Cassia.] L. LEGUMIN'OSJ:. (J. GL Baker.) 263 



HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and PENANG. DISTRIB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, pro- 

 bably native in Asia only. 



Closely allied to C. occidentalis, from which it differs by its more shrubby habit, 

 more numerous smaller narrower leaflets and shorter broader more turgid pods, which 

 are not usually torulose when mature. 



VAR. purpurea ; Koxb. Hort. Beng. 31, sp. ; leaflets smaller more obtuse not more 

 than 1 in. long, branches slender purple. C. purpurea, Bot. Reg. t. 856. Senna pur- 

 purea, Eoxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 342. 



* Leaf furnished with glands on the main rachis between the leaflets. 



7. C. Tora, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 493 ; glabrous, leaflets 6 obovate-oblong, 

 perfect stamens suboqual, pod very long slender subtetragonous, seeds uniseriate. 

 Ro.b. Hort. Benii. 31 ; Wall. Cat. 5316 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 290; Dalz. fy Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 81. Senna Tora and toroides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 340. C. obtusifolia, 

 Linn. Sp. Plant. 530. 0. foetida, Salisb. Prod. 326. 0. humilis and gallinaria, 

 Collml. Hist. 96. C. toroides, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 3l.Rheede Hort. Mai. ii. 

 t. 53. 



Universally spread through our limits in a truly wild state, ascending to 5000 ft. 

 in the CENTRAL HIMALAYAS. DISTRIB. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



An annual weed, growing up into an undershrub. Leaves distinctly petioled ; 

 leaflets 1-1 ^ in., glaucous, membranous, glabrous ; stipules large, linear-subulate, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers usually in nearly sessile pairs in the axils of the leaves, the upper 

 crowded. Corolla small, bright yellow. Pods ^-f ft. by in., membranous, the sutures 

 very broad, the seeds flattened in the same direction as the pod. 



C. BiCAPSULAKis, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 494 ; glabrous, leaflets 6-8, stamens 

 very unequal, pod thick terete, seeds biseriate, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5313 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 286. Senna bicapsularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 342. 



A native of Tropical America, not unfrequently introduced. 



A shrub, with virgate woody branches. Leaves distinctly petioled ; leaflets green, 

 membranous, obtuse, ^ ^ in. ; stipules small, subulate, caducous. Racemes copious, 

 corymbose, as long as the leaves. Flowers middle-sized, bright yellow. Pods mem- 

 branous, curved, sausage-shaped, \ ft. long, in. thick, the sutures very narrow. 



0. TOMENT08A, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 496 ; densely pubescent, leaflets 12-16, 

 stipules narrow caducous, pod narrow turgid many-seeded. W. Sf A. Prodr. 286. 

 C. Wightiana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5329. 



A native of Trop. America, introduced in the Nilghiris and Ceylon. 



A tall shrub, with the branches and leaves beneath densely matted with grey to- 

 mentum. Leaves short-petioled, 3-4 in. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, oblique at the 

 base. Flowers bright -yellow, middle-sized, in copious distinctly peduncled corymbose 

 racemes. Lower anthers much larger than the others. Pod linear, membranous, 

 4--5 in. long, finely downy. C. TOMENTOSA, Wall. Cat. 5304 is C. hirsitta, Linn., a 

 totally different species, also a native of Tropical America. 



8. C. auriculata, Linn. ; DC. Ptodr. ii. 496 ; finely downy, leaflets 

 16-24, stipules broad persistent, pod thin broad few-seeded. Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 31 ; Wall. Cat. 5303 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 290; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 81. 

 Senna auriculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 349. 



Wild in the CENTRAL provinces, the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON ; often 

 planted elsewhere. 



A tall shrub, with the virgate branches and underside of the leaves finely grey- 

 downy. Leaves nearly sessile, 2 4 in. long; leaflets obovate-oblong, rigidly subcoria- 

 ceous. f-1 in., obtuse or emarginate, with a mucro ; stipules large and foliaceous. 



