476 D. Prain — Some additional Leguminossa. [No. 2, 



that probably does go with the actual plant is that to Sloane's Hist, of Jamaica ; this, 

 oddly enough, Linnaeus refers only tentatively to his species. 



Wight and Arnott have disposed of the difficulty by recognising the plant with 

 one gland as distinct from that with two ; they treat the former as a mere variety 

 of G. Tora however, and they complicate matters still further by identifying with it 

 Rheede's Tagera (Hort. Malab. ii. t. 53). Rheede's figure shows no glands at all any 

 more than do the two figures of Dillenius. But its strongly veined leaves, its short 

 pedicels and its short pods make it certain that it represents C. Tora and not G. 

 obtusifolia. 



Miquel deals with the two plants themselves exactly as Wight and Arnott do, 

 but has been unable to resist the temptation of still keeping up a C. obtusifolia Linn., 

 apart from either. For this he cites Plumier's Plantx Americans (Ed. Burmann) 

 t. 76, f . 2, again a figure showing no glands ; the plant itself Burmann describes as 

 having a gland at the base of each pair of leaflets. This may mean that Miquel 

 doubts the accuracy of M. De Candolle's statement that Linnaeus' specimen of C. 

 obtusifolia has but one gland, or may imply that he prefers to follow Linnaeus as 

 to his citations but not as to his plant. Plumier's figure is what constitutes var. j8 of 

 Linnaeus' Cassia Tora ; it has, according to Royen and to Burmann, but one gland. 

 Miquel cites the Plumierian plate under var. a of his G. obtusifolia and var. a he 

 describes as having two glands, while Linnaeus' name for the Plumierian plate he 

 refers to his own var. j8., which he says has one gland. 



Mr. Baker proposes to unite the two species and it would have been very 

 convenient had this been possible. But the differences between them are too 

 marked and too constant to admit of this being done. 



86. Cassia l^vigata Willd. Enum. Hort. Ber. 401 is another species 

 that, since Mr. Baker's account of the genus in the F. B. I. was pub- 

 lished, has proved to be thoroughly naturalised in various parts of 

 India, e.g., in tbe Nilghiris near Ootacamund, in Sikkim, and notably 

 in the Khasia Hills near Shillong, at Clierrapunji and elsewhere. 



In general appearance it resembles G. occidentalis but it has larger 

 flowers and may further be at once recognised by its leaf-rachis having 

 a gland between each pair of leaflets except the terminal pair. When 

 mature it is very easily distinguished by its fruits which are short turgid 

 cylindric obtuse and distinctly stipitate below, obtuse and apiculate at 

 the tip, 2*5-3 in. long, 6 in. in diam., finely transversely striate. Seeds 

 smooth broadly ovate, compressed, greenish-brown, shining, 2 in. long, 

 •15 in. wide, '08 in. thick. 



96. Cassia holosericea Fresen. in Flora xxii. i. 54 ; stipules tri- 

 angular reflexed rigid spinescent persistent; leaflets 10-16, velvety- 

 pubescent, racemes narrow, pod flat oblong little recurved not crested in 

 the middle, velvety-pubescent. 



Scinde ; Stocks ! Dalzell ! Talbot ! Distrib. Westward to Abyssinia. 



This very closely resembles G. obovata, for which indeed it is usually taken, but 

 can be at once distinguished by its pubescent more numerous leaflets and by its 

 pubescent less recurved, uncrested pods, in habit and in the dimensions of all its 

 parts it agrees with G. obovata. • 



