418 XLVIII. LIXiUMINOS.'E. 



pubescent. Leafltts 4-S pairs, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, 2-5 by 1^- 

 3| in,, bright green and glabrous above, paler and silvery-pubescent 

 beneath when young, the midrib densely pubescent on the underside, 

 base cuneate ; main nerves numerous, close, conspicuous beneath ; 

 petiolules \-^ in. long, pubescent or glabrous. Tlowers in lax racemes 

 12-20 in. long; pedicels li-2] in. long, slender, pubescent or glabrous. 

 Calyx I in. long, divided to the base, pubescent ; segments cblong, 

 obtuse. Corolla Ig in. across, yellow; petals 5, subequal, obovate, 

 shortly clawed, veined. Stamens all antherii'erons, the 3 lowest the 

 longest with very long curved filaments and oblong anthers dehiscing 

 longitudinally, the 4 lateral with short straight filaments and versatile 

 anthers opening by pores at the base, the remaining 3 much smaller, 

 erect with indehlscent anthers. Pods 1-2 ft. long, |-1 in. in diam., 

 pendulous, cylindric, nearly straight, smooth, shining, brown-black, not 

 torulosp, indehiscent, with numerous (40-100) horizontal seeds immersed 

 in a dark-colored sweetish pulp, and completely separated by transverse 

 dissepiments. Seeds broadlv ovate, \ in. long, slightlv less in breadth, and 

 i in. thick. FI. B. I. V. 2, p. 2G1 ; Grab. Cat. p. 62 ;" Dalz. & Gibs. p. 80 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 103 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 143; AVoodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (18^8) p. 427; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 2, p. 217. Cassia rliomhifoUa, E.oxb. Hort. Beng. p. 31 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 269. — Flowers: Mar.-JNIay. Vekx. i?(/rrt ; Garmcll ; CJiiml-dni {S'md). 



Common throughout the Presidency in deciduous forests. Ivonkan: S/oc/isl; Ghiits 

 and hilly parts, Graham. Decc.vn : bills about Poena, Coukc\, li'oodrow I ; Deccaa 

 hills, Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Maluyii, China. 



The tree is known to Anglo-Indians as the Indian Lahurmim. The jnilp of the 

 fruit furnishes an excellent and safe purgative. The wood is also liarcl and durable 

 but is nut of sufllcicnt size for tiuiber. See Walt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Cassia occidentalism Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 377. A diffuse 

 (usually annual) undcrshrub 2-5 ft. high ; branches subglabrous, 

 furrowed, often purplish. Leaves very fetid w hen bruised, G-S in. long ; 

 rhachis glabrous, with a single sessile gland near its base. Leatlets 3-5 

 pairs, 1-4 by ^-1^ in., membranous, glaucous, ovate-lanceolate, gradually 

 attenuated to a very acute apex, glabrous above, glabrous or finely 

 pubescent beneath, base usually rounded and somewhat oblique; petiolules 

 very short. Flowers in short-peduncled few-flowered racemes, corymbose, 

 axillary and forming a terminal panicle ; pedicels spreading, \ in. long, 

 elongating to h in. in fruit ; bracts | in. long, ovate, acuminate, caducous, 

 while with a pink tinge. Calyx | in. long, divided to the base, glabrous ; 

 segments white, slightly tinged with pink, oblong, obtuse, membranous. 

 Petals 5, subequal, h in. long, o\ate-oblong, obtuse, yellow, faintly veined 

 \\ith orange. Stamens 10, ot' which the 3 upper are reduced to stami nodes, 

 the anthers of the remaining 7 perfect, the 3 lower longer and with 

 larger anthers than the 4 lateral ones. Pods 4-5 by •} in. and about 

 i in. thick, recurved, glabrous, com])ressed, transversely se[)tate, 

 distinctly torulose. Seeds i;0-3(>, ovoid, compressed, acute at one end 

 and rounded at the other, \ in. long by \ in. broad, hard, smooth, 

 f-hining, dark olive-green. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 202 ; Grab. Cat. p. 03 ; 

 Dak. & Gib?, p. 81 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 27 (1871) p. 532 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 105 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 427; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 221.— Flowers : Jan.-Mar. 

 Vkio. lida-U'ilda ; Kanvdd. 



