LEGUMINOS^E 



459 



TKIBE CASSIE^E. 



Cassia circinata, Benth. (fig. 299). 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, wiry, suffrutescent, pubescent, 2'5- 

 4-5 cm. long, pale green at first, ultimately brown. 



PIG. 299. Cassia circinata. Nat. si 



Cotyledons foliaceous, shortly petiolate, rotund, deep green above, 

 indistinctly three- to five-nerved, paler beneath ; petiole about 1 mm. 

 long. 



Stem wiry, suffrutescent, terete, pubescent, pale green ; 1st inter- 

 node 1'8 cm. long ; 2nd 9 mm. ; 3rd 6'5 mm. ; 4th 7 mm. 



Leaves cauline, compound, alternate, stipulate, petiolate. 



