Senna polyantha (Moc. & Sessé ex Collad.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Cassia polyantha Moc. & Sessé; Collad. Hist. Nat. Méd. Cass. ili? pi. 2.c
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Cassia browniana Kunth, Mimos. Pi. Légum. 135. pi. 41. 181^-24 w *
Cassia goldmani Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 98.1906.	i
Baja California ; Guanajuato to Oaxaca.
Shrub or small tree; 3 td 4.5 meters high; leaflets Ì to 2 cm. long, rotmded
at apex, glabrate in age; flowers yellow, about 1 cm. long; fhiit similar to	Mptt
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„ /Z. Pterocassia polyantha (Mog. & Sessé) Britton & Rose.
Cassia polyantha Mof. & Sessé; Collad. Hist. Cass. 112.	1816.
Cassia Browniana Kunth, Mim. 135.	1819.
A large shrub or small tree, up to 4.5 m. high, the branches and inflorescence glabrous or
pubescent. leaflets 8-15 pairs, oblong, rounded or obtuse, 12-18 mm. long, 4-8 mm. wide,
mucronate, glabrous, or pubescent; racemes axillary and terminal, few-flowered; bracts
lanppnlatpj acute, about 3 mm. long; pedicels slender, 1—2 cm. long; larger sepals 5—6 mm. long,
petals about twice as long as the larget sepals; legume 10—12 cm. long, 16—18 mm. wide,
apiculate or short-tipped, its wings about 2 mm. wide.	^	.	.
Typ® locality: Mexico.	111 Oll^rRO S© N. Am.	¿s(lt)3<>)x</y
Distribution : Guanajuato and Michòaeàn to Oaxaca.
Illustrations : Collad. loc. cit. pi. 2; Kunth, loc. cit. pi. 41-
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