Cassia LEGUMINOS.E 101 



I. Perfect stamens usually 7 ; the 3 lowest with long curved 

 filaments, longer than the petals, and anthers ovate or ellipsoidal, 

 not more than 4-6 mm. 1., opening by longitudinal chinks ; 

 filaments of the 4 or 5 intermediate stamens much shorter, 

 anthers opening by pores at the base ; the uppermost 3 or 2 

 much smaller and usually imperfect. Pod long, smooth and 

 cylindrical, or rough and slightly compressed, hard, not splitting 

 open. Seeds flattened parallel to the transverse partitions. 

 Glands on leaves wanting. 



1. C. grandis Linn. f. Suppl. 230 (1781); leaflets, 8-20 paii^. 

 oblong, rounded at both ends, with sparse minute hairs on the 

 upper surface, pubescent-tomentose beneath, 2 5-6 cm. 1. ; anthers 

 pubescent ; pod compressed-cylindrical, rough with transverse 

 markings, one margin with a prominent obtuse rib, the other 

 with 2 prominent ribs. Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 207 ; Bentli. in FL 

 Bras. xv. pt. 2, 93 & Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 515 ; Urb. Si/mb. Ant. 

 iv. 272. O. brasiliana Lam. Encyc. i. 649 (1783) ; Macf. Jam. i. 337. 

 C. fistula flore incarnato brasiliana Breyn. Cent. Prim. 58, t. 21 

 (t. 14 cited by Linn. f. should be excluded on account of the form 

 of the leaves). C. nigra . . . Brasiliana Sloane Cat. 146 & 

 Hist. ii. 44. C. foliis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 223. C. javanica 

 L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 542 (1762) (so far as regards syn. Browne, 

 Bauhin, and Sloane); Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 ; Wright Mem. 197. 



Horse Cassia. 



Barham in Hb. Sloane! "Common in lowland woods by the sides of 

 rivulets," Slcane Herb. vi. 21 ! Houstoun\ Oerstedl Jcnmanl Priestmans 

 River, Wates I Fl. Jam. 408. Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, 

 St. Cruz, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent, Central America, Colombia, Guiana. 



Tree, 40-50 ft. high ; the twigs, petioles and inflorescence covered with 

 rusty or white pubescence. Leaves l'5-2'5 dm. 1. Racemes lateral, simple, 

 1-2 dm. 1. Calyx 6-9 mm. 1. Petals roundish, 1-1-4 cm. 1. Ovary 

 tomentose-villose. Pod 2-5-6 dm. 1., about 4 cm. br., inside with transverse 

 partitions, the cells filled with pulp. 



The pulp is used like that of C. fistula, but is coarser and more 

 powerful. The wood is strong and handsome, and useful for many 

 purposes. 



[C. marg-inata Boxb. Hort. Benn. 31 (1814); FL Ind. ii. 

 338 (1832) ; leaflets 10-15 pairs, oblong, apex emarginate, 

 mucronate, unequal at the base, glabrate on upper surface, tomen- 

 tose beneath, 2-3 '5 cm. 1.; anthers glabrous; pod cylindrical, 

 somewhat contracted between the seeds. Grim-b. /or. cit. ; Bentli. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. .rxvii. 517 ; W<L<. in A*/ y >//* f,V<>/n,/. .lain. -77. 

 C. Roxburgh!! DC. Prodr. ii. 489 (1825) ; \Vi,,hi Ittustr. t. 83. 



Naturalized, Wilson. India, Ceylon. 



A small ornamental tree ; twigs, petioles, and inflorescence tomentose. 

 Leaves 1-5-2-5 dm. 1. Racemes axillary, somewhat corymbose, much 

 shorter than the leaves, 5-8 cin. 1. Calyx 5-6 mm. 1. Petals pink or 



