Cassia L.

Perennial, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely ha iry, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Extrafloral nectary glands on petiole, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 5-9, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence panicles, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Petals orange or yellow, Fertile stamens 6-8, Stamens heteromorphic, graded in size, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments glabrous, Anthers opening by basal or terminal pores or slits, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit internally septa te between the seeds, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds embedded in gummy or spongy pulp, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Shrub or small tree, 1.5-4 m tall. Stipules linear, falcate, 8-9 mm long, caducous, petiole 1.5-5 cm long, rachis 6-12 cm long, clavate or conical gland between all or all except the upper pair of petiolules. Leaflets 3-5 pairs, ovate to ovate elliptic, 4-11 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide. Raceme axillary or terminal, 5-10 cm long. Sepals 6-10 nun long. Petals 1-2 cm long, subsessile, broadly ovate, orbicular to broader than long; stamens 10, 3 staminodes. Fruit 6-10 cm long, 12-15 mm broad, c. 50 seeded, glabrous.

700-2200 m

Type collection for Adipera arsenei Britton & Rose
Catalog Number: US 1001427
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): Bro. G. Arsène
Year Collected: 1906
Locality: Fort Guadalupe., Puebla, Mexico, North America
Elevation (m): 2180 to 2180