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266 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Cama. 



An erect annual, 1-2 ft. high, with stem and leaves clothed M-itli grey bristly vis- 

 cose hairs. Leaves long-petioled ; leaflets oblong, very oblique, 1-2 in.^ long, obtuse 

 or subacute: stipules small, linear, persistent. Bacemes narrow, equalling or exceed- 

 ing the leaves, ^^^^a'/s lanceolate, bristly, ^-^ in. Corolla reddish-yellow, very small. 

 Fod oblique, ligulate, 1-1^ in. long, 5-6-seeded, the thin valves beset with grey bristly 

 hairs. 



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XeoAets very numerous, close, S7nall, nctiToiv, rigidly stihcmiaceous (M 



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16. C. pumila, L(mir, DC. rrodr. li. 504; gland of petiole stipitate 

 stamens 5, seeda«6-12. Wall. Cat. 5327; W. ^ A. Prodr. 292. C. prostrate 

 Jio.ih. HorL Beny. 32 ; Dalz. 4" Gibs. Bomb. Fl 82. Senna prostrata, Roxh. Fl 

 Ind. ii. 352. 



From the HniALAVAs (ascending to 6-7000 ft.) to Ckylon.— DiaxRiB. Malay 

 isles, Trop. Austrnlia. 



A low \i.i^^ diffuse shrub, with slender finely downy branches, i^'*^/ l-S m. l^J^Si^ 

 leaflets 20-40," \-\ in. long, distinctly mucronate. the midrib close to the upper border; 

 stipules linear, rigid, persistent. Floivprs usuMlly solitary in the axils of the 1*^^^^^ 

 on very short pedicels. Befpals ^ in. Corolla little exserted. Anthers 5 eqral. rod 

 3^1| in. by ^-^ in. — Probably this and the next are mere varieties of C. w^^^' 

 soides. 



17. C. Kleinii, TF. *^ A. Prodr. 293 ; gland of petiole stipitate, stamens 



10, seeds 10-15. 0. dimidiata, Klein; Wall. Cat, 6326ynot Dan. 



Westrtin Peninsula and Ceylon. — Distrib. Java. 



Very like C. ^m/a; but more robust, the branches thinly or densely plose. 

 Leaflets 20-40, reduced to 8-12 on the lowest leaves, |-4 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, 

 strongly veined, with a distinct oblique mucro, the midi*ib close to the upper border. 

 Flowers 1-3 together in the axils of the leaves, on downy bracteate pedicels. Colj^^ 

 l^ in. Peta/s obovate, little exserted. Pod 1^2 in. long, rather recurved, U^<^^' 

 ish, glabrescent. 



18. C. mimosoides, Z/wn.; DC P-odr, ii. 505; gland of petiole 

 sessile, stamens 10 rarelv 5, seeds 10-20. C angustissima, Lam,; DC. -^'fr^' 

 loc, cit ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 292. 0. Roxburghiana, Grah. in Wall. Cat J^-'^- 

 0. amoena, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5321. C. secsitiva and tenella, i?o r6. Zfo/'^- -^^"^' 

 32. Senna sensitiva and tenella, Poxb. Fl. Ind. 353-4. 



Himalayas, ascending to 5-6000 ft. in KrMAON and Khasia, to Cetlon and Ma- 

 lacca. — DisTuiB. Cosmopolitan in Tropins. j ^ 



A low diffuse perennial, -with slender shrubby finely do^vny branches, r^a^i^ 

 1-3 in. long, with a solitary sessile gland on the rachis below the leaflets ; .^-^ 

 60-100, linear, rigidly coriaceous, ^-^ in. long, obliquely mucronate, with ^^^?^! g. 

 close t<j the upper border; stipules large, linear-subulate, persistent. Flowers I --^ ^ c^ 

 tber in the axils of the leaves on short pedicels. Sejmis ^\ in., lanceolate-acuniniaj 

 bristly. Corolla little exserted. Stame?is 10, alternately longer and ^^^^^^^' £^^]y 

 strap-shaped, flat, dehiscent, 1^2 in. by ^ in, nearly straight, glabrescent or 

 downy ; septa mure or less oblique. t^t 



Var. 1. dimidiata; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32, sp. ; leaves and flowers of the tyF 

 the stamens 5 only. Senna dimidiata, Buck, in Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 352.— Himalfty»«- 



Vab. 2. WuUichiana; DC. Prodr. ii. 505, sp.; finely downy, leaflets larger i-J^^* • 

 long and less rigid, flowers larger ^i-^ in. long. Wall. Cat. 5320; W. # ^'-i q 

 292. C. Leschenaulfii, Wall. Cat. 5325. C. myriophylla, IValL Cat. 53:^0. 

 Telfairiana, Wall. Cat. 5324 ; Bot. May. t. 5874.— Distribution of the type. . .^ 



Var. 3. aiiricoma; Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5322, sp, ; flowers and leaves of tne » 

 but the branches densely clothed with fine spreading hairs. 





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