xi.viii. i,i;(iiMrxos.i:. 425 



14. Cassia Kleinii, Wi<jht ^ Am. I'rodr. (183 V) p. 293. I'crennial 

 1-3 ft. high, difiiise, much branched from a woody base ; branches 

 pubescent. Leaves abruptly-pinnate, l-H in. k)ng ; rhachis more or 

 less pilose, furnished with a small peltate stalked gland just below the 

 lowest pair of leaflets ; petioles ^ in. long ; stipules | in. long, erect, 

 linear-lanceolate, very acute, strongly nerved. Leaflets 8-20 pairs 

 (reduced to 4-0 pairs on the lower leaves), '^-h by yj-y in., sessile, linear, 

 subacute, obliqucdy mucronate, rigidly coriaceous, very unequal-sided, 

 the midrib being quite close to the upper edge, strongly nerved on the 

 lower side, base rounded or truncate. Flowers 1-3 together in the axils 

 of the leaves; pedicels |-| in. long, slender, downy ; bracts at the base 

 of the pedicel lanceolate ; bracteoles 2 near the top of the pedicel, 

 lanceolate-subulate. Calyx divided to the base ; segments membranous, 

 lanceolate, very acute. Petals obovate, little exserted, yellow. Stamens 

 10, all perfect, alternately short and long ; anthers i'(iual. Ovary densely 

 pubescent on the sutures, nearly glabrous on the flat faces. Pods I5-II 

 by \ in., linear-oblong, flat, slightly recurved, more or less pubescent on 

 the sutures, scarcely if at all so on the faces. Seeds 10-15, dark brown. 

 PI. B. I. V. 2, p. 266 ; Benth.in Trans. Linn. 8oc. v. 27 (1871) p. 581 ; 

 Trim. FI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 110; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 427.— Flowers : Oct. 



Rare. Konkan: Jamblialpada (Colaba), Jf W^/y^w. — Distiub. India (W. Peninsula); 

 Ceylou, Java. 



15. Cassia glauca. Land-. Hhc>/c. Method, v. 1 (1784) p. 647. A 

 small ti'ee ; branches numerous, spreading, glabrous. Leaves 5-9 in. 

 long ; rhachis pale, puberidous, with a clavate gland between each of the 

 2-3 lower pairs of leaflets ; stipules ^ in. long, linear, acute, falcately 

 curved, caducous. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, 11-3 by 1-1 1 in. (the lower pair 

 the smallest), elliptic-oblong, subacute, pale green and glabrous above, 

 glaucous and slightly pubescent or glabrous beneath, base usually 

 rounded ; petiolules g in. long, pubescent. Flowers in axillary 

 corymbose racemes shorter than the leaves ; pedicels grooved and 

 angled, more or less pubescent ; bracts ovate, acuminate, pubescent, 

 reflexed, caducous. Calyx divided to the base, yellow, glabrous, mem- 

 branous, reticulately veined ; segments broadly oblong or suborbicular, 

 the 3 outer smaller than the 2 inner. Petals y by g in., broadly 

 oblong, obtuse, shortly clawed, yellow. Stamens lO, all perfect, 

 subequal. Pods stalked, 6-8 by g-| in., straight, flat, thin, tapering 

 to both ends, marked with raised lines between the seeds, veined, 

 glabrous. Seeds 20-30, oblong, rounded at one end, narrowed at the 

 other, \ by g in., compressed, smooth, dark-brown, shining, with a 

 shallow oblong pit ou each of the flat faces. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 2Qo ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 63 ; Dalz. & Gribs. Suppl. p. 30 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 27 (1871) p. 555 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 144 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 2, p. 219.— 

 Flowers : Sept.-Mar. Vern. Motha-tarvad. 



Konkan : Laiv I, Stocks !, Capt. Geburne ! Deccan : Poona in gai'dens, Woodrow ! 

 S. M. Country : common in the forests of the Dharvvar districts near the N. Kanara 

 border at Devikope, Talbot. Kanaka : forests of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distuib. 

 Throughout India; Tropical Asia and Australia generally but usn;dly cultivated. 



