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sharp-pointed, 4-sided, many-seeded, each suture 2-grooved. A 

 common weed. Native name " Sakla." Syn. C obtusifolia, Burm. 

 Ind p 95 ; C fcetida, Sal. Prod. 326 ; C gallinaria Collad monogr. 

 p 96; Senna toroides, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 341. 



8. PUMILA, Lam. Encyc. Meth. i, 651. Suffruticose procum- 

 bent branches a little hairy; leaflets 12 to 30 pair, with a stalked 

 peltate gland close to the lowest pair, linear oblong, unequal-sided, 

 mucronate ; flowers supra-axillary, 1 to 3 together ; legumes flat 

 linear, 6 to 7-seeded, constricted between the seeds. A low 

 prostrate specimen. Common in pastures in the rains. DC. Prod. 

 2, 504; Syn. Senna prostrata, Roxb. Fl hid. ii, 352. 



43. IONESIA, Roxb. 



1. ASOCA, Roxb. Fl Tnd. ii, 218. A small handsome tree; 

 leaves abruptly pinnated ; leaflets 4 to 6 pair, lanceolate ; cymes 

 terminal and axillary, large, globular, crowded with flowers of a 

 beautiful orange-colour; legume scimitar-shaped, compressed, a 

 little turgid, 4 to 8-seeded. This tree in full blossom is a most 

 beautiful object; very common about the Ghauts in the Southern 

 Concan. DC. Prod. 2, 487 ; Syn. I pinnata, Willd. sp. ii, 287 ; 

 Saraca arborescens, Burm. Ind. p 85, t. 25, fig. 2. INative name 

 " Jassoondie," " Asok." 



44. TAMARINDUS, Linn. 



1. INDICUS, Linn. sp. p 48. A large and handsome tree; leaves 

 abruptly pinnated; leaflets numerous; flowers racemose, yellow, 

 legume stalked, linear, curved more or less, slightly compressed, 

 3 to 12-seeded, with a pulpy sarcocarp, having purgative properties. 

 Common in Salsette, Guzerat, &c. Native name " Umlee." The 

 red-fruited variety is much valued. Tussce flore des Antilles, iii 

 112, .35. 



45. BAUHINIA, Linn. 



1. MALABARICA, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 321. Arboreous; leaves 

 transversely broad, oval-cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets 

 rounded, united above the middle ; racemes axillary, corymbifonn, 

 almost sessile ; legume long-stalked, linear, marked longitudinally 

 with waved lines 1 j foot long, 1 inch broad. Discovered in fruit at 

 Banda in February ; rare. 



2. RACEMOSA, Lam. Encycl. Meth. i, p 390. A small crooked 

 tree ; leaves cordate at the base ; leaflets roundish or broadly 

 obovate, united to the middle; racemes solitary, terminal or leaf- 

 opposed, much longer than the leaves ; flowers white, small ; 

 legumes linear, woody, thick, many-seeded. Very common in the 



