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CASSIA Barclayana. 
Mr. Barclay’s Cassia. 

Linnean Class and Order. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Natural Order, LEGUMINOS. DC. prodr. 2. p. 93. 
Subordo IV. CHSALPINE:. Flores plus minis irregalares, nune papilicnacei 
nunc sepiiis subrosacei. Petala per wstivationem irregulariter imbricata nec valvata, 
interdum nulla, nunquam inter se coalita. Stamina plus minis inzequalia, semper pe- 
rigyna, sepils libera, rariis filamentis concreta (in Geoffrais), Embryonis recti 
plumula sepiis conspicua magna, DC. l.c, p. 473. 
Tribus X. Cassiz-®. Calycis lobi anté explicationem imbricati. Petala peri- 
gyna, subequalia rard subpapilionacea, per wstivationem imbricata. Stamina dis- 
tincta nec filamentis concreta. Legumen szpissimé siccum bivalve. Cotyledones folia- 
cee aut rarids carnose2.—Folia nunc bi-aat-tripinnata, nunc abrupté aut impari-pin- 
nata, uni aut multi-juga, nune simplicia, Habitus varius. DC. 1.¢.p. 478. 
CASSIA, Sepala 5 vix basi coalita plus mints inequalia. Petala 5 inzequalia, 
Stamina 10 libera inequalia, 3 inferiora longiora, 4 media brevia recta, 3 superiora 
antheris abortivis difformibus, Anthere apice dehiscentes, Ovarium stipitatum sepé 
arcuatum. Legumen varium.—Arbores, frutices aut herb. Folia simpliciter et 
abrupté pinnata. Petioli s@pé glanduliferi. Foliola opposila, DC, 1. c. p.489. 
Sect. V. CHAMASENNA. Calycis sepalaobtusa, Anthere oblonge biporosx. Le- 
gumina compressa dehiscentia suturis subtumidulis, intis septis transversis completis 
aut incompletis multilocularia, loculis non pniposis, Semina verticalia seu valvis pa- 
rallelé compressa, ovata aut subquadrata, latitudinem leguminis subaquantia, funi- 
culo longiora. 
§. 2. Coluteoidew; fruticose pauct aut multifoliolata, 
*** Jugiglandulose, glandulis und aut pluribus interfoliorum oppositorum bases, 

C. Barclayana, foliolis 6-8-jngis lineari-lanceolatis acutis glabris, glandulis minimis fas- 
ciculatis inter omnia foliolorum paria: uni magna depressa ad basin petioli, 
pedunenlis axillaribus terminalibusque multifloris folio multo brevioribus, stamini- 
bus 4 sterilibus, 

A handsome dwarf evergreen soft-wooded branching Shrub; 
the plant from which our drawing was made was about two feet 
high. Branches smooth, slightly angular, tinged with a glossy 
purple. Leaves pinnate, the leaflets from 6 to 8 pair, opposite, 
distant, linearly lanceolate, acute, smooth, or the young ones 
slightly pubescent, from two inches to two and a half in length, 
and a quarter of an inch in breadth; between each pair are se- 
veral very small clavate glands in a little tuft mixed with short 
