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long lax racemes 12-20 iu. lon^r, bracf,s rainuhe caducous, pedicels glab- 

 rous 1-5-2 ill. long. Calyx 5-partifco to the base, segnienis broadly 

 spaMinlate '25 in. long, finely pnbernlous. Petals 5 subequal, obovate 

 shortly clawed, '8-1 in. long, 'Q-l in. wide. Stamens 10 all atitheiiferous, 

 the 'A lowest with larger and thicker but not nodose filaments, and with 

 larger anthers. Pod terete, -9-1 in. thick, not at all annulated, 1-2 feet 

 long, dull black with thin brittle ligneous transverse dissepiments 

 beiweea tlie 50-90 seeds each of which is embedded in a suberous disc 

 '8-9 in. acros.", '2 in. thick. Seeds broadly ovate smooth shining. -.35 

 in. long, -3 in. across, '2 in. thick, iesta pale warm-brown. DC. Pi-odr. 

 II, 488; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31; Fl. Ind. II, 333; Wall. Cat 5302; 

 W. & A. Pj-odr. 285 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 89; Bak. in Flor. Biit. Ind'. 

 ir, 261; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. II, 11. C. rhomhifolia Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 81 ; Flor. Ind. II, 334 ; Wight Ic. t. 269. 



Malacca.; fide Baker in Fhr. Brit. Ind. Axdamans ; planted, 

 CO u) mo 11. 



This is the well-known Amaltds or " Indian Liburn-nm " unrlonbteclly a. native of 

 India but, not in the writer's opinion, entitled to be considered an indigenous tree in 

 Malaya ; indeed none of the Malayan bot:inists have sent specimens to Calcutta. 

 Mr. Baker however alludes to specimens at Kew from Malacca; possibly it is plant- 

 ed in the other provinces also. In the Andamans it only occurs as a planted ti'ee. 



§ 2. PsiLORHEGMA Vogel. /Sepa/s oi)tuse, stamens all antherifeious, 

 anthers all subequal. Pods compressed, dehiscent, the dissepiments 

 between the seeds membranous. 



4, Cassia glauca Lamk Encyc. Meth. I, 647. A small tree 15-20 

 feet high with glabrous terete branches ; stem 4-6 in. in diam. Leaves 

 equally pinnate 6-9 in. long ; leaflets 4-6 pairs opposite, membranous 

 or subcoriaceous, pale-green glabrous above, ver^^ glaucous and sparsely 

 adpressed-puberulous or glabrous beneath, ovate-ptcute, base cuneate, 

 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. wnde, lateral nerves 10-12 pairs indistinct, 

 petiolules '15 in. long, puberulous as is the i-acliis which is faintly 

 channelled above and furnished with long conical glands between each 

 of the 2-3 lowest pairs of leaflets ; stipules falcate narrowly lanccolale 

 •35 in. long, caducous. Floivers in axillary corymbs 4 in. long, 2*5 in. 

 acix>ss, the peluncles 2 in. long; lower pedicels 1*25 in. long, spreading, 

 solitary in the axils of small elliptic caducous bracts glabrous as are tho 

 peduncles. Calyx 5-parlifce to the base, segments yevj unequal, pale- 

 Tollow, glabrous, all orbicular, the outer "2, the others '3 in. across. 

 Petals 5 subequal, spreading, broadly ovate-obtuse shortly clawed, 1 in. 

 ]oi]g, -75 in. across, pale-primose with faint greenish-yellow veins. 

 Stamens 10 subequal. Pod straight flat very thin, dehiscent, linear, 

 tapering io both ends, flexible, dull, slightly compressed between the 

 seeds, valves thinly coriaceous, Q-^ in. long, ■5-'7 in. wide, with a stalk 



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