Cassia] XLV. LEGUMINOSiE 255 



areas in the Deccan. Dry region of the Irawaddi valley. Fl. Oct. -May. The 

 bark is extensively used for tanning and dyeing, 11. C. alata, Linn. : Wight Ie. t. 

 253. Naturalized in India, possibly indigenous on the Andaraans. found in the tropics 

 of both hemispheres. A large shrub. Branches thick, finely downy. Leaflets 8-12 

 pair, oblong from an oblique base, obtuse, 2-0 in. long, sec. n. 15 pair, prominent 

 beneath, stipules rigid, persistent, auriculate, J in. long. Fl. on short pedicels in 

 spiciform pedunculate racemes, the buds enveloped in large yellow caducous bracts. 

 Petals bright yellow with darker veins, broad-ovate, 1| in. long. Pods dehiscent, 

 rigid, 6 by % in., a crenulated longitudinal wing on each valve. 



C. All stamens perfect, anthers nearly equal. Pod flat. 



12. C. glauca, Lam.; Kurz F. Fl. i. 394. 



A large shrub or small tree, nearly glabrous. Branchlets ribbed. Leaflets 

 4—10 pair, 1-3 in. long, erect, clavate glands at the base of the 2-3 lowest 

 pairs. Fl. yellow, in axillary corymbose racemes. Pod thin, dehiscent, 

 glabrous, 4—8 in. loDg. 



Western Peninsula, extending north to Merwara, Burma. Often planted. Fl. 

 throughout the year. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



15. CYNOMETRA, Linn. : Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 267. 



Erect unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaflets opposite, few, more or less 

 coriaceous. Fl. small, numerous, fasciculate or in bracteate racemes, inflor- 

 escence in bud enclosed by imbricate deciduous scales. Catyx-tube very short, 

 segments 4 or 5, oblong. Petals 5, equal. Stamens 10, rarely indefinite, 

 anthers versatile. Ovary with 2 ovules. Pod turgid, indehiscent. with thick 

 valves. Seed generally 1, exalbuminous, rilling the cavity of the pod. 



A. Stamens 10. 



1. C. ramiflora, Linn.; Eedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 315. Vera. Skingra, Shingdr, 

 Sundrib. : Myin-Jca-ben, Burm. 



An evergreen tree. Leaflets 1 or 2 pair, 1-3 in. long. Fl. white, on slender 

 finely puberulous pedicels, in small sessile corymbs, or short racemes, axillary 

 or ;ib ive the axils of fallen leaves. Ovary hairy. Pod fleshy, wrinkled, h in. 

 long. 



Tidal and coast forests from the Sundribnn t,, chittngong and Teuasserini. Anda- 

 iimus. Coast of Konkan and Kanara. Fl. C. S., 11. S. Ceylon, Malay Archipelago. 



2. C. Beddomei, I'rain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 66 (18981 17s. Western Ghats, South 

 Kanara and Wainad. Leallets chartaceous, 2-8 pair. Fl. in axillary fascicles, pedicels 

 pubescent. Ovary pubescent, excepting a narrow strip below the Insertion of the 

 style. :). c. travancorica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 816. Tinnevelli and Travoncore ghat~. 



A tall tree, young si ts creamy pink. Leaflets! pair, unequal-sided, almost falcate. 



Fl. in compact short axillary racemes, bud-scales straw-coloured, scarious, pedicels and 



nvary glabi 8, 1. C. cauliflora, Linn.: Bedd. Fl. .Sylv. t. :!I5 in cu-iicn. Cultivated 



in gardens, Leaflets I pair. Fl. pink, numerous, on short racemes which are crowded 

 on t lie old w 1. Fr. thick, fleshy, edible, 1 2 iii. long. 



15. Stamens -I" -60. 



5. C. polyandra, Roxb. Cor. PI. fc. 2Sii. Vera. Ping, Cachar. 



A large tree. Leaf-buds enveloped in large imbricating scarious and mem- 

 branotis bracts. I.oallots :'> pair. '■'< in. long. Fl. white, tinged with pink, .'. in 

 across. Petals reflexed. in axillary sessile corvmL'se racemes, enveloped in 

 bud by hard striate scales, pedicels pubescent, j -I in. long. Pod w Iv. 2-3 



ill. lone;. 



Khasi hills, Cachar. Fl. II. S. -Malay Peninsula. 



h;. BAUHINIA, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. H. 275. 



Trees or woody climbers. Leaflets 'J. united into one entire ,>r '_' Idled 

 pahnalelv nerved blade, rarely distinct. Fl. more Or less zygomorphic. Calyx 



