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— Cassia, n. 152, Linn.! fl. Zeyl—Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 97. f. 2.—a; diffuse, 
1-2 feet high, two lower pair of leaflets each with a gland between them.— 
Linn.! sp. p. 588; DC. L c. p. 493; Spr. l. c. p. 339.—Senna Tora, Roxb: fl. 
Ind. 2. p. 340 ; Dill. Elth. t. 63. f. 13.—8 ; stout, erect, 3-6 feet high ; lower 
pair of leaflets only with a gland between them.—C. Tagera, Lam. enc. meth. 
1. p. 643 (not Linn.) ; DC. l. c. p. 494; Spr. syst. 2. p. 340.—C. toroides, 
Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1417.—Senna toroides, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 341.— 
Rheed. Mal. 2. t. 53. 
The figure in the Hort. Mal. is undoubtedly an accidental state of this 
plant, and hence we have referred above to C. Tagera of Lamarck, a species 
founded upon it. Lamarck doubts if the Linnean plant be the same, and 
De Candolle and Colladon arrange it next the other under the name of C. 
ciliaris. It is, however, very distinct. * 
§ 6. Absus, DC.—Sepals a little obtuse or slightly acute. Petals nearly equal. 
Stamens 5-10, about equal, all fertile! Anthers with two clefts at the 
apex. Legumes flat-compressed, 1-celled or with imperfect partitions, 
dry, without pulp, few-seeded. Seeds vertical, ovate, compressed : podo- 
sperm short, scale-like-—Biennial or suffrutescent plants. Leaflets 2 pair. 
Upper flowers forming a short terminal raceme, the lower ones sometimes 
axillary and solitary. Pedicels minutely bracteolate about the middle. 
901. (17) C. Absus (Linn. :) biennial, all over clammy except the leaves : 
branches diffuse: leaves long-petioled ; leaflets 2 pair, obovate, obtuse, 
glabrous, or slightly hairy on the under side: lower flowers axillary, solitary ; 
upper ones forming a short raceme: pedicels short, with a bractea at their 
base, and minute bracteoles about the middle: stamens 5, all fertile: legume 
nearly straight, obliquely pointed, much compressed, sprinkled with rigid 
hairs, few-seeded.—Linn./ sp. p. 537; DC. prod. 2. p. 500; Spr. syst. 2. 
p. 340; Wall.! L. n. 5314 ; Wight! cat. n. 656.—C. viscosa, Roxb. in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 626.— Cassia, n. 153, Linn.! fl. Zeyl.—Senna absus, Roxb. fl. Ind. 
2. p. 340.— Burm. Zeyl. t. 975 Pluk. t. 60. f. 1. 
$7. Chamseerista, DC.—Sepals acuminated, about equal. Stamens 10, or 
from abortion 4-7, all fertile. Anthers oblong, glabrous, 2—pored. Le- 
gume erect, linear, flat-compressed, dehiscent, several-seeded, destitute of 
pulp. Seeds vertical, compressed ovate or square.— Herbaceous or suffru- 
tescent plants. Leaflets imbricated during night. Stipules many-nerved 
at the base. Flowers erect, pedicelled, 1-4 together on short somewhat 
axillary peduncles, or 1-4 together in the axils without peduncles: pedi- 
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few characters of a permanent nature remain : perhaps these are only to be looked 
rin the number and relative size of the stamens, and the shape and position of 
glands on the petiole: out of the 40 species, therefore, characterized by Colladon 
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