Cassia. ] 



LEGUMINOS^E. 



137 



enclosed in, and joined by, white, wavy, irregular and often interrupted 

 concentric bands of soft tissue. Medullary rays very fine, very numer- 

 ous, uniform and equidistant, slightly bent, prominent in the dark, firm 

 tissue which separates the wavy bands. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, ascending to 4,000 feet, and throughout India and Burma 

 Growth moderate, 9 rings per inch of radius. 



The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following 

 experiments : 



The wood is very durable, but rarely of sufficiently large size for timber. It makes 

 excellent posts, and is good for carts, agricultural implements and rice -pounders. The 

 pulp of the pods is a strong purgative, the bark is used in dyeing and tanning, and the 

 gum as an astringent. It is a very handsome tree, having long pendulous racemes of 

 bright yellow flowers, and a long, straight, cylindrical, indehiscent pod, often one and 

 two feet long. It is often cultivated for ornament, 



61 



Garhwal (1868) 52 



Gorakhpur (1868) 52 



P 101. Sutlej Valley, Punjab, 3,000 feet 

 P 437. Ajmere . . . . . 



P 439. 



O 244. 

 O 333. 

 C 1154. 

 E 579. 

 E 2352. 

 E 783. 

 W 864. 

 D 2052. 

 D 1076. 

 B 2525. 



Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 56 



Lohagarhi Forest, Darjeeliug Terai 62 



Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai ...... 62 



Kammp, Assam 60 



South Kanara ......... 62 



Mysore 58 



North Arcot, r Madras . 73 



Burma (1862) 66 



The difference between the wood of this tree and that of Ougeinia 

 dalbergioides consists in this, that in the former the patches of white soft 

 tissue are continuous, forming belts ; whereas in Ougeinia they are rhom- 

 boidal, pointed at the ends, and form interrupted belts. 



2. C. marginata, Roxb. Fl. Ind ii. 338; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 262. 

 C. lioxlurgliii, DC.; Beddome t. 180. Vern. Urimidi, uskiamen, Tel. ; 

 Ngoomee, Burm. ; Ratoo-waa, Cingh. 



A small deciduous tree, with deeply cracked, brown bark. Heart wood 

 light brown, very hard. Pores moderate-sized and large, joined by 

 narrow, undulating, irregular, white bands of soft tissue. Medullary 

 rays fine and very numerous, uniform and equidistant, prominent in the 



