177 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS, 
* * C ZSALPINEOUS GENERA. 
Cassia. Linneus. 
Sepals 5, somewhat unequal. Petals 5, unequal. Stamens 10, unequal : 
3 long, 4 short, 3 abortive. 
1. C. elongata Lemaire.—(TinnIvetty Senna.) 
Leaflets lanceolate, rather downy beneath, with fine close-pressed hairs ; 
_ petiole without gland ; pods oblong, membranous. 
abitat. Arabia. 
Quality, Leaves purgative, scarcely tonic. 
Uses. “Constipation, worms, &c. 
2. C. acutifolia Delile.—(ALBxANDRIAN SENNA.) Fig. 247. 
Habitat, Egypt and Nubia. 
eaty and Uses. As in the last. 
- ©. obovata Colladon. C. Senna Linneus.—(BLuNT-LEAVED SENNA.) 
Leaflets obovate, obtuse ; petiole without gland ; pods flat, curved, tumid, 
_ and crested about the middle. 
ten t, Indi 
Quality and Hoe ye last, but less esteemed ; probably owing to the extensive 
eration to which this sort is subject. 
» Fistula Linneeus.—(Puppine Pre TREE.) 
oe long, cylindrical, with a pulpy chamber for every seed. 
Dae pe 
_ Mixed with other posal ; called Cassia by pharmaceutical writers. 
Tamarinpus. Linnceus. 
‘i 5, tubular, reflexed : the two lower entirely connate. Petals 3. 
9-10, monadelphous : 7 sterile. Pod many-seeded, filled 
with pulp Cee 
Fig, 247.—Cassia acutifolia; a, an expanded flower. 
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