevioribus, ellipticis, obtusis. 
Petala quinque, unguiculata, reticulato-venosa, glabra, lutea, inaequalia; tria superiora elliptico-oblonga, 
apice rotundata, plana, vix quatuor lineas longa, ex his intermedium paulo minus; duo inferiora inaequa¬ 
lia; alterum petalis superioribus simillimum, nisi majus; alterum maximum, difforme, obliquum, inaequi- 
laterum, oblongum, obtusum, concavum, subsemipollicare. Stamina decem, corolla dimidio breviora; tria 
superiora dimidio minora^ sterilia; reliqua fertilia, subconformia. Filamenta capillacea, glabra. Anther® 
staminum fertilium subaequales, lineari-oblongae, compressiuscul®, basi emarginat® ibique affix®, erect®, 
rectae, hinc et inde sulco longitudinali notat®, biloculares, glabr®, apice inflex® et biporos®, sesquilineam 
long®, filamento duplo longiores. Anther® staminum sterilium dimidio breviores et arcuat®. Ovaribm 
breviter stipitatum, lineare^ compressum, glabrum, adscendenti-arcuatum, staminibus duplo longius. Stylus 
brevis. Stigma minutum. Legumina (in specimine nostro immatura) linearia, compressa, apice angustato- 
rostrata, brevissime stipitata, glabra, 7-pollicaria (ex Bonpl.), septis transversis in complures divisa loculos, 
haud pulposa (ex Bonpl.). 
Specimina Turbacensia differunt a Cumanensibus mox descriptis nonnisi foliolis supra nitidis. 
3 0. CASSIA CANESCENS, -j- 
C. arborea (?) j foliolis trijugis, apice rotundatis, supra hirtellis, subtus cano-tomentosis; 
summis ellipticis, reliquis minoribus, ovato-subrotundisj petiolo eglanduloso; racemis axilla¬ 
ribus , pendulis. 
