Ba) fi / 
496. C. Froripa, w. & a. 893. Senna Sumatrana. Rox. Flora, 2. p. 347. 
A handsome tree with bright yellow flowers;---in gardens, Bombay;— Bel- 
gaum. (Mr. Law.) Dapooree and Hewra. (Dr. Gibson.) It is of very rapid. 
growth, and was probably intd, from the Eastern Islands. 
497. C. Griauca. w, & a. 895. Senna arborescens. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 345. 
Rheed. Mal 6. ¢, 9. and 10. 
A small tree, flowers very numereus, in axillary racemes; common in gar- 
dens. 
498. C. AurtcuLaTa, w. & 4. 898, Senna auriculata. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 349, 
Pluk Alm. t.314. f. 4. Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 31. 
Turwar— Awul.—one of the commonest shrubs in India;— grows abundantly 
in the sterile tracts of the Deccan and Goozerat.—It is of great importance 
to the tanner, and to workers in Iron, who use the root in tempering iron with 
steel (Dr. Gibson.) Another common use to which this plant is applied, is the 
making of Datuns or native tooth brushes. For this purpose the branches 
of it are esteemed preferable to those of any other plant. (Dr. Burn.) 
~. 499. C, OcciDenTALis. w. & A. 899. Senna occidentalis, Rox. Flora. 2. p. 
343. C, foetida. Rox, in E. 1. C’ Mus. Tab, 1419. Bot. Reg. ¢, 83, 
Annual;—abundant every where in the rains, but particularly among rub- 
bish in the neighbourhood of villages.—It covers the ruins of Aurungabad, and 
has a most heavy, sickening smell; probably it is the cause of much sickuess. 
500. C, Tora. w. & a. 900. Senna tora. Rox. Flora 2. p. 340. Rheed. Mal. 
2. t. 53. Rumph, Amb. 5.¢. 97. f. 2. C.tora and C. tagera. Don’s syst, 2. p. 
439, 
Annual, common, in the rains, 
239. CYNOMETRA. L, Decandria Monogynia, 
Lam, #.331. Gaert. t. 156. 
501. OC. CauLirtora. w. & a. 906. Rumph. Amb. 1. ¢. 62, 
A small tree with conjugate leaves, and reddish flowers, growing in clusters 
from the trunk; bees are very fond of them. Legume thick, half orbicular; 
sold in the markets of Amboina (‘‘ sine pudore’) under a strange name, 
{ Rumphius,)—In gardens Bombay, not common. 
502. C, Ramirtorna. w. & a. 907. Rheed. Mal. 4. #. 31. Rumph. Amb, 
1, ¢. 63. Lam, Tlust. ¢.33). fi 1, 
A shrub;—flowers from the branches among the leaves,---S. Concan. N. 
240. HYMENAA. L, Decandria Monogynia. 
Hymen---God of marriage.---in allusion to the twin leaflets, Lam. ¢. 330, 
Gaert. ¢ 144, : 
503, H. CoursariL. pc. Prod 2. p. 511. Don’s. syst. 2. p. 458. 
Courbaril,---locust tree, native of S. America, intd. by N. 
Gum anime, a fine transparent resin, exudes from the roots of this tree. It 
makes the finest varnish known, superior even to the Chinese lac. ( Don.) 
241. BAUHINIA.L. Decandria Monogynia. 
Name by Plumier, inmemory of John and Caspar Bauhin, Botanists of 
16th century,-Lam. ¢. 329. 
Pas B, Acuminata. w, & 4. 910. Rox, Flora. 2. p. 324. Rheed. Mal. 1. ¢. 
Farek!---Bruce’s Travels. 7. t. 18, Don’s. syst. 2. p. 460. 
A shrub, 6 or 10 feet high; flowers white, fragrant---In gardens common. 
505. B. Tomenrosa, w. & a, 911. Rox. Flora. 2. p- 323. Pluk, ¢. 44. f. 6 
Rheed. Mal. 1. ¢. 35. Ainslie Mat. Ind. 2. p. 49, Don’s. syst. 2, p. 461. ae, 
