Senna. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. $343 
somewhat woody, purple coloured. Branches numer- 
ous, ascending, a little flexuose, very smooth ; of a deep, 
clear, reddish purple colour. Leaves remote, from four to 
six-paired. Leaflets oblong, lanceolar, smooth, entire, 
ending in a_ soft bristle, the interior one generally the 
largest ; in breadth nearly equal, from one to one and a 
half inches long, and about half an inch broad. Petioles 
smooth, purple, channelled. Glands a semiglobular one 
neatthe base of the petiole, Racemes axillary, solitary, 
shorter than the leaves, few-flowered. Flowers pretty 
large, bright yellow. Bractes broad lanceolate, falling. 
Stamens as in the genus, except that, as in C. sophora 
and esculenta, the inferior one is small, and sterile. Stig- 
ma incurved, perforated. Paes sub-cylindric. Seeds 
very numerous. 
8. S. occidentalis. R. 
Annual, erect, ramous, Leaflets four or five pairs, ovate 
lanceolate, acuminate, having a dark brown, polished, 
_ hemispheric gland on the tumid base of the petiole. Le- 
_ gume linear, subcylindric. 
Cassia occidentalis. Willd. 2. 518. 
A native of Bengal. Flowering time the rainy season. 
The smell of every partheavy and offensive in the extreme. 
Stem erect, smooth, rather polished, somewhat ligne- 
ous, though generally annual. Branches many, ast B 
ing, flexuose, smooth, coloured with a mixture of dark 
purple and green ; height of the whole plant from three 
to six feet. Leaves alternate, pinnate, from four to eight 
inches long. Leaflets four or five pair, the lowermost 
ovate, and smallest, the superior ones ovate-oblong and 
much larger, all smooth, entire, and acuminate, fromi one — 
to three inches long, and from one to one and a half 
broad.  Petioles nearly round, and smooth; on the green . 
tumid base is a polished, dark brown, hemisphee Bo 
gland. ‘Stipules semi-ovate, aes curled, cadu 
