Cassia.] xlvii. leguminos.e. 619 



staminodes. Pod falcate, 6 to 8 in. long, -25 in. wide, sub-terete, 

 villous, valves papery. Seed small, -15 in. long, ovate, brown, 90 

 to 120. Hab. Waste ground. An introduced American weed. 

 Formerly occurring in Tanglin, Yo Chukang and other parts of 

 Singapore. Selangor, near Batu Caves. Native name : Sinteng. 



(9) C. alata Linn. Sp. PI. 378; Baker, I.e. ii. 264; Prain, I.e. 

 161. 



Large lax-branched shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves i to 2 ft. 

 long ; leaflets 8 to 14, stiff papery, light green, linear-oblong obtuse, 

 base rounded, glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long, i to i'5 in. wide. Flowers 

 in erect spike-like racemes 6 to 18 in. long, at first covered with 

 large ovate-rounded orange bracts, 75 in. long. Sepals spathulate, 

 obtuse, "I in. long, -6 in. wide, orange. Petals ovate-orbicular 

 1-25 in. long, yellow orange. Stamens 7 ; staminodes 3. Pod black, 

 6 to 8 in. long, '8 in. wide, winged. Seeds 50 to 60, triangular, 

 •25 in. long. Hab. Damp spots near cultivation. An American 

 plant now dispersed all over the tropics and valued for the use 

 of its leaves in skin disease, popularly known as " seven golden 

 candlesticks." Native names : Gelenggang; Daun Kurap. 



(10) C. mimosoides Linn. Sp. PI. 379 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 266. 

 Low slender shrublet about 6 to 12 in. tall or taller. Leaves 



3 to 4 in. long ; leaflets 40 to 60 pairs, linear mucronate, *! to •15 in. 

 long, glabrous. Flowers axillary solitary or 2 to 3. Sepals linear- 

 lanceolate "25 to "3 in. long. Petals sub-equal elliptic or sub- 

 orbicular, short-clawed, obtuse. Stamens 10, all perfect, alternately 

 long and shorter. Pod 2 in. long, '2 in. wide, linear, flat. Seeds 

 20 to 26, rhomboid, dark brown. Hab. Open grassy spots. Johor, 

 Castle wood. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang, top 

 of Government Hill. Distrib. S.E. Asia. 



(11) C. Leschenaultiana DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Gen. ii. 

 (2), 132; Prain, I.e. 165. C. mimosoides var. Wallichiana Baker, 

 in Hook. ill. F .B.I. ii. 266. 



Slender shrubby plant pubescent, 6 in. to i ft. or more tall. Leaves 

 I to 2 in. long ; leaflets 16 to 24 pairs, narrow oblong, mucronate, 

 glabrous or puberulous, '4 to '6 in. long, 'i to •15 in. across. Flowers 

 axillary, i to 3 together. Sepals unequal linear-lanceolate, "35 in. 

 long. Petals sub-equal, elliptic or orbicular, yellow, '4 to '6 in. 

 long. Stamens 10 (or 9 or 7, the upper i or 2 reduced to stami- 

 nodes). Pod I to 1*5 in. long, "2 in. across, linear, flat. Seeds 8 

 to 16, rhomboid. Hab. Grassy spots, roadsides. Singapore, 

 formerly common in Tanglin ; Bukit Mandai. Perak, Temengoh. 

 Penang Hill, 2000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Lidia, Cochin- 

 China. 



Excluded Species 



Cassia javanica Linn. Sp. PL 379. A medium-sized tree with 

 blunt leaflets and corymbs of pink flowers with blunt petals. 



