Senna. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 349 
16. S. auriculata. R. 
Shrubby. Leaflets ten-paired, oblong. Stipules ear- 
shaped. Racemes terminal, corymbiform. Legumes mem- 
branous, from ten to twelve seeded. 
Cassia auriculata, Willd. 2. 526. 
Teling. 'Tangheroo. 
It is one of the most common shrubs on the coast of 
Coromandel, looks well, and is in flower during the whole. 
of the year. 
Stems trifling, crooked. Branches spreading i in all direc- 
tions ; bark dark-coloured, and pretty smooth ; the whole 
plant is in general from four to eight feet high. Leaves 
scattered, from eight to twelve-paired. Leaflets oblong,. 
entire, mucronate, a little downy. Glands a subulate 
one between each pair of leaflets. Stipules kidney-form, 
behind is along spur on the side next the petiole. Ra- 
cemes terminal, and from the exterior axils, sometimes 
compound, corymbiform. Bractes three-fold at the in-— 
Sertion of the pedicels, Flowers large, numerous, bright 
yellow. Calyx, the two exterior leaflets small. Stamens 
asin the genus, Legume linear, membranaceous, waved, 
from ten to twelye-seeded. ; 
With the bark the natives commonly tan and dye their 
leather of a buff colour, It is a pretty strong, eee as- 
tringent. 
The caterpillar ofa large species of silk worm feeds on 
penton of this plant, yee: Aaa 
yy, S. alata. R. 
Shrubby. Leaflets from ten to twelve pair, linear-ob-. 
long ; no glands. Racemes terminal. Bractes coloured, 
caducous. Legumes enlarged on each side with a broad | 
Crenulated wing. Seeds numerous. __ ; 
Cassia alata. Willd. 2. 523. Herpetica, Sic obs 2. . 
24. t. 45. f.2. a 
Herpetica, Rumph, Amb, 7, t. 18. 
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