Senna. ' DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 347 
13. S. sophora. R. 
Annual, erect. Leaves from eight to ten-paired, lance- 
- olar, smooth ; the lower much smaller, a clavate gland 
at the base of the petiole. Upper petal retuse. The 
lower and three upper stamina sterile. Legume linear, 
turgid, many-seeded. 
Cassia sophora. Willd. 2. 525. 
Beng. Kul-kashinda, and the dark purple variety, 
which is as common as the Mite they call Kala-kul ka- 
. shinda. 
Ponnam-tagera. Hort. Mal. 2. t. 52. 
Gallinaria acutifolia. Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 97. f. 1. 
A native of Bengal, &c. Flowering in the rainy and 
cold season. 
14. S. speciosa. R. 
Arborescent. Leaflets from eight to nine-paired, oblong, 
obtuse, having a smooth pedicelled gland between the 
lower two, or three pairs. Racemes axillary, long-pedun- 
Cled. Legumes leafy, linear. 
‘This species I have only found in gardens; there it is 
“a most shewy plant, aud in flower most part of the year. 
Trunk erect, Branches many, ascending. Leaves nu- 
merous, about six inches long. Leaflets from eight to 
nine pair, oblong, obtuse, smooth, the interior pairs larg- 
est ; a pedicelled gland ‘bebween each of the lower two 
or three pairs. Stipules ensiform, inflexed. Racemes axil- 
lary, solitary, long-peduncled, Flowers numerous, large, 
yellow. Bractes solitary, one-flowered, lanceolar oblong. 
Stamens, all the ten fertile. Legumes thin, leafy, about six 
inches long, and less than one broad. 
15. S. Sumatrana., R. i 
Arboreous. Leaflets from six to ten pairs, oblong, emar- 
ginate, smooth, glands none. Stipules minute, subulate. 
Panicles terminal. Legumes linear, Es, pa | : 
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