264 L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) [Cassia. 



Flowers very large and showy, an inch deep, bright yellow, in copious corymbose ra- 

 cemes. Pod 4-5 in. long by \ | in., straight, ligulate, glabrous, flexible, dark brown, 

 with a distinct space between'the uniseriate seeds. 



'* Leaf-rachis without glands. 



9. C. obovata, Collad: Hist. Cass. 92, t. 15, A; stipules lanceolate' 

 persistent, leaflets 8-12, racemes narrow, pod flat oblong much recurved with a 

 crest on the middle of the valve opposite each seed. Wall. Cat. 5319 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Otoent. ii. 631. C. Senna/ZeVm. $p. Plant. 539, ex parte. 0. obtusa, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 31 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 288 ; Wight. Ic. t. 757. Senna obtusa, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 344. 0. Burmanni, Wight in Madras Journ. vi. t. 5. 



PUNJAB, SCINDE, WESTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



Subglabrous, scarcely shrubby, 1-4 ft. high. Leaves distinctly petioled, 2-3 in. 

 long ; leaflets obovate- oblong, membranous, very glaucous, obtuse, with a minute 

 mucro, -l in. Racemes distinctly peduncled, equalling or exceeding the leaves ; 

 pedicels very short. Sepals glabrous, very obtuse. Corolla middle-sized, pale yellow. 

 Stamens very unequal. Pod thin, glabrous, flexible, 1-H in. by |-| in. short-stalked, 

 narrowed suddenly at both ends, 6-12-seeded; sutures very thin. C. ANGUSTIFOLIA, 

 Vahl. (C. lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 5318, Royle III. t. 37, W. $ A. Prodr. 288 ; Senna 

 officinalis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 346), with 10-16 oblong-lanceolate acute leaflets and 

 nearly straight oblong pods without crests, is a native of Tropical Africa and has no 

 rlaimto be considered indigenous in India. 

 



10. C. alata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 492; stipules deltoid persistent, 

 leaflets 16-28 large, racemes narrow, pod long ligulate with a broad wing down 

 the middle of each valve. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; Wall. Cat. 5301 ; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 287 ; Wight Ic. t. 253. Senna alata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 349. C. brac- 

 teata, Linn.Jil. ; DC.loc. cit. C.'herpetica, Jacq. Obs. ii. 24, t. 45, fig. 2. 



LOWER BENGAL, WESTERN PENINSULA, BIRMA and MALACCA. DISTRIB. Cosmo- 

 politan in the tropics, 



A shrub, with very thick finely doAvny branches. Leaves subsessile, 12 ft. long ; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, 2-6 in. long, minutely mucronate, rigidly subcoriaceous, gla- 

 brous or obscurely downy beneath, broadly rounded, oblique at the base ; rachis nar- 

 rowly winged on each side of the face. Racemes peduncled, ^-1 ft. ; bracts large, mem- 

 branous, caducous. Corolla yellow, very distinctly veined. Stamens very unequal. 

 Pod membranous, dehiscent, straight, glabrous, 4-8 in. by ^~f in. Seeds 50 or more. 



.1.1. C. siaznea, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 499; stipules minute caducous, 

 leaBets 12-28 with a minute mucro, racemes corymbose forming a long end 

 panicle, pod ligulate flat not winged, the sutures slightly thickened. C. florida, 

 Vahl-, DV. ProBr.'ii. 499 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 288 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 179. G. 

 sumatrana, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 506; Wall. Cat. 5305. Senna 

 sumatrana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 347. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON, MALAYAN PENINSULA and SIAM. DISTRIB. Malay 

 isles. 



A low tree, with virgate finely grey-downy terete branchlets. Leaves -1 ft. ; 

 leaflets oblong, glaucous, subcoriaceous, emarginate, strongly veined, pubglabrous, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 2-3 in. long. Corymbs crowded, both axillary and in a terminal 

 panicle ^1 ft. long, with grey-pubescent branches. Sepals downy, very obtuse. 

 Petals middle-sized, bright yellow, not veined. Stamens subequal. Pod nearly 

 straight, flat, distinctly stalked, 6-9 in. by in., firmer in texture and with thicker 

 sutures than in the two next. 



12. C. montana, Ileijne; DC. Prodr. ii. 499; stipules minute caducous, 

 leaflets 20-30 with a large mucro, racemes corymbose forming a long end pa- 



