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1982] CASSIINAE—CASSIA 55
Cassia confusa PhUippi, Anal. Univ. Chile 84: 438. 1893.—"[ChUe] Ad Pihuano
[lat. 30°, on Rio Claro near 1000 m] in prov. Coquimbo legit orn. doctor
Fehx Peralta."
Not seen. No typus reported at SGO by Munoz Pizarro (1960, p. 73).
Cassia cubensis Hoffmansegg, Verzeichn. Pflanzenkult. 209. 1824.— "H. in
Cuba."
Fully described from plants flowering and fruiting in Germany, thought to be
of Cuban origin. Bentham guessed that it might be some horticultural form of
either C corymbosa (our Senna corymbosa) or C. laevigata (our S. septemtrio-
nalis), a plausible interpretation of the foliage and subterete pod specified in the
protologue. The pod, however, was said to be up to 15 cm long and only about
2.5 mm diam, moreover rufous-pubescent, suggesting that of S. pilifera. A vex­
atious enigma, not easUy reconcUed with any known Cuban Senna.
Cassia decipiens Desvaux, J. Bot. 3(2): 72. 1814.—"Habitat in America."
We did not find, but perhaps overlooked, a typus at P. Described as having
leaves oi Senna alexandrina (about 8 pairs, linear-lanceolate, glabrous) and fruits
of S. italica, and equated by Bentham (1871, p. 553, sub C. angustifolia) with
the former.
Cassia elegans Voigt, SyUoge Ratisbon. 2: 55. 1828.—C. pinnata hort. ex Voigt,
I.e.
Described from a sterUe plant grown in the Belvedere Garden at Munich, wholly
obscure.
Cassia fagifolia Bertoloni, Nov. Comment. Bonon. 4: 414. 1840.—"Habitat in
Mar del Sur Guatimalae [Velasquez].''—No typus found at BOLO in
1977.—Chamaefistula fagifolia Britton & Rose, N. Amer. Fl. 23: 235.
1930.
A senna of sect. Bacillares, unfortunately unidentifiable from the description.
Cassia foliosa G. Don, Gen. Hist. Diehl. Pl. 2: 446. 1832.—"Native of Peru (v.s.
in herb. Lamb[ert.])"—No typus found either at OXF or BM.
This was tentatively identified by Bentham (1871, p. 571) with C. tenella, our
Chamaecrista serpens var. grandiflora. Supposing that Lambert had received the
plant from Pavon, it could have come either from Peru or from Mexico, which
widens the possibUities of interpretation. Leaflets 3^ pairs coinciding with acute
sepals point strongly to Ch. serpens or Ch. pilosa, but the description is inadequate
for exact identification.
Cassia foUosa Philippi, "Anal. Univ. Chile 1862, 2: 379" and Linnaea 33: 61.
1864.—"ChUe. Prov. Nuble: In vaUe de Chilian dicto c. 3^4000 m. s.
m."
Not seen. Muiioz Pizarro (1960, p. 73) cites two specimens so named at SGO.
The name is a posterior homonym.
Cassia fructicosa Rojas Acosta, Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 160. 1897, nom. nud.
CaUed cahuto in Corrientes, which may provide a clue to its identity.