io6 Leguminosce. [Cassia 



5. C. Tora, L. Sp. PL 376 (1753). P6ti-tora, S. Vaddu- 

 takarai, T. 



Burm. Thes. 58. Herm. Hort. Lugd.-Bat. 557. Fl. Zeyl. n. 152. 

 Moon Cat. 33. Thw. Enum. 96. C. P. 2785. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 263. Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 63. 



An annual herb, 1-2 ft. high, with spreading glabrous 

 branches ; 1. small, numerous, long-stalked, rachis 1-2 in.,, 

 stout, furrowed, slightly pubescent, with a linear yellow gland 

 above between the lflts. of the lower one or two pair, stip. 

 long, setaceous, lflts. 6 (3 pair), very shortly stalked, i-ij in.,, 

 (the terminal pair largest), obovate, tapering to unequal base,, 

 apiculate, glabrous above, very finely silky beneath, thin and 

 flaccid ; fl. about f in., solitary or in pairs, axillary, ped.. 

 slender, f in., cal. glabrous, 2 segm. larger than others ; upper 

 pet. 2-lobed, the others entire; barren stam. minute; pod very 

 long, 6-8 in. by less than \ in. wide, linear, much curved when 

 young, afterwards less so, quadrangular (the sutures being 

 very wide), glabrous, with about 30 seeds and very slight 

 partitions between them, thin, pale brown ; seed not com- 

 pressed, pointed at one end, rather truncate at the other, very 

 hard, rough with scurfy hair, pale brown. 



Throughout the low country by roadsides and waste ground ; a very 

 common weed, especially in the dry region. Fl. Jan., August, &c; rather 

 pale orange-yellow. 



Found throughout the Tropics. 



Hermann, followed by other writers, gives the native name ' Tala ' for 

 this (Mus. 69) ; probably a misprint for Tora. Has a peculiar fetid scent 

 when bruised. The seeds are sometimes eaten. 



C. tomentosa, L., Thw. Enum. 95, C. P. 2410, is a Tropical American 

 species, cultivated and naturalised about Nuwara Eliya and elsewhere in 

 the mountains. 



C. hirsuta, L., is a frequent weed about Kandy and elsewhere. It is 

 also an introduction from Trop. America. 



C. Itzvigata, Willd., also introduced from Trop. America, is completely 

 naturalised, and a very common weed throughout the montane zone, in 

 the Planting Districts. 



6. C. auriculata, L. Sp. PL 379 (1753). Ranawara, S. 

 Avarai, T. [Plate XXXIII.] 



Herm. Mus. 56. Fl. Zeyl. n. 151. Moon Cat. 33. Thw. Enum. 96. 

 C. P. 1503. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 263. 



A large «much-branched bush, bark smooth, cinnamon- 

 brown, branchlets closely pubescent; 1. very numerous, closely 

 placed, rachis 3^—5 in., narrowly furrowed, slender, pubescent, 

 with an erect linear gland between the lflts. of each pair, stip. 

 very large, reniform-rotund, produced at base on side next 

 petiole into a filiform point, persistent, lflts. 16-24 (8-12 pair), 



