FABACE.S:, OR LEGUMINOS^. 



Africa (Oudney), Cape de Verds. Only an introduced plant in 

 the West Indies. 



A perennial herbaceous plant, with erect or procumbent smooth 

 stems. Leaves equally pinnate, quite smooth, with no gland upon the 

 petiole ; leaflets 4—6 pair, obovate, rounded, but mucronate at the apex, 

 unequal at the base, the uppermost gradually the largest ; stipules 

 narrowly triangular, rigid, acute, spreading. Racemes erect, rather lax, 

 axillary, stalked, either longer or shorter than the leaves. Flowers like 

 those of C. lanceolata. Legumes oblong, falcate, membranous, smooth, 

 rounded at each end, with an elevated ridge upon the valves over each 

 side, so as to have an equally interrupted ridge along the middle ; 

 towards this ridge the veins of each suture are directed nearly at right 

 angles. — The leaves of this furnish the inferior Senna known by the 

 name of Aleppo and Italian. A comparison of authentic specimens 

 has quite satisfied me that the C. obtusa of Roxburgh from the Mysore 

 is identical with the C. obovata of Africa. 



540. C. Tora Linn. sp. pi. 538. DC. prodr. ii. 493. W. 

 and A. i. 290. — C. obtusifolia Burnt, fl. ind. 95. C. Galli- 

 naria Coll. mon. 96. Senna Tora Roxb. Jl. ind. ii. 340. C. Ta- 

 gera Lam. enc. i. 643. not of Linn. DC. prodr. ii. 494. Senna 

 toroides Roxb. jl. ind'xx. 341. (Rumph.v. t. 97. f. 2. Dill. elth. t. 

 63. f. 73. R/ieede ii. t. 53). — Mysore, Arabia. 



Annual. Stem nearly simple, about a foot high. Leaves abruptly 

 pinnated; leaflets in 3 pairs, obovate-cuneate, mucronulate, slightly 

 hair}', ciliated, shortly stalked, dull deep green above, pale and almost 

 glaucous beneath ; a single yellowish cylindrical gland between the 

 lowest pair of leaflets. Racemes short, 3-flowered, axillary. Petals 

 dull yellow, slightly tinged with green. Legumes from 3 to 4 inches 

 long, slender, straight, quadrangular, about 3 or 4-seeded, slightly con- 

 tracted between the seeds. — Leaves used to adulterate C. obovata, 

 to which it bears a good deal of resemblance. It may however be 

 readily known by its leaflets never being in more than 3 pairs, by their 

 distinctly cuneate form and ciliated margin, by the gland between the 

 lowest pair, and especially by the pods, which are long slender and 

 quadrangular, instead of being flat and falcate. 



541. C. medica Velloz. jl. flum. t. 62. Vogelin Linn. ii. 656. 

 — Brazil. 



A shrub. Branches angular, downy or smooth. Leaflets in 2 pairs, 

 ovate or oblong, unequal at the base, acuminate, emarginate, at first 

 covered beneath with a bright gold-coloured down, above very smooth 

 and shining ; an acute compressed gland between each pair of leaflets. 

 Racemes corymbose, minutely downy. Legume nearly taper. — Root 

 called " Febra fuge," used instead of Cinchona. Vogel. 



542. C. alata Linn. sp. 541. DC. prodr. ii. 492. W. and A. 

 i. 287. — C. herpetica Jacq. obs. ii. t. 45. f. 2. C. bracteata 

 Linn.f. suppl. 232. DC. prodr. 1. c. Senna alata Roxb.jl. ind. 

 ii. 349. (Rumph. vii. 1. 18.). — Gardens of India, but apparently 

 not indigenous. 



Stem erect, often as thick as a man's leg, marked by the cicatrices of 

 the fallen leaves, and the permanent stipules, which appear like prickles. 



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