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CASSIA. ligustrina. 
Privet-leaved Cassia.’ 
DECANDRIA on OGYNIA. 
— Nat. Ord. LEGUMINOS. Jussieu gen. 345. 
Div. I. Cor: regularis.. Legumen  multiloculare, sepits bivalve, 
dissepimentis transversis, loculis monospermis. Stamina distincta. Id. 
Oc. cit. 
CASSIA. Supra vol: 1. fol. 83. 
D 
C. ligustrina, foliolis septemjugis, lanceolatis, extimis minoribus, glan- 
ox dala supra basin petiolorum. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 541. a 
Cassia ligustrina, Hort. Kew. 2. 52. ed. 2. 3.28. Pursh amer. sept. 
1.306. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 523. 
\. bahamensis, Mall. dict. ed. 8.7. 12. ha 
. bahamensis, pinnis foliorum miucronatis angustis, calyce floris non 
., Teflexo.. Mart. cent. 21; cum tab. ‘ ASP 
Senna ligustri folio. Dill. elth. 350. tab. 259, fig. 938; (exclust figura 
ructis pertinente ad diversam speciem et male desumpté tabulis Plu- 
muerianis.) ; t 
Tutex orgyalis; caulis teres ramosus foliosus ; rami striati, ascendentes, 
‘Aparsi, virides, conspersi rara lanugine. Folia numerosa, multifariam sparsa, 
“Sjuga, sepiis "T-juga, 5-9-uncialia, leté virentia; petiolus villosiusculus, 
Supra articulum baseos tumidus & notatus glanduld parva tumori insidente 
Gnticé ; foliola distantia, brevissimé petiolata, sesqui-3-uncialia, lanceolata, 
St et margine minute villosa, ceterum glaberrima, interiora minora: stipule 
&emine, parve, herbacee, subulate, recurve, villosa, caduce. Flores sub- 
Phniculato-terminales, panicule 2 corymbis plurifloris solitariis in axillis, folio- 
‘Mm ramos terminantium & sensim in bracteas decrescentium: pedunculi erectt, 
au losi, pedicellis fustigiantibus, flore brevioribus, singulis suffultis bracteé 
Propria herbacea ovata acuté concavd. Cal. subherbaceus, lanuginosus, pluriés 
™nor corolla, foliolis rotundatis, concavis, non reflexis, 2 intimis tenerioribus 
BY resiopabtusy Cor. flava, ‘sine macula, obsoletis nervosa pet. summo obcor- 
49 latiori reliquis obovatis, 2 imis minoribus: omnibus unguis brevissimus. 
sath. ferm’ occidentalis (supra fol. 83.) appendicibus verd minus conspicuts, 
& tiferne sunerne versus descrescentes per paria, flavo-fulvescentes. ist. 
Ossurgens, ~ Germ. pedicellatum, longum, teres, vvillosum ; stylus parim ; 
g acilior, brevis, surrectus, glaber: stigma punctum cum cavo obtuso, intro 
ersum, ciliatum. Legum. compressum, lineare, polyspermum, 3-unciale 
alitudine ferd x partis uncie, fuscum, cartilaginco-marginatym, acutum. — 
een neem PT MSR enerermnnreget 
,_ Ashrub which grows naturally in Virginia, the Bahama 
Islands, and Jamaica. Introduced by Mr. Mark Catesby 
“bout the year 1726. It requires to be kept in the bark- 
ed of the hothouse; where, although it flowers pretty 
Teely, it has not been known to seed with us. In Dil- 
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