342 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Senna. 



5. S. aurata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaflets three pair, ovate-oblong, pointed, 

 smooth, having a conic gland between each pair. Stipules 

 and bractes ensiforni. Racemes corymbose. Legumes cy- 

 lindric, obtuse, pendulous. 



A stout, lucid, very handsome shrub, with many large, 

 bright gold coloured flowers ; a native of the countries 

 and islands to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal. In the 

 Botanic garden at Calcutta it blossoms freely during 

 the rains and the seed ripens in the cool season. 



6. S. bicapsularis. R. 



Shrubby, with long, weak, slender, smooth, subcandent 

 branches. Leaflets four-pair, obovate ; a globular yellow 

 gland between the lower pair. Stipules subulate. Ra- 

 cemes axillary:, as long as the leaves. Two of the anthers 

 much larger. Legume torulose, many- seeded. 



Cassia bicapsularis. JVilld. 2. 516. 



Probably not a native of India ; how it came into the 

 Botanic garden at Calcutta is uncertain, but there it is 

 now common, and blossoms about the close of the rains 

 in September and October. 



7. S. purpurea. R. 



Annual, erect, smooth. Leaflets from four to six pair, 

 lanceolar, on hemispheric glands at the base of the 

 petiole, the lower one and three superior stamens sterile. 

 Legumes turgid, many-seeded. 



Beng. Kala-Kalkashinda. 



Teling Conda kashinda. 



A large, erect, ramous, annual species, a native of the 

 mountainous parts of the Coast. I have raised it from 

 seeds in my garden, and from these plants this descrip- 

 tion is taken. Flowering time the cold season, the whole 

 plant is about three feet high. 



Stem erect, as thick as the little finger, round, smooth. 



