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The specimen is in leaf only, and hence somewhat doubtful. 
XXIV. Cassia, Linn. Gen. n. 514; Endl. Gen. n. 6781; Benth. Fl, Austr. vol. ii. p, 279. 
Sepala 5, subinvequalia, exteriore minore, vix ima basi coalita, valde imbricata. Petala 5, plus minus 
ineequalia. Stamina 10, ineequalia’y. rarius equalia, 3 postica sepe sterilia, interdum 5 alterna defi- 
cientia; filamenta filiformia y. subulata, libera; anther 2-loculares, apice rima brevi v. poro duplici 
dehiscentes, basi simul apertee. Ovarium sessile v. seepissime stipitatum, co-ovulatum. Stylus fili- 
formis ; stigma simplex v. minute ciliatum, interdum incrassato-tumidum. Legumen teres vy, com- 
presso-planum, lignosum, coriaceum vy. membranaceum, indehiscens vy. 2-valve, 1-loculare v. septis 
transversis oo-locellatum, interdum pulpa farctum, oo-spermum. Semina septis parallele vy. con- 
trarie compressa, albuminosa. Embryo rectus.—Arbores frutices suffrutices v. herbs inermes ; 
foliis alternis, simpliciter et abrupte piunatis, foliolis 1-co-jugis integerrimis; stipulis petiolaribus 
geminis; petiolis szepissime glandulosis; floribus utplurimum flavis, racemosis y. solitariis. 
1. C. (Chameefistula) levigata, Willd. Enum. vol. 1. p. 441; Benth, Fl. Austr, vol. 11. p. 282 ; 
fruticosa, erecta, glabra; foliolis 8—4-, rarius 2-jugis ovatis v. lanceolatis plerumque acuminatis, glan- 
dula oblonga acutiuscula inter omnia paria; racemis axillaribus pedunculatis brevibus v. subcorym- 
bosis, superioribus subpaniculatis; sepalis ineequalibus; petalis latis obtusissimis; staminibus ferti- 
libus 4 subsessilibus; leguminibus membranaceis y. subcoriaceis, cylindraceis v. plus minus inflatis, 
2-valvibus, seminibus 00, septis parallelis vy. contrarie dispositis.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Winivi- 
nikau.’’—Near the village of Vuniwaivutuki, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann! n, 136), Also found 
in astern Australia and in America. 
2. C. (Chameefistula) Sophora, Linn. Spec. 542; fruticosa v. suffruticosa, erecta glabra v. 
subglabra ; foliolis 4—10-jugis lanceolatis, plerumque acutis, glandula ad basin petiol oblonga v, ovata 
acuta; racemis axillaribus v. terminalibus, paucifloris, seepe subpaniculatis; petalis latis obtusis; sta- 
minibus fertilibus 2; leguminibus demum teretibus v. turgidis, 2-valvibus; seminibus plerumque sep- 
tis parallelis—In waste places of Viti (Williams!). Also collected in New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !), 
Tongan Islands (Forster !), Uvea or Wallis Island (Sir E. Home!), and on the east coast of New 
Holland, 
Authors have confounded this species with OQ. occidentalis and C. purpurea, two species belonging to a 
very different section of the genus. As C. Gaudichaudii of the Sandwich Islands, it is truly indigenous 
to Polynesia, whatever may be the claims of the other species to be recognized as endemic. 
3, C. (Prososperma) obtusifolia, Linn. Spec. 539, excl. syn. Rumph.; annua vy. suffruticosa, 
erecta, glabrescens; foliolis 2-3-jugis obovatis basi cuneatis, subtus pubescentibus, glandula oblongo- 
eylindracea acuta inter infima; stipulis lineari-setaceis, deciduis; pedunculis paucifloris ; legumimbus 
longis gracilibus recurvis compresso-tetragonis chartaceis glabris lavibus——Nomen vernac. Vitiense, 
« Kau moce.”’—Common in cultivated and waste places, in the small islands and coasts of the larger 
islands of Viti (Seemann! n, 135), 
4, CG. (Chamzesenna) glauca, Lam. Dict. vol. i, p, 647; fruticosa v. arborescens; foliolis 4—-6- 
jugis ovali-oblongis v. ovalibus obtuse acuminatis, subtus glaucis, puberulis v. subglabris, glandula 
ovata sessili inter 3—4 paria inferiora; stipulis lineari-subulatis faleatis; racemis axillaribus subcorym- 
bosis; pedicellis bracteatis; leguminibus membranaceis oblongo-linearibus erectis glabris; semi- 
nibus oblongis.—C. Surattensis, Burm. Ind. 97.  C. sulfurea, DC, Prodr. vol. i. p. 499, C. arbo- 
rescens, Vahl, Symb. vol. iii. p. 56, non Mill,—Ovalau and Oneata (U.S. Expl. Exped.). W idely 
diffused in both the East and West Indies. 
. (Chameesenna) occidentalis, Linn, Spec. 539 ; annua v. suffruticosa, pubescens v. pube- 
) ? I ¥ ‘ * 4 
rula; foliolis 4—12-jagis ovato-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis acuminatis, glandula crassa ad basin petioli ; 
stipulis lineari-setaceis deciduis; pedunculis brevibus paucifloris ; pedicellis bracteatis ; leguminibus 
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