Senna. decandria monogynia. 343 



somewhat woody, purple coloured. Branches numer- 

 ous, ascending:, a little flexuose, very smooth ; of a deep, 

 clear, reddish purple colour. Leaves remote, from four to 

 six-paired. Leaflets oblong^, lanceolar, smooth, entire, 

 ending in a soft bristle, the interior one generally the 

 largest ; in breadth nearly equal, from one to one and a 

 half inches long, and about half an inch broad. Petioles 

 smooth, purple, channelled. Glands a semiglobular one 

 near the base of the petiole. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the leaves, few-flowered. Flowers pretty 

 large, bright yellow. Bractes broad lanceolate, falling. 

 Stamens as in the genus, except that, as in C. sophora 

 and esculenta, the inferior one is small, and sterile. Stig- 

 ma incurved, perforated. Legumes sub-cylindric. Seeds 

 very numerous. 



8. S. occidentalis . R. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Leaflets four or five pairs, ovate 

 lanceolate, acuminate, having a dark brown, polished, 

 hemispheric gland on the tumid base of the petiole. Le- 

 gume linear, subcylindric. 



Cassia occidentalis. Willd. 2. 518. 



A native of Bengal. Flowering time the rainy season. 

 The smell of every part heavy and oftensive in the extreme. 



Stem erect, smooth, rather polished, somewhat ligne- 

 ous, though generally annual. Branches many, ascend- 

 ing, flexuose, smooth, coloured with a mixture of dark 

 purple and green ; height of the whole plant from three 

 to six feet. Leaves alternate, pinnate, from four to eight 

 inches long. Leaflets four or five pair, the lowermost 

 ovate, and smallest, the superior ones ovate-oblong and 

 much larger, all smooth, entire, and acuminate, from one 

 to three inches long, and from one to one and a half 

 broad. Petioles nearly round, and smooth; on the green 

 tumid base is a polished, dark brown, henfispheric 

 gland. Stipules semi-ovate, acuminate, curled, cadu- 



