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Cassiinae pt 1 NY-Botanical_gardens_Vol. 35_1 - Copy.pdf - Antbase

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1982] CASSIINAE—SENNA 241<br />

9. Pod not winged.<br />

10. Pod at once extremely long and extremely narrow, ±18-25 x 0.2-0.3 cm;<br />

Brazilian Planalto and adjacent Bolivia and Paraguay.<br />

66. S. mucronifera (p. 247).<br />

10. Pod either broader, or shorter, or both.<br />

11. Tertiary venulation of lfts elevated on both faces, these glabrous; local<br />

in s. Paraguay, adjacent Argentina and extreme s. Brazil.<br />

67. 5. leiophylla (p. 248).<br />

11. Tertiary venulation imperce<strong>pt</strong>ible or fully immersed; widespread.<br />

12. Seed-locules 2-3 mm long, 4-6 mm wide. 68. 5. cobanensis (p. 250).<br />

12. Seed-locules (3-)3.5-5.5(-6.5) mm long, 2-4.5 mm wide.<br />

69. S. obtusifolia (p. 252).<br />

2. Lfts exactly 1 pair (glabrous, intricately venulose); Bolivia. 65. S. apsidoneura (p. 246).<br />

1. Peduncles (0.7-) 1-10 cm.<br />

13. Lfts exactly 2 pairs; widespread in n. and s. America. 63. 5. pilifera (p. 241).<br />

13. Lfts of almost all lvs 3 pairs; local in Amazon Basin, n.-e. Brazil to n. Bolivia.<br />

64. S. paracusis (p. 245).<br />

63. Senna piUfera (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby, comb. nov. Cassia pilifera Vogel,<br />

Syn. Gen. Cass. 23. 1837.—Typus infra sub var. pilifera indicatur.<br />

Herbaceous or softly suffrutescent in age, variable in habit and stature, some­<br />

times flowering precociously and appearing monocarpic, at anthesis 1.5-24 dm,<br />

variably pubescent with usuaUy 3 sorts of hair: a) minute thickened livid trichomes,<br />

b) short soft subappressed, incurved-ascending or spreading villi

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