92 Leguminose. [ Cassia. 
A coarse annual, 1-3 ft. high; stem pubescent, green; leaf- 
rachis about 6 in. long with a cylindrical gland at the base 
of the petiole; stip. linear, usually caducous; lfts. 6-10, 
almost sessile, 34-44 inches long, elliptic-lanceolate, hairy; 
flowers in axillary or terminal, few-flowered racemes; pod 
linear, curved, hairy; 6 in. long, 4 in. broad. 
Waste places; common about Kandy. Fils. yellow. 
Native of Tropical America. 
5b. C. tavicata Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. p. 441 (1809); Prain, 
5G. Pp: 476. 
A shrub, up to 6 ft. high; stem glabrous, glaucous; leaf- 
rachis 4-6 in. long, with conical glands between each pair 
of leaflets; stip. linear, caducous; lfts. 6, shortly stalked, 
14-4 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, pale beneath; 
flowers in axillary and terminal racemes; pod cylindrical, 
straight, about 3 in. long. 
Waste places in the montane zone; common. Fls. Feb., Sept. ; 
yellow. 
Native of Tropical America ; introduced in Tropical Asia, Africa and 
Australia. 
5c. C. BICAPSULARIS Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 376 (1753); Bak. ia Ti ieee 
Ind: I], p. 263 (1879). 
A shrub, up to 5 ft. high; stem glabrous, green; leaf- 
rachis 14-2 in. long, with a clavate gland between the lowest 
pair of leaflets; stip. subulate, caducous; lfts. 6-8, shortly 
stalked, 1-14 in. long, obovate, glabrous, pale beneath; 
flowers in axillary racemes; pod cylindrical, straight, about 
6 in. long. 
Waste places; rather common about Kandy and Haragama. F's. 
April; yellow. 
Native of Tropical America. 
6a. C. aLata Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 378 (1753); Bak. in Fi Brigeiaeee 
p. 264 (1879). 
A scrub, up to 6 ft. high; stem minutely pubescent; leaf- 
rachis about 2 ft. long, without glands; stip. deltoid, per- 
sistent; Iflts. about 26, shortly stalked, 5-6 in. long, obovate- 
oblong, minutely puberulous on the veins beneath; flowers 
in terminal racemes; pod about 6 in. long, with a broad wing 
down the middle of each valve. 
Low moist country ; common in waste places. Fls. Oct. ; yellow. 
Native of Tropical America. 
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