i L. LEGUMiNOSJ!. (J. G. Baker.) 261 



1. W. splcata, Balz. in Kem J<mrn. iii. 90; Wight Ic. t. 1996 ; Bah. ^, 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80. Osssalpinia mimosoides, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5837, non 

 Lam. 0. ferox, Sohea. PI. Ind. Or. Exi. No. 414, mm Hassk. 



Hills of Western PBNiirsrLA.. 



A robust woody prickly climber. Learns f-1 ft. long and broad ; pinnae 8-12 ; 

 leaflets 12-14, nearly sessile, oblong, obtuse, or subacute, 1-2 in. long, rigidly subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous, yenulose. Flowers in long simple or panicled dense subspicate 

 racemes witli a thick furrowed woody finely brown-downy axis ; bracts minute, lan- 

 ceolate-cuspidate. Calyx f in., scarlet. Petais orange. Pod like that of Cssalpinia 



Glbditsohia sinensis, Linn. ; Wall. Cat. 581X, is known in India in cultivation 

 only. 



103. CASSIA, Linn. 



Erect shrubs or trees, rarely herbs. Leaves simple, abruptly pinnate. Flowers 

 usually large and showy, in axillary racemes and terminal panicles. Calyx- 

 tvbe yerj short ; sepals broad or narrow, imbricated. Petals S, imbricated, sub- 

 equal, usually broad. Stamens normally 10, but rarely all perfect, 3-6 being 

 often reduced to staminodia or altogether absent ; anthers mostly but not inva- 

 riably basifixed, dehiscing by terminal pores or with the slit more or less con- 

 tinued longitucKnally. Ovary sessile or stalked, many-ovuled ; style incurved, 

 stigma terminal. Pod very variable, terete or flat, usually septate, the albumi- 

 nous seeds flattened, sometimes parallel with the valves, sometimes with the septa, 

 dry, dehiscent or indehiscent. — Dibibib. Species 340, spread everywhere in the 

 tropics, a few extra-tropical. Monographed by Mr. Bentham in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvii. p. 603, t. 60-3. 



SxTB&EN. 1. Fistula, DC. (Cassia, Poxb.) Sepals obtuse. Stamens all 

 bearing anthers, of which those of the 2-3 lowest are larger than the others 

 and the filaments longer. Pods very large, terete. Seeds compressed parallel 

 with the dissepiments. — Trees. 



1. C. Fistula, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 490 ; leaflets 8-16 large narrowed- 

 to the point, flowers in long lax racemes, bracts caducous, petals veined bright, 

 yellow. Poxb. SoH. Beng. 31 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 333 ; Wall. Cat.. 5302 ; W. ^ A. 

 R-odr. 286; Dak. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. ®I. G. rhombifolia, 

 Poxb. Hoi-t. Beng. 31 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 334 ; WigU. Ic. t. 269. 



Centeai. and Eastern Himalayas to Ceylon and Malacca, ascending to 3000 ft. 

 in Ktimaon, wild and often planted. — Disteie. China, Malay isleS. 



A middle-sized erect tree, glabrous in aU its parts. Leaves a, ioot or more long;; 

 leaflets 2-6 in. long, ovate, distinctly stalked, usually acute, rigidly subcoriaeeous, pale 

 green, strongly veined. Bacemes as long as the leaves ; pedicels spreading, lA-2 in. 

 long. , Calyx -^-^ in., glabrous, caducous. Petais obovate, shortly ckwed, |-1 in., 

 deep. Pod 1-2 ft. long, above an inch thick. 



2. C. nodosa, Ham. ; Poxb. Hart. Beng. 31 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 336 ; branehes 

 slightly downy, leaflets 12-24 moderately large pointed, racemes short corymbose, 

 bracts persistent, petals moderately large reddish not veined. Wall. Cat. 6331 ;-. 

 Wight Ic. t. 4l0. 



Eastern Himalayas and to Malacca.— Disteib. Malay isles, Philippines. 



A tree, reaching a height of 60 feet. Leaves a foot or more long ; leaflets oblong, 

 acute, distinctly stalked, 2-4 in. long, rather oblique at the base, glossy, subcoriaee- 

 ous, strongly veined, with a few obscure short hairs below; Bacemes from the old 



