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* Pods usitalhj not elasdcalhj opmiitg. Funide of seed Jilifirm {Senna genidna). 

 X Pods compressed and often flat, sometimes winged {Chamcesenna). 

 f Perfect stamens 10 [Psilorhegma). 

 C. GLArcA, Lamk. S. var. a in the diy forests of Ava and Prome. 



var. ji ouly cultivated in Pegu. 

 Senna arhorescens and speciosa, Eoxb. 

 C. sujfruticosa, Koen. 

 Leaflets bluntisli or rounded, more or less glaucoiis beneath. Flowers yellovr, in 

 corymb-like racemes. Bracts small, persistent. Pods black, very flat, shortly stalked. 



var. a genuina. All parts more glabrous ; leaflets larger, bluntisli or acute, 

 more glaucous beneath. 



var. [i Kanigii ( C. fnificosa, Koen.; C. speciosa, Eoxb.). The young parts 

 more pubesceut. Leallets |-1 inch uuly, retuse, or rounded, less glaucous beneath. 



I I Perfect stamens 7. Pods much compressed. Flowers yellow. 



° Pods not winged. 



f Pods straight and acute. Trees or shrubs. 



A Stipules none or rerg deciduous. Petals i inch long. 



C. SiAMKA, Lamk. T. var « all over Burma, var. jj Ava and Prome only- 



C.florida, Vhl. 

 C. Sumatrana, Eoxb. 



Mai-zali or Meh-zali (Kurz). 



Adult parts glabrous. Bracts small, persistent, obovate with a subulate point 

 longer than the blade. Leaflets in 6-10 pairs, H-2 inches long. Pods velvety. 



var. a genuina. Leaves glabrous, the leaflets more glaucous beneath, 

 var. ji puberula. Eachis of leaves puberulous, leaflets puberulous (especially 

 ■while young), but less glaucescent beneath. A low rather stunted tree. 



Brandis, in his list of woods in 1862, describes this tree as " Cultivated, heart- 

 wood almost black, used for helves, walking sticks, mallets, etc.," and in Gamble's 

 manual the wood is described as " dark brown, nearly black, very hard," with the 

 same statement as above reproduced of its serving for mallets, helves and walking 

 sticks. Kow there is some mistake here ; and whatever tree Dr. Brandis had before him 

 when he penneil liis description, it was not, in my opinion, that commonly known in 

 Pegn as Maizali. Mai-zali, or Meh-zali, is a common tree, and its heartwood is a very 

 peculiar dark or blackish brown, witli a silky slieeu ; but as weak as rotten wood 

 almost, and this is so well understood tliat the natives ascend the tree with great 

 caution. It is indeed the weakest wood I know, and possesses none of the properties 

 attributed to it (W.T.). 



C. TiMOBiKxsis, DC. E.T. All over Burma. 



Toung-mai-zali (Kurz). 



All parts pubescent. Bracts leafy, broad-ovate, about I inch long. Leaflets in 

 10-20 pairs, 1-1 J inch long. Pods glabrous. 



A A Stipules large, cordate-semilunate, persistent. 



C. AiTRicuLATA, L. S. Common about Ava. 



More or less pubescent. Leaflets in 8-10 pairs, V— J inch long. Bracts ovate to 

 obovate-lanceolate, 3-4 lines long. Petals nearly an inch long. Pods shortly and 

 rather thinly pubescent. 



1 1 Pods lunate. 

 C. OBOVATA, CoUad. S. Ava. Ye-nfin-choung. 



Senna ohtusa, Eoxb. 

 Calyx glabrous. Petals 3-4 lines long. Pods shortly stalked, glabrous. 



