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bracteolate above middle ; pod 20-25-seeded ; stamens 



all fertile alternately short and long ... ... 13. C. mimosoides. 



Leaflets oblong ('-l in. long, "lo in. wide) ; pedicels '3 

 in, bracteolate below middle ; pod B-16-seeded ; sta- 

 mens unequal 1-3 upper often sterile ... ... 14. C. Leschenaultiana. 



§ 1. Fistula DC Sepals obtuse, stamens all antberiferous, the 

 2-3 lowest larger than the rest and with longer filaments. Pods iiide- 

 hiscent, stipitate, very long, terete with thin brittle ligneous dissepi- 

 ments between the numerous seeds which are embedded ia suberous 

 wad-like discs between the partitions. 



1. Cassia nodosa Ham. in Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31. A tree 40-50 

 feet high, stem 10-15 inches across, branches spreading, branchlets 

 black glabrous except for the slightly downy tips. Leaves equally 

 pinnate 9-10 in, long; leaflets chartaceous 6-12 pairs, opposite, oblong, 

 base rounded, apex shortly acuminate, 2-2'5 in. long, 1-1 "25 in. wide, 

 bright green, glabrous and shining above, dull and slightly pubescent, 

 especially on the nerves, beneath ; lateral nerves spreading 12-16 pairs, 

 slender but visible beneath, petiolules "15 in. long, puberulous as is the 

 leaf-rachis. Flowers in corymbs 2-3 in. long, from old nodes along the 

 branches, peduncles solitary or 2-4 together, puberulous simple very 

 rarely branched, 1 in. long, bracts ovate-lanceolate persistent, puberulous, 

 ■25 in. long, pedicels puberulous the lower 1*5 in. long. Calyx 5-partite 

 to the base, lobes subequal green, ovate-obtuse, hoary. Petals 5, sub- 

 equal, carnation to wbite with a flush of pink, '6-7 in. long, '25 in. wide 

 ovate-acute, distinctly clawed. Stamens 10, all antheriferiferous, the 3 

 lowest with longer nodose filaments and larger anthers than the others. 

 Pod terete, rather distinctly annulated, "5 in. in diam., 1*5-2 feet long, 

 glossy black with thin brittle ligneous transverse dissepiments between 

 the 60-90 seeds each of which is embedded in a suberous disc "5 in. 

 across '2 in. thick. Seeds broadly ovate smooth slightly shining, '35 in. 

 long, "8 in across, '2 in. thick, testa pale warm-brown. Wall. Cat. 

 5351 ; Roxb. Flor.lnd. Ill, 336; Wight, Ic. t. 4I0; Bak. in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. IL 261. 



Andamans; King's Collectors! Malacca; Griffith! Maingay 596! 

 Bukit Tampin, Goodenough 1912! Brisu, Berry 537 ! Sadanan Reserve, 

 Deny 588 ! Selandan, 6^oo(Ze;?o?<y/t 125! Penang; Waterfall, Curtis 

 1570! Perak; Chanderiang, Kunstler 5722! near Ulu Kerling, 

 Kunstler 8732 ! Goping, Kunstler 4364 ! Scortechini 1934 ! Pahang ; 

 Makang, Ridley 1359 ! DiSTBiB. Indo-China, from Sylhet and Chitta- 

 gong southwards and eastwards; Sumatra {Forhes 1748! 2669!); 

 Borneo (Haviland!) 



The Mnlay names given for this are Sihoosoh (Goodenough 1912); BiisoJc-husok 

 (Dernj o'i7) ; and S'bictiu (Goodenough 125; Derry 588). This name it shares with 



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