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Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, 101 ; Bak in Flop. Brit. Inrl. II, 266. 0. awjudls- 

 siina Lamk. Encyc Metli. I, 650 ; DC. Prodr. II, 505 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 292. 0. stnsifiva Roxb. Hort. Beii^. 32. G. tenella Roxb, HorL Beno". 

 31. Senna sensitiva Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 353. S. tenella Roxb. FLu'. 

 Ind. II, 354. 



Prov. AVellesley ; Tasek Selangor, Ridley 6995 ! Prnang ; 

 Government Hill, Curtis 2507 ! Disteib. Throughout South-Eastorn 

 Asia. 



14. Cassia Leschenaultiana DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Cen. II, 2, 

 132. A suberect perennial, rather softly pubescent, 2-3 feet high, stems 

 terete. Leaves equally pinnate 1-2 in. long, leaflets 16-24 pnirs, 

 narrowly oblong with a distinct oblique mucro and 4-6 strong Yerj 

 oblique secondary nerves, glabrous or puberulous, •4--6 in. long, 'l- 15 

 in. a^cross ; rachis pubescent, with a large sessile gland on the pefiole 

 below the lowest pair of leaflets, stipules lanceolate straight '35 in. long. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 together, pedicels unequal, ultimately 

 •25--35 in. long, bracteolate not far above the base, buds pointed. Calyx 

 5-partite to base, segments unequal linear-lanceolate to oblong-acute, '35 

 in. long. Petals 5 subequal, elliptic or orbicular, shortly clawed, obtuse, 

 •4--6 in. long. Stamens 10 or 9 or 7 (all perfect or with the uppermost, 

 or the three uppermost, reduced to staminodes), the 2-3 lowest often 

 rather larger than the lateral ones. Pod 1-1-5 in. long, "2 in. across, 

 linear, flattish. Seeds 8-16, obliquely rhomboid, compressed, testa brown 

 shining. DC. Prodr. II, 504. 0. Wallichiana DC. Piodr. II, 505; W. 

 & A.. Prodr. 292. C. mimosoides vab. Wallichiana Bak. in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. II, 266. 



Penang ; Government Hill, Gurlis 829 ! Singapore ; Rullett 663 ! 

 DiSTRiB. India ; Himalayas ; Indo-China. 



This is reduced to C. mimosoides by Mr. Baker but it seems better in the meantime 

 to keep the two plants apart. They are certainly, as Mr. Baker indicates, very 

 closely related, but they do not mnqh resemble each other and are not easily con- 

 founded. 



45. KooMPASSiA Maingay. 

 Very tall erect trees. Leaves odd-pinnate with alternate leaflets. 

 Flowers copious small, obscure, in ample terminal panicles; bracts small 

 deciduous. Calyx-tvihe very short conical, or none ; sepals 5, lanceolale, 

 subequal, very slightly imbricated. Petals 5 subequnl, their margins nob 

 meeting. Stamens 5, filaments short or very short, anthers equal basi- 

 fixed, dehiscing by two apical pores. Ovary sessile, subglobose or 

 slightly elongated, 1-ovuled ; style short acute, stigma small, terminal. 

 Pod oblong, compressed, winged throughout its circumference, narrowed 

 and somewhat twisted at the base, indehiscenfc. Seed solitajy situated 



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