xi.viri. i,r,(;uMiN()s r. 423 



Cassia (Oit/i/.'i/ijolti', \'!ilil, Syiiil)., ii jjliint witli jiods very 8imil;ir to llioso of C/issia 

 hjloserkca but vvitli narrow liiiicccjlato loallet?, is a native of Tropical Africa and has 

 no claim to bo considered indii^enous in India. It was {fide Dalzell & Gibson) first 

 grown at llur.i from seed supplied from Aden by C'nplain Haines, and was subsequently 

 grown extensively at llura and at G.uief-h Kiiind near Poona to snpply senna leaves 

 to tlio liombay Medical Stores. J Is enltivation in tiiese localities lias been discontinued 

 for many years, as it was found tiiat leaves could be supplied at a cheaper rate from 

 Tinnevelly in S. India, where tiie plant i.s still veiy largely grown, than they could bo 

 supplied froni Poona. 



10. Cassia montana, l/cifne, ^.c Roth, Kov. PI. Sp. (1821) p. 214. 

 A slii'iil) uv small trco ; branches clothed with yellowish pubescence. 

 ]jeaves 4-b in. long ; rliachis without glands, cbaunollcd, clothed with 

 dense 3"ellowish pubescence ; sti])ult'S niiiuite, very caducous. Leaflets 

 10-1 (> pairs, l-l-J by |-j-t in., oblong, obtuse, with a long conspicuous 

 mucro, glabrous or nearly so aljove, paler and sparsely clothed with 

 yellowish hairs (more abundantly on the midril)) beneath; petiolules 

 -j-Lj. in. long, clothed with yellowish hairs. I'lowers in corymbose 

 vticetnes, axillary and forming terminal panicles ; pedicels long, clothed 

 with yellowish hairs. Calyx divided to the base, finely puberuloua 

 outside ; segments broadly oblong, concave, the 3 outer much smaller 

 than the 2 inner. Petals ^-| m. long, subequal, oblong, obtuse, very 

 shortly clawed, yellow, not conspicuously veined. Stamens 10, the 

 'A upper reduced to staminodes, the remaining 7 perfect, subequal. 

 Pods 3-5 by ^ in., straight or slightly curved, flat, stalked, tapering 

 towards the bate and ])omted at the apex with the base of the style, 

 thin, glabrous. Seeds 12-20. PI. B. 1. v. 2, p. 2()4 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 81 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 2,' (1871) p. 550; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 144; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 427. — Plowers : Aug. -Oct. 



S. M. Cou.NTiiY : Chorla Ghat (near Eel^-aum), Ba^c'cU S,- Gihsoii; Belgauni Ghats, 

 Tdlhot; Castlerock, Cuo/a- ! K.vxaua : moist forests of the N. Ivanara Ghats, Talbot. 



11. Cassia timoriensis, DC. PrGilr. v. 2 (1825) p. 499. A large 

 shrub or small tree ; branches slender, tiuely pubescent. Leaves 6-9 in. 

 long ; rhachis fulvous-hairy without glands ; stijiules foliaceous, broad, 

 with a filiform tail, subper^istent. Leaflets 10-20 pairs, |— H by ^-k in., 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate, clothed w ith appressed hairs above, densely 

 villous beneath, base rounded ; petiolules jV in. long, pubescent. Plowers 

 in corymbose racemes from the axils of the young leaves, the whole 

 forming a terminal panicle ; pedicels -J-l in. long, fulvous-pubescent. 

 Calyx di\ ided to the base, pubesc-nt ; segments broadly oblong, obtuse, 

 concave, the 3 outer smaller than the 2 inner. Petals | by ^ in., 

 oblong, bright yellow, faintly veined with orange. Stamens 10, the 

 3 upper reduced to staminodes, the remaining 7 perfect, subequal. 

 Pods 5-7 by g in., stalked, slightly tapering to both ends, straight, flat, 

 thin, glabrous and shining, the sutures thin. Seeds 10-20, obovoid- 

 cuueate, much compressed, -jby i in., with an oblong shallow ])it on each 

 face. PL B. I. v. 2, p. 2G5 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 27 (1871) 

 p. 550 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 108 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 144 ; 

 AVatt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 2, p. 224. Cassia (joensis, Dalz. in Kew 

 Journ. Bat. v. 4 (1852) p. 112.— Plowers : Oct. 



About Goa rare, 2^0 /-e^/. K.^n.vra: from the Goa Ghats southwards ; common iu 

 the forests of the Ankola and Kumpta tahiLas in N. Kanara, Talbot. 



