136 LEGUMINOS^J. [Acrocarj)us. 



A lofty deciduous tree, with thin, light-grey bark. Sapwood white; 

 heartwood light red, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized to very 

 large, often oval and divided into two to five compartments, either 

 isolated or enclosed in narrow interrupted bands of softer tissue promi- 

 nent on a vertical section. Medullary rays fine and moderately broad. 



Hills of the Eastern Himalaya down to Chittagong, ascending to 4,000 feet ; 

 South India, and Burma. 



Weight, 39 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is used by planters in Darjeeling for 

 tea-boxes and planking, in the Wynaad for building and furniture, and in Coorg for 

 shingles. It is an extremely handsome tree, growing with a fine tall cylindrical 

 stem, handsome flowers and large bipinnate leaves, which are red when young ; 

 it reproduces easily and is fast growing. Beddome mentions a tree 27 feet in girth 

 above the buttresses, and Manson states that a windfall tree in the Lower Darjeeling 

 Hills had a bole 70 feet without a branch and measured 11 feet in girth at the small 

 end. 



Ibs. 



E 667. Lama Gumba Forest, Darjeeling 39 



D 1085. Madura, Madras * . . . .39 



15. CASSIA, Linn. 



A large genus containing 18 species of herbs, shrubs and large trees. It is of con- 

 siderable importance, as the trees produce fine timber and some of the shrubs and herbs the 

 " Senna " leaves used in medicine. C. auriculata, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 263 ; 

 Brandis 165, Vern. Tarwar, awal, Hind. ; Tarota, Berar ; Tangedu, tangar, Tel. ; 

 AvariJce, Kan., is a shrub of Central and South India ; its bark is used for tanning and 

 dyeing leather, and its seeds as an application for ophthalmia, as are those of C. Absus, 

 Linn. C. obovata, Colladon, is a shrub common all over India, and is one of the plants 

 furnishing the medicinal senna leaves. C. alata, Linn., is an introduced shrub, now run 

 wild, wbose leaves are an excellent application for ring- worm. 



C. glauca, Lam. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 265 ; Beddome xci. ; Kurz i. 394, (Senna 

 arborescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 345) is a large shrub or small tree of the eastern part 

 of South India and of Burma. C. nodosa, Ham. ; Kurz i. 392. Vern. Gnoothein, 

 Burm., and C. renigera, Wall. Vern. Gnooshay, Burm., are large trees of Burma, 

 the former extending to the Eastern Himalaya. 



Heartwood hard, heavy, dark-coloured. Pores moderate-sized and 

 large, in patches of soft texture, which in some species are confluent and 

 form continuous concentric bands. 



1. C. Fistula, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 261 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 333 ; 

 Beddome xci. ; Brandis 194 ; Kurz i. 391 ; Gamble 30. Cathartocarpiis 

 Fistula) Pers. The Indian Laburnum. Vern. Amallds, Hind. ; Alash, all, 

 karangal, kidr, kanidr, Pb. ; Raj briksh, kitola, Kumaun ; Chimkani, Siud. ; 

 Gurmala, Guz. ; Sundali, bandarlati, Beng. ; Sandari, Uriya; Kltwdli, 

 kitoli, ilola, shimarra, szm, North- Western Provinces ; Warga, Oudh ; Jag- 

 garwali y raila, hirojah, karkacha, C. P. ; Jaggra, kambar, rera, Gondi ; 

 Banag, bangru, Kurku ; Bahawah, baya, bawa, Mar.; Eaj birij, Nep.; 

 Sonahij Garo ; Bonurlati, bonurlaurl, persar, Palamow ; Sunaru, Assam ; 

 Bandolat, Cachar; Kone,sirikone, Tarn.; Reylu> rela, suvarnam, konay, Tel.; 

 Kaki, Tarn. ; Kakke, Kan. Atialla, Cingh. ; Gnooshway, gnoogi/ee, Burm. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, compact, 

 greenish grey and smooth when young, dark-reddish brown and rou^h 

 \vlicn old, exfoliating in many-sided patches. Sapwood largo, heart - 

 wood varying in colour from grey or yellowish red to brick-red, very 

 hard to extremely hard. Sharp, thin, white, concentric lines which may 

 possibly be annual rings, Pores moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. 



