3. Cassia.] 42. C2ESAZPIN1ACEM 



axillary and terminal panicles. Pod less flattened than in 

 occidentalis. 



Not nearly so common as the last, usually near villages. Fls. Aug.-Nov. 

 Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



6. C. tora> L. Jomai-Kaiu K. ; Bheda-deren, chakaoda, 

 S. J Chekor, Kharw, ; Chakunda, JT. 



An erect herb l-2f ft. high with 3 prs, of obovate leaflets 

 increasing in size from the base of the rachis upwards. Fls. £" 

 diam. solitary or paired axillary. Pods snb-terete or 4 angular 

 slender, falcate 6-12" long, incompletely septate with 

 numerous brown oblong seeds \ v % 



Very common and sub-gregarious in waste ground in the rains. Fls. 

 Bept.-Oct. Fr. Nov-.~Dec. Annual. 



The young leaves (Chakaoda ara, K.) and frui f are eaten. The plant 

 has usually a foetid smell. 



7. C, obtusifolia, L. Syn. Senna, toroides, Roxb. 



Like a tall variety of C. Tora with only one gland between the lowest 

 pair of leaflets, while typical C, Tora has a gland between the two lowest 

 pairs. Prain agreeing with Eoxburgh considers that it should be reckoned 

 as a distinct species from C. Tora as the leaves are less prominently 

 veined, not glaucous and the flowers larger and pedicels longer. It is said 

 to lack moreover, the foetid smell of C. Tora, and its pod is less quadrate. 

 I have grown plants with leaves foetid and glauoous beneath, and only 

 bearing 1 gland except on the lowest one or two leaves which had two 

 and such plants may also be discovered. in a wild state. 



8. C, absus, L. 



An erect viscous-hairy herb with only 2 pre. of leaflets and terminal 

 racemes of small yellow or red flowers with only 4 perfect stamens. 



J-., with petiole 1^-2''. Lflts. 1-2" unequal-sided. Pod 5-6 seeded. 



In somewhat open stony jungles and waste ground, frequent. 



Fls. Aug. -Sept. Annual. 



9. C. pumila, Lamk. and C. mimusoidee, L. Ot-kondro, B. are 

 easily distinguished by their very numerous small lflts., the latter is often 

 an erect undershrub, but C. pumila diffuse and prostrate. The latter »° 

 common in forest land and the former in waste land. 



C glataea, Lamk. Var. suffruticosa is mentioned by Campbell as 

 occurring in Manbhum. It is a shrub with 10 perfect equal stamens, and 

 pale yellow flowers iu axillary corymbs. Probably only cultivated. 



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