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16. S. auricidata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaflets ten-paired, oblong. Stipules ear- 

 shaped. Racemes terminal, corymbiform. Legumes mem- 

 branous, from ten to twelve seeded. 



Cassia auriculata. Willd. 2. 526. 



Teling. Tangheroo. 



It is one of the most common shrubs on the coast of 

 Coromandel, looks well, and is in flower during the whole 

 of the year. 



Stems trifling, crooked. Branches spreading in all direc- 

 tions ; bark dark-coloured, and pretty smooth ; the whole 

 plant is ill general from four to eight feet high. Leaves 

 scattered, from eight to twelve-paired. Leaflets oblong, 

 entire, mucronate, a little downy. Glands a subulate 

 one between each pair of leaflets. Stipules kidney-tbim, 

 behind is a long spur on the side next the petiole. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, and from the exterior axils, sometimes 

 compound, corymbiform. Bractes three-fold at the in- 

 sertion of the pedicels. Flowers large, numerous, bright 

 yellow. Calyx, the two exterior leaflets small. Stamens 

 as in the genus. Legume linear, membranaceous, waved, 

 from ten to twelve-seeded. 



With the bark the natives commonly tan and dye their 

 leather of a buff colour. It is a pretty strong, simple as- 

 tringent. 



The caterpillar of a large species of silk w^orm feeds on 

 the leaves of this plant. 



17. S. alata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaflets from ten to twelve pair, linear-ob- 

 long ; no glands. Racemes terminal. Bractes coloured, 

 caducous. Legumes enlarged on each side with a broad 

 crenulated wing. Seeds numerous. 



Cassia alata. Willd. 2. 523. Herpetica. Jacq. obs. 2. 

 24. t. 45 /. 2. 



Herpetica, Rumph. Amb. 7. t. 18. 



