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54 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN [VOL. <strong>35</strong><br />

CASSIAE DUBIAE<br />

Cassia acisperma Schrank ex CoUa, lUustr. Ic. strip, hort. Ripul. Append. 2: 343.<br />

1826.—"Enata a seminibus missis a cl: SCHRANKIO."<br />

Described from a cultivated plant which had not flowered; lfts 3 pairs; gland<br />

conic-clavate, between proximal pair; seeds resembhng grape pits. This was pro­<br />

nounced unrecognizable by Bentham (1871, p. 582). The gland indicates the genus<br />

Senna.<br />

Cassia acunae Borhidi, Acta bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 298. 1977.—^'Cuba; Prov.<br />

Pinar del Rio. La Cajalbana, junto al arroyo La Palma. Leg. J. Acuiia,<br />

27. jun. 1961. (flor.) 22698."—Holotypus, SV.<br />

Not seen. Described as akin to Senna gundlachii, but leaflets more numerous,<br />

up to 14-20 pairs.<br />

Cassia arborescens Sesse & Mociiio, Fl. Mex. 101. 1893—"Habitat in montibus<br />

Cordobae [Veracruz]."<br />

Described as a tree 6-7 m tall, with eglandular leafstalk and 15 pairs of leaflets,<br />

characters compatible with C. grandis Linn, f., which is represented in Sesse<br />

& Mocifio's herbarium, but not associated with the epithet arborescens. Because<br />

the name is a posterior homonym of C. arborescens Vahl its apphcation is aca­<br />

demic.<br />

Cassia aurita Colladon, Hist. Casses 131. 1816.—"Hab. in Brasilia."<br />

Based directly on Cassia foliis 2-jugis . . . glandula ovata inter infima Vandelli<br />

in Roemer, Scri<strong>pt</strong>. 104. 1796. We agree with Bentham (1871, p. 582) that this is<br />

indecipherable.<br />

Cassia bonplandia Rojas Acosta, Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 61, 160. 1897, nom.<br />

nud.<br />

Known as taperiva pild, and perhaps identifiable through vernacular usage.<br />

Cassia cafesiana Rojas Acosta, Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 160. 1897, nom. nud.<br />

Known in Corrientes as Casia cafe, presumably therefore either S. occidentalis<br />

or S. scabriuscula, the seeds of which yield a surrogate coffee.<br />

Cassia chrysoloma DeNotaris, Index sem. hort. bot. archigymnasii Genuensis an.<br />

1840, p. 16. 1840.—"Colitur in horto multo abhinc tempore."<br />

Described as very close to C. coluteoides CoUad. but different in diffusely<br />

scandent habit, globose periolar gland, yeUow-margined leaflets, and detaUs of<br />

pubescence. Presumably either S. bicapsularis, with which it was equated by<br />

Bentham (1871, p. 525), or some form of 5. pendula.<br />

Cassia cinerea CoUa, Herb. Pedem. 2: 281. 1834.—"In Brasilia . . . habui e cl:<br />

Marrio . . . (BrasU: cap: Frio)."<br />

Described from a cultivated plant, possibly of Chamaecrista ramosa (Vog.)<br />

Irwin & Barneby, but the descri<strong>pt</strong>ion not sufficiently detaUed to permit certain<br />

identification. The name is a later homonym of C. cinerea Schlechtd. & Cham.<br />

(1830) and is therefore of no consequence.

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