108a. Cassia ochnacea Vogel var. (y) purpurascens Bentham in Martius, Fl. Bras. 15 (2): 142. 1870. — "...in campis graminosis prope Riacho Fundo prov. Ceara [but doubtless at the Riacho Fundo on Rio Cipo near 19° 10' S, Minas Gerais] : Riedel" — Holotypus, Riedel 565, collected in Jan, 1825, K (hb. Benth.)! = NY Negs. 1496, 6751 (plant at right of sheet); isotypus, LE:

Cassia craspedoneura Harms in Feddes Repert. 20: 129. 1924. — "Brasilien: Sierra [sic] da Lapa, in campis graminosis (Riedel n. 1347, a. 1825. . .)." — Holotypus, †B = F Neg. 1677! clastotypus (fragm), F! neoholotypus, former isotypus, US! isotypus, LE!

Glabrous throughout (the sepals exceptionally puberulent); stems arising directly from a xylopodium or from a short caudex, mostly 2-6, rarely to 15 dm, when short weakly ascending, when longer humifuse with incurved-ascending tips; lfts of lower lvs 1, of most 2, rarely 3 pairs, in outline elliptic-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, exceptionally narrowly obovate, (1.5-)2-6 x (0.7-) 1.8-2.8 cm, in texture stiffly coriaceous, the venation as given in key; sepals red, glabrous; petals orange or red-orange; pod glabrous. — Collections: 37.

Open campo cerrado and campo sujo, in sandy soil mostly derived from sandstone, 1150-1300 m, locally plentiful and repeatedly collected in s. Sa. do Espinhaco in lat. 19° 5-30' (Sa. do Cipo, mun. Jaboticatubas, Conceiçao, Sta. Luzia) in s.-centr. Minas Gerais.

An ornamental plant, notable for the coriaceous, often glaucescent, heavily veined leaflets, glabrous inflorescence, and vivid orange petals. So far as known, all other forms of C. ochnacea have yellow petals.