Senna' decandria monogynia. 347 



13. S. sophora. R. 



Annual, erect. Leaves from eight to ten-paired, lance- 

 olar, smooth ; the lower much smaller, a clavate gland 

 at the base of the petiole. Upper petal retuse. The 

 lower and three upper stamina sterile. Legume linear, 

 turoid, many-seeded. 



Cassia sophora. Willd. 2. 525, 



Beng. Kwl-kashinda, and the dark purple variety, 

 which is as common as the green, they call Kala-kul ka- 

 shinda. 



Ponnam-tagera. Hort. Mai. 2. f. 5*2. 



Gallinaria acutifolia. Rumph. Amb. 6. t. Q7.f. 1. 



A native of Bengal, &c. Flowering in the rainy and 

 cold season. 



14. S. speciosa. R. 



Arborescent. Leaflets from eight to nine-paired, oblong, 

 obtuse, having a smooth pedicelled gland between the 

 lower two, or three pairs. Racemes axillary, long-pedun- 

 cled. Legumes leafy, linear. 



This species I have only found in gardens ; there it is 

 a most shewy plant, and in flower most part of the year. 



Trunk erect. Branches many, ascending. Leaves nu- 

 merous, about six. inches long. Leaflets from eight to 

 nine pair, oblong, obtuse, smooth, the interior pairs larg- 

 est ; a pedicelled gland between each of the lower two 

 or three pairs. Stipules ensiform, inflexed. Racemes axil- 

 lary, solitary, long-peduncled. Flowers numerous, large, 

 yellow. Bractes solitary, one-floweretl, lanceolar oblong. 

 Stamens, all the len feriile. Legumes thin, leafy, about six 

 inches long, and less than one broad. 



15- S. Sumatrana. R- 



Arboreous. Leaflets from six to ten pairs, oblong, emar- 

 ginate, smooth, glands none. Stipules minute, subulate. 

 Panicles tenuinal. Legumes linear, compressed, many- 

 seeded. 



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