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ten employed to cure ring-worms. They are well rubbed 

 into the parts affected, once or twice a day, and generally 

 with great success. 



Seeds from the West Indies received into the Bo- 

 tanic garden at Calcutta, under the name Cassia herpeti- 

 ca produced this very plant. 



18. S. glauca. R. 



Arboreous. Leaflets as far as sixteen pair, linear, ob- 

 tuse, smooth, no glands. Stipules minute. Panicles ter- 

 minal, composed of distinct corymbs. Legume linear, 

 from eight to ten-seeded, having a conical gland on the 

 upper edge of its pedicel which is particularly conspicu- 

 ous in the germ. 



A pretty large tree, a native of the Carnatic, from hence 

 Dr. Berry sent seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, 

 where it blossoms in November and December, with 

 Senna Sumatrana which it much resembles, but differs in 

 the number, and shape of the leaves, the shape of the pe- 

 tals, and the pale glaucus colour of the whole foliage, the 

 seed ripens in March. 



Trunk of young three-years-old trees in the Botanic 

 garden erect, thick as a man's leg, with smooth brownish 

 bark. Branches spreading ; young shoots smooth and 

 coloured, whole height of the trees about fifteen feet. 

 Leaves alternate, pinnate, from six to twelve inches long. 

 Leaflets from eight to sixteen pair, linear-oblong, smooth, 

 obtuse, with a slender bristle at the apex, from one to 

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

 channelled, and destitute of glands. Stipules minute, ca- 

 ducous. Panicles terminal, composed of simple, expand- 

 ing corymbs. 



A single, simple, similar corymb is generally found in 

 the axil of each of the exterior leaves. Flowers pretty 

 large, yellow. Petals the lower pair larger, and more re- 

 mote from each other. Stamens simple, seven are near- 



