420 xi.viii. i,i;(irMi.\()8.F. 



Ul. Cassia mimosoides, Linn. Sjy. 7V. (1753) p. 370. A cIilTii.se 

 pereuuial 1-3 ft. liigh, usually ci-ect, but sonu-tiines spreading; stems 

 iiud branches terete, more or less hairy. Leaves abruptly-pinnate, 

 2-4 in. long : rhachis very slender, curved, glabrous or pubescent, with 

 a flat sessile gland on the very short petiole close below tlie lower pair 

 of leaflets ; stipules L_i ,'n., ovate, lanceolate, cuspidate. Leaflets very 

 inimerous (40-60 pairs), crowded and overlapping, sessile, ^-| by 

 yjy-y^ in., linear, subacute, obliquely nuicronate, very unequal-sided, 

 glabrous, base oblique, rounded ; nerves strong, prominent beneath. 

 I'lowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 together; pedicels uiieqiTal, ^-l in. 

 long, slender, pubescent ; bracts beneath the pedicels lanceolate- 

 cuspidate ; bracteoles 2 a little below the calyx, linear-lanceolate, 

 very acute. Calyx i-^ in. long, sparingly pilose ; segments unequal, 

 membranous, oblong-lanceolate, very acute. Petals fV~4 ^^' ^^^^Si 

 elliptic, obtuse, with a longish claw, yellow. Stamens 10, all perfect, 

 nlternately long and short. Ovary silky-pubescent more es])ecially on 

 the sutures. Pods 1^-2 by ^ in., linear, nearly straight, flat, marked 

 with oblique transverse depressions between tlie seeds, sparsely clothed 

 with short hairs. Seeds 15-25, obliquely obovoid, compressed, brown, 

 shining. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 20(5 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 27 (1871) 

 p. 579^ Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 110 ; Woodr. in Jonrn. Bomb. Nat. v. 1 1 

 (1898) p. 427 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 220.— Flowers : Oct.- 

 Dec. 



Konkan: Sfoc/csl; Asre near Janiblialpada, Kanifkarl; Kapad near Polurlpiir, 

 W(M>drow\ Deccxn: Panchgani, Cookc\; Poona, Woodruw. — Distkib. Tbrouglioiit 

 India ; Ceylcn, Tropics generally. 



Cassia mmr/inafa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 31. A tree with 30-40 pairs 

 of leaflets, ])ink flowers and cylindric pods nearly 1 ft. long. It was 

 introduced from Ceylon, where it is common, into the Botanic Garden 

 at Calcutta in 1802. A tree may be seen in the Bund Gardens and one 

 in the College of Science Botanic Garden at Poona. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 2G2 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 144; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 iS'at. V. 11 (1898) p. 427, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 274: Watt, Diet. 

 F>on. Prod. v. 2, p. 220. — Flowers in the rains. Verx. Urimedi ; 

 UnUameu. 



Cas.na (/randvi, Linu. f. Suppl. p. 230. A small tree with pods I5-2 ft. 

 long, a nati\e of Tiopical and Central America and the W. Indies, has 

 been introduced into gardens at Poona, where a plant may be seen at 

 Garden Reach. Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 29; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 ^'at. V. 11 (1898) p. 427.— Flowers : Apr.-May, 



Cassia tomeiitosa, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 231. A tall shrub with 6-8 pairs 

 of leaflets, bright yellow flowers in corymbose panicles, and finely downy 

 pods 4-5 in. long, a native of Tropical America, is fi-equentlv planttid in 

 gardens. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 263; Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 2S6 ; Woodr. 

 in Jonrn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898} p. 427.— Flowers : Jan.-Mar. 



Cassia hicapsularis, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 376. A shrub with 

 a 1 pairs of leaHefs, bright yellow Howers and a sausage-sliaped pod 



