420 xr.Yiii. Li:Gf.\[iNi)s.E. 



o. Cassia Tora, Lian. Sp, PL (1753) p. uTO. An aunual fetid 

 herb 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 3-i in. long; rhachis grooved, more or less 

 pubescent, with a conical gland between each of the 2 lowest pairs of 

 leaflets ; stipules |— | in. long, linear-subulate, caducous. Leaflets 

 3 pairs, opposite, 1-1 1 by 4-1 in. (the lowest pair the smallest), obovate- 

 objong, glaucous, membranous, glabrous or more or less pubescent, base 

 somewhat oblique, usually rounded ; main nerves 8-10 pairs ; petiolules 

 Yij in. long, pubescent, llowers usually in subsessile pairs in the axils 

 of the leaves, the upper crowded ; common peduncle in fruit not exceeding 

 i in. long ; pedicels in fruit rarely exceeding 5 in. long. Calyx 

 glabrous, divided to the base ; segments i in. long, ovate, acute, 

 spreading. Petals 5, pale yellow, subequal, J- by jL in., oblong, obtuse, 

 spreading, the upper petal (standard) 2-lobetl, the others entire. Stamens 

 10, the 3 upper reduced to minute staminodes, the remaining 7 perfect, 

 subequal. Pods 5-8 by ^-i in., subtetragonous, much curved when 

 yonng, obliquely septate, puberulous, not reticulate, the sutures very 

 broad. Seeds 25-30, rhombohedral, with the long axis in the direction 

 of the pod. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 538 (exclud. syn. lio)i. Li{(jd. tt 

 exclud. var. ft) ; Baker, in Hook. f. PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 2G3 (partly) {Bah. 

 & Gibs. p. 81 (partly) ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. !Soc. v. 27 (1871) p. 535 

 (partly) ; Grab. Cat. p. 63; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. lOG ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. oS'at. v. 11 (1898) p. 427; \Vatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 224. /SVuHrt I'ora, Koxb. PI. Ind. v. 2, p. 3J0. — Plowers : ^S'ov.-Dec. 

 Teen. T'dlU. 



A vpry common weed throughout the I'resiclency, where it may be found along 

 roadsides aud in waste ground. — Distrib. Throughout India, Ceylon, and the Tropics 

 generally, probably native in Asia onh'. 



0. Cassia obtusifolia, X//U/. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 377. An aunual 

 herb 2-7 ft. high, not fetid. Lf-aves 3-4 in. long ; rhachis grooved, 

 more or less pubescent, with a conical gland between the lowest pair of 

 leaflets only ; stipules |-| in. long, linear-subulatp, caducous. Leaflets 

 3 pairs, opposite, i-l| by ^-| in. (the lowest pair the smallest), obovate- 

 oblong, green, membranous, glabrous or more or less pubescent, base 

 somewhat oblique, usually rounded; main nerves 8-10 pairs ; petiolules 

 JL in. long, pubescent. Plowers usually in subsessile pairs in the 

 axils of the leaves, the upper crowded ; common peduncle in fruit not 

 exceeding 1 in. long ; pedicels in flower 1-li in. long. Calyx glabrous, 

 divided to the base ; segments i in. long, ovate, acute, spreading. 

 Petals 5, bright yellow, subequal, | by ^ in., oblong, obtuse, the upper 

 petal (standard) truncate. Stamens 10, the 3 upper reduced to mintite 

 staminodes, the remaining 7 perfect, subequal. Pods 8-10 by i in., 

 subterete, obliquely septate, glabrous, transversely reticulate, the sutures 

 broad. Seeds 30-35, rhombohedral, -I- in. long. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 

 p. 539 (as to the plant, but exclud. references to Uillenius and Eumphius). 

 Cassia Tora, Baker, in Hook. f. PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 203 (in part), tiot of Linn. 

 Cassia Tora, var. ft, W . & A. Prod. p. 201 (exclud. references to liheede 

 and Lamarck). Senna ioroiihs, Koxb. PI. Ind. v. 2, p. 341. 



The plant may be distinguished from Cassia Tora to which it is 

 closely allied, by its greater size, longer pedicels and larger flowers, by 

 its odor which is bland and not fetitl (as in C. Tora), by the presence of 

 a gland between the lowest pair of leaflets only, and by its reticulate 

 and subterete pods. Roxburgh (/. c.) very clearly points out the specific 



