124 CISALPINE J;. 



shorter, densely silky, erect. Corolla twice as long, 



petals with long claws, equal : standard obovate, }4 inch 



broad, notched : wings oblong : keel petals overlapping 



at the back but scarcely united. Pod cylindrical with 



a stalk of ^ to I inch and equally long point, constricted 



between the seeds which if few may be far apart, very 



densely velvety. Seeds one to six, almost perfectly 



ovoid except for a swelling near the small hilum, 



polished, light coloured, t. 90. Wight Ic. 1054 ex. 



pods. 



On the open downs. Nilgiris : near Ootacamund in flower 

 all the year round, and down to Pykara, Kotagiri and Coonoor. 

 Fyson 679, 1784, 2239, 2723. Bourne 4592, 4020. Not 

 collected on Piilneys. 



Gen. Dist. Shevaroys, the hills of Western India, but apparently some- 

 what local, and not on the ghats of the Bombay presidency. 



The leaves have a rank smell when bruised, somewhat like that of the 

 English Elder, and on drying turn black. The flower is much compressed, 

 the standard being folded round at the base and leaving a small tubular 

 opening above the upper edge of the keel and wings. Partly because of 

 this folding but also of its thickness, the standard is very stiff, and is made 

 more so by the support of the upper calyx lobe. The keel and wings are 

 free of each other but small projections at the base of the latter fit into 

 hollows in the wings so that they must move together. A heavy insect 

 pushing its way down the tubular opening between the firm standard and 

 the wing petals would necessarily force the latter down and with them the 

 keel and so come into contact with the anthers, held in place as these are 

 by their stiff filaments. The flower thus appears adapted for visits by short- 

 tongued bees. 



C/ESALPINE/E. 



In this family (or sub-order) of the LEGUMINOS^ the 

 petals are nearly equal and similar, the uppermost is 

 inside the others in bud and often much the smallest, 

 the stamens are all free of each other, and typically ten 

 but often reduced to seven or fewer. In other respects it 

 is as given under LEGUMINOS^ p. 93. 



CASSIA. F.B.I. 50 cm. 



Herbs, shrubs and trees- Leaves even-pinnate, 



with one or more glands on the rachis. Flowers usually 



