Cassia.'] L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 265 



nicle, pod ligulate thin flat not winged, with thin sutures. W, fy A. Prodr. 

 289 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 81. 0. setigera, DC. Prodr. loc. cit. ; Wall Cat. 

 5330. 



Hills of the WESTERN PENINSULA. 



A shrub, with slender glabrous obscurely downy virgate branchlets. Leaves peti- 

 oled, 4-6 in. ; leaflets membranous, firm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, glaucous, l-l| in. 

 long, tipped with a conspicuous bristle. Corymbs copious, both axillary and forming long 

 end panicles. Sepals obtuse, glabrous. Corolla yellow, middle-sized, not veined. 

 Stamens subequal. Pod stalked, nearly straight, 3-5 in. by -f in., glossy, brown, 

 12-20-seeded. 



13. C. timoriensis, DC. Prodr. ii. 499; stipules persistent foliaceous, 

 leaflet* 20-124 with a minute mucro, racemes corymbose forming a long end 

 panicle, pod ligulate thin flat not winged, the sutures thin. 0. palmata, Wall. 

 Cat. 5306. 



BIRMA, MARTABAN, TENASSERTM, CEYLON. DISTRTB. Malay isles, Philippines, N. 

 Australia. 



A low tree, with slender finely downy branches. Leaves ^-f ft , distinctly petioled ; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, 12 in., membranous, pale green, finely downy below. Sepals 

 downy, very obtuse. Corolla bright yellow, middle-sized, slightly veined. Pod 

 straight, thin, glossy, flexible, dehiscent, 5-6 in. by ^-^ in., distinctly stalked, 12-20- 

 seeded. 



SUBGEN. 3. Psilorhegma, Vogel. Like the last, but all the ten stamens 

 perfect, with subequal anthers. 



14. C. glauca, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 495; Wall. Cat. 5312; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 2S<> ; Bcdd. FL Sylv. 91. C. surattensis, Burm. Fl, Ind. 97. 0. arbo- 

 resceus, Vahl Si/mb. iil., 50; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31. 0. fastigiata, Vahl Symb. 

 iii. 67 ; W. & A. Prodr. 290. Senna arborescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 345. 



HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Trop. Australia, 

 Polynesia. 



A tall tree, with glabrous terete branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, ^-f ft. ; 

 leaflets ovate, acute or subobtuse, 2-4 in. long, subcoriaceous, very glaucous; rachis 

 with conspicuous glands between the lower, rarely (C. fastigiata, Vahl), between all the 

 leaves ; stipules narrow, caducous. Eacemes corymbose, not panicled. Sepals large, 

 obtuse. Flowers large, bright yellow. Pod flat, thin, strap-shaped, glabrous, 6-8 in. 

 long, -f in. broad, distinctly stalked, 20-30-seeded. 



VAR. suffruticosa, Koenig; DC. Prodr. ii. 496, sp. ; leaflets 16-18 smaller more 

 numerous obtuse 1-2 in. long, flowers .and pods much smaller, the latter not more 

 than 3-4 in. long 10-12-seeded. C. suffruticosa, Wall. Cat. 5311 ; W. # A. Prodr. 

 289. C. speciosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31. Senna speciosa; Roxb. Ft. Ind'.ii. 347. C. 

 Horsfieldii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 99.' Distribution of the type. 



STJBGEN. 4. Lasiorheg-ma, Benth. Sepals narrow. Stamens 5-10, all 

 perfect. Pod small, strap-shaped, flat, dehiscent, the seeds compressed parallel 

 with the valves. Diffuse low slender annual or perennial herbs. 



* Leaflets 4, large, membranous. 



15. C. Absus, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 500; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5314; W. & A. Prodr. 291. 0. exigua, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31. Senna 

 Absus, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 340. S. exigua, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 339. 0. coccinea, 

 Wall. Cat. 5315. 



Foot of the WESTERN HIMALAYAS to CEYLON. DISTRIB. Everywhere in the tropics 

 of old world. 



