Order 42. Legumtnosas. 97 



(a) Stamens 7 perfect, the rest without anthers. 



2. C. occidentalis. A large smooth annual, leaflets 3 to 5 

 pair, ovate lanceolate acute, leaf with one large gland close to 

 the petiole, flowers long-stalked, the upper ones racemed, pod 

 long, thin, nearly cylindric. Thorala tdkla, Kdsoda, 

 Kasumdro, Kochinda. 



Abundant nearly everywhere, springing np very quickly in the 

 rains, generally with Tephrosia purpurea. It has a strong and 

 offensive smell, and is in every way the greatest contrast to the last. 

 H. gives the petals as pale lilac, and says it was probably introduced. 

 In W. Africa, as with us, " it thrives in wild and stinking luxuriance," 

 and is there called " Negro coffee," the seeds both of this and. of 0. 

 tora, roasted and ground, making very good coffee, and being quite 

 harmless. Moloney. 



3. C. sophora. A smooth shrub, leaflets 6 to 12 pair, lanceo- 

 late, gland as in the last, pod more swollen, particularly towards 

 the top, many-seeded. 



Common : closely allied (o tie last, and known by the same names. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics (#.) 



4. C. tora. A shrubby plant of the same general appearance 

 as the two last, leaflets about 3 pair, obovate, with glands 

 between the leaflets, pod very long and slender, i-sided, sharp- 

 pointed. Tdkla, tanvatd. 



Common: universally 'spread through our limits (-S".). 



5. C. auriculata. A shrub, leaflets 8 to 12 pair, oval obtuse, 

 glands as in the last, stipules large, leafy, obliquely cordate, 

 flowers large and showy in racemes, pod thin, strap-shaped, 

 brown, few-seeded. Tarwad, dwal. 



Common in the Deccan and Guzerat. 



" The Singhalese pull the twigs and hold them in their hands, or 

 apply them to their heads for the coolness which they diffuse : and 

 they use the leaves in the S. of the island as a substitute for tea." 

 Tennant. 



(&) Stamens 5 to 10, all perfect. 



6. C. absus. A hairy plant about a foot high, the stems 

 often reddish, petioles long, leaflets 2 pair oval, unequal-sided ; 

 flowers solitary or in a short raceme, pale yellow, with one 

 bract at the base and two half way up the pedicel, pod nearly 

 straight, strap-shaped, bristly, few-seeded. Chimar, Chaken. 



Every where in the tropics of the old world (H.}, It is very common 

 both at Bandora and Dapoli, and I believe elsewhere, and is a very 

 distinct species : but strange to say, neither D. nor G, have it. The 

 leaves are said to be purgative, as are those of several other species, 

 and the seeds are used in Egypt to cure chronic ophthalmia. 



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