■Senna, decandria monogynia. 345 



two inches long and three quarters of an inch broad. 

 Seeds from six to eight, wedge-shaped, rugose, &c. as in 

 Cassia senna. 



10. S. arborescens. R. 



Arboreous. Leaflets five or six pairs, oblong, with a 

 pedicelled gland between eadh of the lower two or three 

 pairs. Stipules falcate. Racemes axillary. Legumes linear, 

 thin, pendulous, many seeded. 



Cassia arborescens. Willd. 2. 520. 



C. glauca. Lamarck's EncycL 1. 647. 



Wellia tagera. Rheed- Mai. 6, t. 9, and 10. 



It is a native of various parts of India, and in blossom 

 in the Botanic garden at Calcutta most part of the year. 



Trunk rarely straight and in length and size very vari- 

 ous. Branches numerous, spreading in every direction. 

 Bark of the trunk, and larger branches of a brownish ash 

 colour, and tolerably smooth ; that of the young shoots 

 smooth and green. Leaves scattered, pinnate, from six to 

 ten inches long. Leaflets from four to six pair, elliptic ; the 

 inferior pairs smallest, and broader in proportion to their 

 length ; smooth on both sides, and of a pale green colour, 

 the superior pair about three inches long, and about one 

 and a quarter broad. Pe^io/es round, smooth having apedi- 

 celled, brown, round gland between each of the lower two 

 or three pairs of leaflets. Stipules falcate, incurved. /?«- 

 cemes axillary, solitary, about half the length of the leaves 

 erect, bearing near the apex, many, large, pale yellow, 

 long-pedicelled flowers. Bractes solitary, one-flowered, 

 elliptic, revohite, caducous. Calyx, leaflets very unequal, 

 pale yellow, smooth. Petals nearly equal, expanding. 

 Anthers all fertile, and nearly equal, though the inferior 

 two have much longer filaments than the other eight. 

 Legumes linear, thin, contracted between the seeds, 

 smooth, pendulous, from six to eight inches long, and 

 about three quarters of an inch broad. 



R r 



