Gassia.] t. LEGOTiiNOSiE; (J. G. Baker.) 263 



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^ HrMiUYAs to Ceylon and Penang.—Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, pro- 



bftbly native in Asia only. 



Closely allied to C. occidentalism from which it differs by its more shrubby habit, 

 more numerous smaller narrower leaflets and shorter broader more turgid pods, which 

 we notusiiallj torulose when mnture. 



^ Vab. purpurea ; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 31, »p. ; leaflets smaller more obtuse not more 

 wan 1 m. long, branches slender purple. C. purpurea, BoL Reg. t. 856. Senna pur- 



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Leaf furnished ivith glands on the viain rachis between the leaflets. 



7. C. Tora, Linn. ; BC. Prodr. ii. 493 ; glabrous, leaflets 6 obovate-oblong, 



^nect stamens subequal, pod very long slender subtetragonous, seeds uniseriate. 

 Jioxb Hort, Beng. 31 ; Wall Cat. 6316; W. ^ A. Prodr. 290; Dalz. ^ Gibs. 

 fj^b.FL 81. Senna Tora and toroides, Poxb. FL Ind, ii. 340. C. obtusifolia, 

 i^f'fp' Pi^^i- 539. 0. foetida, Salish, Prod. 326. 0. humilis and gallinaria, 

 t 63 ^^^^' ^^' ^' toroides, Roxb. Hort. Bcng. Sh—Pheede Hort. Mai. ii. 



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.^.^"^^^^sally spread through our limits in a truly wild state, ascending to 5000 ft. 



e Central ITimalayas. — Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, 

 leafl f ^^^J^'!^ y'-eed, growing up into an undershrub. Leases distinctly pctioled ; 



^~H in., glaucous, membranous, glabrous ; stipides large, linear-subulate, cadu- 

 s. tlowirs usually in nearly sessile pairs in the axils of the leaves, the upper 

 ^ K ,^^^^^^^ small, brisht yellow. Pods ^-f ft. by i in., membranous, the sutures 

 y f>road,the seeds flattened in the same direction as the pod. 



^^ C. BiCAPSTJLARis, Lt7i7i. ; DC. P?^odr. ii. 494 ; glabrous, leaflets 6-8, stamens 



TT. 



Poxb, Hort, Beng. 31 ; Wall. 



Ind, 



A "^ I^ ^^ Tropical America, not unfrequently introduced, 

 teem? with virgate woody branches. Leaves distinctly petioled ; leaflets green, 



corrmr^*^^**' ^^btuse, f ^ in. ; stipules small subulate, caducous. Pacemes copious, 

 him ' ^^ ^^"^ ^® ^^^ leaves. Flowers middle-Mzed, bright yellow. Pods mem- 

 ous, curved, sausage-shaped, ^ ft. long, \ in. thick, the sutures Tery narrow. 



stinnl" ^^^^^™«-^j Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 496 ; densely pubescent, leaflets U-IC^, 

 imies narrow caducous, pod narrow turbid many-seeded. W. Sf A. Prodr. 28Q. 



^- V^lRhtiana. Gy^nh .'^ ljr„ii rf. rrooo'' 



na, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5329. 



to- 



^ native of Trop. America, introduced in the Nilghiris and Ceylon. 

 Jnenttim r""^^' ^^*^^^^ ^^^ branches and leaves beneath densely matted with grey 

 W ^T'/ -^^^^^ short-petioled, 3-4]n. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, oblique at the 

 raoem/ T ""^ ^right-vellow, middle-sized, in copious distinctly peduncled corymbose 

 ♦-5 in 1 ^^^^^ anthers much larger than the others. Pod linear, membranous, 

 ^^dlvd-ff ^' ^nely downy.— C. tomextosa, Wall. Cat. 5304 is C. hirsuta, Linn., a 

 J iSerent species, also a native of Tropical America. 



^^ auricxUata, Poxb. Fl. ' Ind', il 349. 

 ^ild in t.u 



Centr 



ere. 



A tall ' 



aownv r^^^^' with the virgate branches and underside of the leaves finely grey- 



ceous 3 /"f^^^s nearly sessile, 2-4 in. long; leaflets oborate-oblong, rigidly subcona- 



= *""i in., obtuse or emarginate, with a mucro; stipufes large and foliaceoUB. 





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