346 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Senna. 



11. S. officinalis. Gcert. 



Biennial, rainous. Leaflets six-paired, lanceolar, no 

 glands. 5'^ipM/(?s acute, expanding. JRacemei axillary. Le- 

 gumes oblong, incurved, thin. 



Cassia Senna. Willd. 2. 520. 



Arab, Suna, or Sena. 



A native of the interior of India, as well of Arabia, &c. 



12. S. esculenfa. R. 



Annual, erect. Leaflets seven or eight pair, lanceo- 

 late, acute. Racemes terminal, panicled. Legumes linear, 

 turgid, many-seeded. 



Teling. Ni/tee-kashinda-kwra. , 



A large, erect, annual, much like cassia sopliora, but 

 not so very offensive in its smell. It grows about 

 hedges, rubbish, &c. with that plant, but is not so com- 

 mon. Flowers during the cold season. 



Stem eject, flexuose, a little furrowed, commonly from 

 two to three feet high. Branches few, nearly erect, axilla- 

 ry, in form like the stem. Leaves alternate, abruptly- 

 pinnate, six or seven inches long. Leaflets Irom six to 

 nine pair, lanceolate, acute, entire, smooth, soft, when 

 young a little downy ; two or two and a half inches 

 long, and three-fourths of an inch broad. Petioles chan- 

 nelled, ending in a brown bristly point. Glands a club- 

 bed one near the base of the petiole. tS/ipw/es small, ca- 

 ducous. Racemes terminal, and from the exterior axils, 

 the terminal one a large, compound pannicle, the axil- 

 lary ones smaller and simple. Flowers middle-sized, 

 yellow. Stamens, the lower one small and sterile, the next 

 two large ; the next four middle-sized ; the upper three 

 small and sterile. 



The smell of this plant is heavy, and disagreeable. Its 

 leaves are eaten in curries by the natives. 



