250 FABACE^. 



10. suffniticosa, Kon. {DC. pr. 2, p. 496 ,—W. and A. p-. 1, p. 289.— C. 

 speciosa, Roxb. H. B.p. 31. — Senna speciosa, Roxb.fl, ind. 1,p. 347.) 

 B Deyra Dhoon. Banks of the Irawaddi. Martaban. Tavoy, Singapore. 

 Cultivated in gardens. Fl. large, yellow, the whole year ; fr. Feb. 

 and March. 



11. aiiriculata, L. (DC. pr. 2, p. 496;— fF. and A. pr. \,p. 290;— -Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 31 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 63. — Senna auricxilata, Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2, p. 349.) B Ceylon. Coromandel. Sterile tracts of the Dec- 

 can and Goozerat. — Fl. large, bright yellow, Oct. Nov. and Dec. ; fr. 

 Feb. and March. — Bark astringent, used by the natives to tan and 

 dye leather of a buff colour. (Roxb.) Workers in iron employ the 

 root in tempering iron with steel. {Dr. Gibson.) Branches made 

 into native tooth-brushes. (Dr. Burn.) 



12. biflora, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 495 ;—B. M. 21, t. 810;— B. Reg. 16, t. 

 1310.) B W. Indies. S. America. Fl. large, yellow, C. S. ; fr. Feb. 



13. aversiflora. Herb. (B. M. 53, t. 2676.) B Brazil. FL largish, yel- 

 low, C. S. ; Feb. and March. 



14. marilandica, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 498;— Roxb. H. B. p. 31.) B Tem- 

 perate N. America. Fl. middle-sized, yellow, R. and C. S. ; fr. Feb. 

 and March. Leaves used in N. America as a substitute for Alexan- 

 drian Senna. 



15. ligustrina, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 498 ;— JS. Reg. 2, t. 109 ;—B. M. 43, 

 t. 1829 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 32.) B America, from Cayenne to Virgi- 

 nia. Fl. large, yellow- orange, was introduced into H. C. G. in 1800, 

 but had not fl. up to 1814. 



l6.frondosa, Ait. {DC. pr. 2, p. 496 ;—Roxb. H. B.p. 32.) b Hot parts 

 of America. W. Indies. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1800, but had 

 not fl. up to 1814. 



n.australis, Sims. {B. M. 53, t. 2676;— B. Reg. 16, t. 1322.) B N. 

 Holland. Fl. largish, bright-yellow, C. S. ; fr. 0. 



18. aurata, Roxb. {H. B. p.. 32. — Senna aurata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 342.) 

 B Malay Islands. Fl. middle-sized, gold-coloured, R. and C. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. 



19. hirsuta, L. fil. (not Desv. — DC. pr. 2, p. 497. — C. caracassana, Jacq. 

 hort. schon. t. 270.) B S. America. Fl. largish, bright-yellow, R. and 

 C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. 



20. occidentalis, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 497 ;—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 200;— B. 

 Reg. 1, t. S3;— Roxb. H. B. p. 31 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 63.— 

 Senna occidentalis, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 343.) O W. Indies. Hot parts of 

 America. Senegambia. Domesticated nearly all over India. It has like 

 the next species, a most off'ensive, sickening smell. Leaves purgative. 



21. Tora, L. {W. and A. pr. 2, p. 200;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 63.— 

 C. obtusifolia, Burm. ind. p. 95, excl. syn. — C. foctida, Salisb. — C. 

 gallinaria, Collad.—Rumph. 5, t. 97, /. 2.) Fl. small, yellow, R. 

 and C. S. ; fr. C. S. Leaves purgative. 



