264 1. LEGTTMnios^. (J. G. Baker.) [^Cassia. 



Flowers very large, and shoTpy, an incli deep, bright yellow, in copious corymbose ra- 

 cemes. Pod 4-5 in. long by J-f in., straight, ligulate, glabrous, flexible, dark brown, 

 with a distinct space between the uniseriate seeds. 



*** Iieaf-^acAis withovt glands. 



9. C. obovata, Collad. Hist. Cms. 92, t. 15, A; stipules lanceolate 

 persistent, leaflets 8-12, racemes narrow, pod flat oblong much recurved with a 

 crest on the middle of the valve opposite each seed. WM. Cat. 5319 ,• Soiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 631. C Senna, lAnn. Sp. Plant. 539, ex parte. C. obtusa, Sxixh. 

 Hort.Beng.SS.; W.^ A. Trodr.'i%%; Wight. Ic. t. 757 . Senna obtusa, J2oxi. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 344. 0. Burmanni, Wight in Madras Joum. vi. t. 6. 



Punjab, Scdtoe, Westben Peninsci.a. — ^Disteib. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



Snbglabrous, scarcely shrubby, 1-4 ft. high. Leaves distinctly petioled, 2-3 in. 

 long ; leaflets obovate-oblong, membranous, very glaucous, obtuse, with a minute 

 mucro, ^1^ in. Bacemes distinctly peduncled, equalling or exceeding the leaves ; 

 pedicels very short. Sepals glabrous, very obtuse. Corolla middle-sized, pale yellow. 

 Stamens very unequal. Pod thin, glabrous, flexible, 1-1^ in. by |— J in, short-stalked, 

 narrowed suddenly at both ends, 6-12-seeded ; sutures very thin. — C. angtistifolia, 

 VaM. (C. lanceolata. Wall. Cat. 5318, Boyh III. t. 37, W. Jj- A. Prodr. 288 ; Senna 

 officinalis, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 346), with 10-16 oblong-lanceolate acute leaflets and 

 nearly straight oblong pods without crests, is a native of Tropical Africa and has no 

 claim to be considered indigenous in India. 



10. C. alata, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 492 ; stipules deltoid persistent, 

 leaflets 16-28 large, racemes narrow, pod long ligulate with a broad wing down 

 the middle of each valve. Boxh. Hort. Bmg. 31 ; WaU. Cat. 5301 ; W. ^ A. 

 Prodr. 287 ; WigU Ic. t. 253. Senna alata, Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 349. 0. brac- 

 teata, lAnn.fil. ; DC. loc. cit. 0. herpetica, Jaeq. Ohs. ii. 24, t. 46, fig. 2. 



LowEK Bengai., Western Pkninsui.a, Bibha and Maiacca. — ^Disteib. Cosmo- 

 politan in the tropics, 



A shrub, with very thick finely downy branches. Leaves subsessile, 1-2 ft. long ; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, 2-6 in. long, minutely mucronate, rigidly subcoriaceous, gla- 

 brous or obscurely downy beneath, broadly rounded, oblique at the base ; rachis nar- 

 rowly winged on each side of the face. Bacemes pedimded, ^-1 ft. ; bracts large, mem- 

 branous, caducous. CoroUa yellow, very distinctly veined. Stamens very unequal. 

 Pod membranous, dehiscent, straight, glabrous, 4-8 in. by ^— | in. Seeds 50 or more. 



11. C. siamea, Lam.; DC. Prodr. ii. 499; stipules minute caducous, 

 leaflets 12-28 with a minute mucro, racemes corymbose forming a long end 

 panicle, pod ligulate flat not winged, the sutures slightly thickened. 0. florida, 

 VM; DC. Prodr. ii. 499; W. ^ Ar Prodr. 288; Bedd. Fl. Si/lv. t. 179." 0. 

 sumatrana, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; DC. P-odr. ii. 506 ; Wall. Cat. 5305. Senna 

 sumatrana, Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 347. 



"Western Peninsula, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula and Siam. — Disteib. Malay 

 isles. 



A low tree, with virgate finely grey-downy terete branchlets. Leaves \-l ft. ; 

 leaflets oblong, glaucous, subcoriaceous, emarginate, strongly veined, snbglabrous, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 2-3 in. long. Corymbs crowded, both axillary and in a terminal 

 panicle ^1 ft. long, with grey-pubescent branches. /Sepals downy, very obtuse. 

 Petals middle-sized, bright yellow, not veined. Stamens subequal. Pod nearly 

 straight, flat, distinctly stalked, 6-9 in. by ^ in., firmer in texture and with thickte 

 sutures than in the two next. 



12. C. mozttana, Heyne ; DC. P-odr. ii. 499 ; stipules minute caducous, 

 leaflets 20-30 with a large mucro, racemes corymbose forming a long end pa^ 



