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NOTE  ON  CASSIA  MOSCHATA. 
notices  of  this  plant  hitherto  published  are  quoted  entirely 
from  the  « Nova  Genera  et  Species,'  the  authors  of  which  had 
not  seen  the  flowers,  I  have  thought  it  desirable  to  draw;  up  a 
complete  description,  which,  with  a  drawing,  I  have  now  the 
honor  of  laying  before  the  Society. 
Cassia.    Sect.  Fistula,  DC.    Subsect.  Ebraoteatce. 
C.  moschata  (H.,  B.,  K.,  Nova  Genera  et  Species,  vi.  338)  : 
arborea  ;  foliolis  multijugis,  oblongis,  apice  rotundatis,  utrin- 
quepubescentibus  deinde  supra  glabrescentibus,  antheris 
glabris,  leguminibus  cylindricis. 
DC.  Prod.  ii.  489;  Yogel,  Synopsis  Generis  Cassias,  11  j  Walp. 
Rep.  i.  812 ;  Cathartocarpus  moschatus,  Don,  Syst.  of  Gard.  and 
Bot.  ii.  453. 
Bab.  Ad  isthmum  Panama,  ubi  ab  iocolis  Canafistola  depurgar  voca- 
tur  {Sutton  Hayes,  No.  58) ;  ad  fluvium  Magdalena  (Humboldt  et 
Bonpland,  Triana) ;  ad  ripam  fluminis  Casiquiare  paulo  infra 
ostium  superius,  arbor  unicus  ab  Orinoco,  ubi  abundare  dicitur, 
allatus  (Spruce,  No.  3300)  ;  ad  pagum  Yillavicencio  prope  Bogota 
(Triana,  No.  4376). 
Arbor  30-40-pedalis,  ramulis  novellis  flavescenti-pubescentibus.  Folia 
alterna,  abrupte  pinnata,  petiolo  communi  4-10  poll,  longo,  pu- 
bescente, supra  pubescentia  ampliore  flavescente.  Foliola  10-18- 
juga,  subopposita  vel  alterna,  oblonga,  insequilatera,  basi  utrinque 
rotundata,  apice  obtusa,  interdum  inucronulata,  reticulato-venosa, 
l|-2  poll,  longa,  G-7  lineas  lata,  margine  integerrimo,  pubescente, 
nervo  medio  subtus  prominente,  pubescente,  pagina  foliolorum 
superiore  nitida  parce  et  breviter  pilosa  vel  glabrescente,  inferiore 
fuscescenti-pilosa  vel  puberula.  Stiptdde  triangulares,  caducse. 
Racemi  laterales,  6-10-pollicares,  simplices,  graciles,  puberuli. 
Flores  flavi,  mox  rubescentes.  Fedicelli  ad  5  lineas  longi,  gracil- 
limi,  minute  pubescentes.  Calyx  quinquesepalus,  puberulus  vel 
glabrescens,  sepalis  rotundatis,  obtusis,  concavis,  reflexis.  Fetala 
quinque,  concava,  reticulato-venosa,  flava,  glabra,  subsequalia, 
semipollicaria;  superius  ovale,  longe  unguiculatum,  altera  subor- 
biculata,  breviter  unguiculata.  Stamina  decern,  inaequalia,  glabra ; 
quatuor  inter  se  sequalia,  corolla  parum  breviora ;  tria  his  triplo 
vel  quadruplo  longiora,  curvata,  basi  geniculata ;  tria  brevissima, 
quorum  lateralia  incurva,  medium  filamento  crasso,  dilatato. 
Antherze  staminum  quatuor  breviorum  ellipticae,  bilobse,  basi  et 
