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

Cassia galegifolia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed 10: 1017. 1759.—Based on Plumier, ed.<br />

J. Burmann, Pl. Amer. t. 78, fig. 1.<br />

Bentham (1871, p. 543) identified C. galegifolia with his C. biflora (our Senna<br />

pallida) and cited Patrick Browne's plant in the Linnaean herbarium (LINN 528/<br />

21!) as authenric. We believe that the holotype is the Plumier drawing cited above,<br />

but are unable to identify this with any confidence. The flowers are shown as<br />

borne in pairs on peduncles nearly as long as the pedicels, and coincide with<br />

elli<strong>pt</strong>ic subacuminate leaflets suggestive of S. sophera. No petiolar glands are<br />

depicted.<br />

Cassia glaucescens Hoffmannsegg, Verzeichn. Pflanzenkult. 209. 1824.—Based on<br />

a plant cultivated in Germany; no specimen extant.<br />

Likened to S. occidentalis, and very hkely a synonym.<br />

Cassia graveolens CoUa, lUustr. Ic. stirp. hort. Ripul. Append. 2: 343. 1826.—"E<br />

seminibus . . . missis a cl. BERTERO anno 1818 e Guadalupa ... In<br />

sUvis et fruticetis insulae Guadalupae . . . BERTERO."<br />

Described from a potted seedUng that had not flowered and from the pod sent<br />

by Bertero from Guadeloupe. The leaflets were 2^ pairs, 2-4 x 1-2 inches and<br />

there was no petiolar gland. FoUowing these clues Bentham hsted (1871, p. 548)<br />

C. graveolens in the synonymy of C. atomaria (our Senna mollissima) but the<br />

locahty of origin suggests the true Senna atomaria (Bentham's C. emarginata)<br />

as more likely.<br />

Cassia hirta Willdenow, Enum. pl. hort. Berol., suppl. 23. 1813.—No locahty<br />

given.<br />

Described from a sterile plant cultivated at Beriin, said to have five pairs of<br />

oblong leaflets and a gland between the first. Not found in hb. Willdenov. (B),<br />

where the only cassia bearing the (unpublished) epithet hirta is an isotypus of<br />

multijugate Chamaecrista glandulosa var. tristicula.<br />

Cassia homophylla Hoffmansegg, Verzeichn. Pflanzenkult. 209. 1824.—Based on<br />

a plant cultivated in Germany; no specimen extant.<br />

The descri<strong>pt</strong>ion suggests S. x floribunda but is inconclusive.<br />

Cassia hornemanni DeCandolle: vide C. venosa Nocca ex Hornemann, infra.<br />

Cassia latifolia Desfontaines, Tabl. ecole bot. 182. 1804, nom. nud., Usted by<br />

Colladon, Hist. Casses 1<strong>35</strong>. 1816 among Cassiae Dubiae, where ac­<br />

companied by a phrase of five words quoted from a letter of Desfontaines.<br />

The quoted phrase describes the shape and pubescence (but not the number)<br />

of leaflets, and might be considered a validating descri<strong>pt</strong>ion. We think, however,<br />

that neither Desfontaines nor Colladon intended to describe as new this whoUy<br />

obscure plant, grown at Paris and apparently seen only in leafy condition. Con­<br />

sequently we do not consider the name to be a legitimate prior homonym of the<br />

well-known C. latifolia G. F. W. Mey. (1818), our Senna latifolia.<br />

Cassia huidobriana Philippi, Anal. Univ. ChUe 84: 440. 1893.—"[Chile.] In Pro­<br />

vincia Aconcagua legi, in praedio Catemu et in monte Cuesta de los<br />

Loros."

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