42. CMSAL PIN I A OEM. [ 3. Cassia . 



Lflts. 4-8 prs., 2-6' long ovate or ovate-oblong acuminate with close 

 strong secondary nerves. Racemes 1-2 ft. Fls. H-2£ 7 diam. Pod indehis- 

 oent with numerous transverse septa and flat seeds. 



The flowers are eaten. Decoctions of the leaves and fruit are used aa 

 laxatives. The pulp surrounding the seeds is the Cassise Pulpa of the 

 British Pharmacopoeia. Iij is made into a sherbert in Chota Nagpor. 

 .The wood is strong and durable. 



C. javaniea. L. is a low tree with long spreading and weeping branches 

 pubescent branchlets and oblong leaves 6-8" long tomentose. Lflts 8-12 

 prs- }-l%'' long, minutely pubesent above, silky below, oblong obtuse or 

 truncate, apiculate. Pod about 9' by \' f (unripe), terete Seeds transverse 

 embedded in flesh, and separated by septa. Allied to C. fistula, flowers 

 and ripe pods not seen. Planted in Dmnka station, esp. in front of the 

 Circuit house. It may be C. marginata, Roxb.? Fls. not seen. 



3. C, siamea, Lamk. Often called Siris locally. 



A mod.-sized tree with leaves 6-12'' long, 6-14 prs. of 

 oblong leaflets l|-2-|* long and numerous very large erect 

 panicles of bright-yellow flowers. 



, Not indigenous, but very commonly planted and often self-sown. It is 

 a wonderfully rapid grower attaining 20 ft. in 2-3 years, but is short-lived, 

 and very little else will grow in its vicinity. The heart- wood is deep- 

 brown but useless. Fls. 8epL~Dec. Evergreen. 



Lflts. emarginate with a small bristle. Panicles of numerous corymbi- 

 form racemes. Pods flat 6-9'' long. 



4. C. OCCidentalis, L. Kaiu, K. ; Kasondi, H. 



An erect stont herb or nndershrub 2-4 ft. high with leaves 

 6-12* long and abont 5 prs. of ovate or ovate-oblong lflts. 

 l|-4" long. Flowers yellow J-f diam., in axillary and 

 terminal short racemes, sometimes panicled. Pod 4-5" long, 

 flattened, septate slightly falcate with numerous seeds. 



Annual. Very common in waste ground during the rains. Fls. 8ept.- 

 Nov. Ft. Dec.-Jany. 



Foetid. Stems grooved. Petiole with a gland just above the base. 



5. C, sophera, L. 



A shrub 6-7 ft. somewhat resembling the last but leaflets 

 5-12 prs. oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, finely acute or 

 acuminate, mostly 1-3" long. Fls. 1-1J* diam. in short 



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