254 XLV. LEGUMINOS.E [Cassia 



apex, stipules hastate or falcate, early deciduous. Racemes axillary or from 

 the old wood, bracts large, ovate or obovate, caducous, pedicels l-l in. Petals 

 | in. long, longer filaments not thickened in the middle. Pod cylindric, 8-12 

 in. long. 



Hills of the Karnatik, Courtallum, Tiimevelli. Deciduous forest, low country of 

 Travancore. 



4. C. renigera, Wall. ; Kurz F. PL i. 392. Vern. Ngushwe, Lower, 

 Pa-abet, Upper Burma. 



A small or middle-sized deciduous tree, softly tomentose. Leaflets 8-20 

 pair, oblong, obtuse, 1-2 in. long, membranous, softly pubescent on both sides, 

 stipules large, reniform, early deciduous, tips shortly cuspidate. Racemes 

 short, erect, from the old wood, often leaf-bearing at the base, bracts large, 

 persistent, ovate, long acuminate, pedicels li— 2 in. PI. scented, pink or 

 yellow. Sepals and petals silky, with long hairs on both sides. Petals 

 elliptic-oblong, |-1 in. long, the three longer filaments with a more or less 

 cylindric thickening in the middle, the larger anthers more or less hairy on the 

 back. Pod cylindric, 15-18 in. long. 



Irawaddi valley from Prome upwards. Shan hills at 3,000 ft. Fl. April, May. 



B. Seven stamens perfect, anthers nearly equal. Pod flat. 



5. C. siamea, Lam.— Syn. C. florida, Vahl : Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 179. 

 Vern. Mizali, Burni. 



A middle-sized, sometimes a large tree, bark grey, nearly smooth. Leaflets 

 6-10 pair, chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, tipped with a minute sharp mucro, 

 glabrous on both sides, li-2} in. long, stipules caducous. Racemes often 

 coi'ymbose, arranged in a large pyramidal terminal panicle, often 2 ft. long, 

 pedicels {-1 in. long, bracts stiff, linear, much shorter than pedicels. PI. 

 yellow, petals \ in. long. Pod flat, thickened at sutures, minutely velvety, 

 4-10 in. long. 



Probably indigenous in Burma and in the southernmost part of the Western Penin- 

 sula. Cultivated throughout India and Burma. Fl. H. S. — Ceylon low country, 

 chiefly in the moist region, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



6. C. montana, Heyne. A large shrub. Western Peninsula from Belgaum south- 

 wards. Leaflets 10-15 pair, glabrous, glaucous, elliptic-oblong, nmcronate, stipules 

 minute, caducous. Fl. yellow, in corymbose racemes, forming a large terminal panicle, 

 pod thin, sutures not thickened, 3-5 in. long. 7. C. timoriensis, DC. [Taung mezali, 

 Burin.). Burma, Ceylon, Malay Archipelago. A large shrub or small tree. Branch- 

 lets pubescent. Leaflets 10-15 pair, pubescent on both sides. Stipules foliaceous, often 

 dentate, more or less persistent. Fl. yellow, in large terminal panicles, pod 4-6 by 

 J in., sutures not thickened. According to Beddome, Talbot and Prain (Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng., 66. 477) also in the Western Peninsula. I have not seen specimens, and 

 Trimen Handb. Ceylon ii. 109, says : " Not in Peninsular India." 



8. C. tomentosa, Linn., is a tropical American shrub, naturalized in the Western 

 Peninsula and Ceylon. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence grey-velvety. Leaflets 

 6-8 pair, grey tomentose beneath. Stipules small, deciduous. Fl. bright yellow, in 

 peduncled corymbose racemes. 9. C. goensis, Dalz. ; Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 112. 

 Described as a small tree at the foot of the Goa Ghats, fulvous tomentose, pod flat, 2-3 

 by J in. ; may possibly be C. timoriensis. 



10. C. auriculata, Linn.; Brandis P. PL 165. Vern. Taroda, Tarwad, 

 Mar. ; Tangera, Tangedu, Tel. ; Tangadi, Kan. ; A varam, Tarn. ; PeiMhingat, 

 Burrn. 



A gregarious pubescent shrub. Leaflets 8-12 pair, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate, |-1 in. long, with a filiform gland at the base of each pair, stipules 

 large, foliaceous, persistent. PI. yellow, in terminal corymbose bracteate 

 panicles, the lowest branches in the axils of leaves, the upper supported by 

 pairs of stipules. Sepals concave, unequal. Petals clawed, crisped on margin, 

 £-1 in. long. Pod 3-4 by § in., thin, hairy. 



Western Peninsula, extending north to Ajmere and the Jumna river, covering large 



