xi.viii. i,r,(;rMix<)S,i:, 427 



(') in. Iniijr, a nalivp of Ti'n|)i(':il and Sul)l.roi)ical S. AnionVa, is often 

 planteil in panU'ns anil is ocoasionally I'ound us an escape. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, 

 p. 263 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 2d. 



frtAvm alata, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 378. A shrub with 8-14 pairs 

 of h^aHcts, larf^(> ycdiow flowei's, and a pod 4-8 in. long furnished with a 

 wing down the middle of each valve, has been introduced into the 

 Presidency, perhaps from the \V. Indies, and is occasionally planned for the 

 sake of its leaves which have a higli repute as a remedy in skin-diseases, 

 notably ringworm. It is not indigenous in the W. Peninsula (see Wight 

 & Arn'. /. c). PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 264 ; Wight & Arn. Prod. p. 287 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 29 ; Talb. Trees, Pomb. ed. 2, p. 144 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427 ; Watt, Diet. Eeon. Piod. v. 2, p. 211.— 

 Flowers : Oct. Vern. Shlmal-agase. 



Cassia siamea, Lamk. Encyc. Method, v. 1, p. 648. A moderate-sized 

 robust tree of quick growth with 6-14 pairs of leaflets, large panicles of 

 yellow flowers and flat pods nearly 1 ft. long, is extensively planted as a 

 roadside tree. It is indigenous in Ceylon, the Malayan Peninsula, ISiam 

 and South India, but not in the Bombay Presidency. PI. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 2(i4 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 108 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 144; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 

 p. 274; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 223. Cassia sumatrana, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. p. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 29. — Flowers : Aug.-May. 

 Yeun. Kassod. 



66, CYNOMETRA, Linn. 



Erect miarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; stipules 

 caducous. Leaflets few pairs, coriaceous, oblique. Flowers small, in 

 axillary corymbs or racemes. Calyx with a very short tube and sub- 

 basal disk ; segments 4-5, imbricate, reflexed during flowering. Petals 5, 

 subequal or the lowest minute, imbricate. Stamens 10, f I'ee ; filaments 

 filiform ; anthers small, uniform, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary sessile 

 or shortly stalked; ovules 2; style filiform; stigma capitate. Pod 

 arcuate-ovoid or subreniform (rarely straight) \\ith thick turgid or sub- 

 compressed usually rugose tough somewhat fleshy indehiscent valves. 

 Seed tilling the cavity, exalbumiuous ; cotyledons thick, fleshy ; radicle 

 very short, sti-aight, included. — Distrib. Throughout the Tropics ; 

 species 20. 



1. Cynometra ramiflora, Linn., tar. mimosoides, Balrr, in 

 Hool-.f. FL 1>. I. V. 2 (l'^7t>) p. 267. A sliruh or small tree growing 

 near the sea-coast. Lea\es 3-5 in. long ; rbacliis grooved, glabrous or 

 ])uberulou?. Leaflets 2 pairs, H-3^ }»y |- li in., coriaceous, obliquely 

 obovate-ohlong, often eirarginate, subsessile, dark green, glabrous, 

 shining above, base obliquely euneate ; main nerves numerous, distinct. 

 Flowers in small axillary corymbose racemes ; pedicels slender, i-| in. 

 long ; bracts broadly ovate, deciduous ; bracteoles small, lanceolate. 

 Calyx-tube very short ; segments ovate-lanceolate, -y^-g in. long. Petals 

 white, lineai'-lanceolate, i in. long. Pods fleshy, much wrinkled, turgid, 

 |-1 in. long, irregularly oblong or ovoid, with a thick fleshy pointed tip. 

 C. mmijiora, Grab. Cat. p. 63 ; Dal/,. & Gibs. p. 83 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. 



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