266 L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [^Cassia. 



An erect annvial, 1-2 ft. high, with stem and leavsB clothed with grey bristly vis- 

 cose hairs. Leaves long-petioled ; leaflets oblong, very oblique, 1-2 in. long, obtuse 

 or subacute : stipules small, linear, persistent. Bacemes narrow, equalling or exceed- 

 ing the leaves. Sepals lanceolate, bristly, ^— i in. Corolla reddish-yellow, very small. 

 Fod oblique, ligulate, 1-1 J in. long, 5-6-seeded, the thin valves beset with grey bristly 

 hairs. 



** Iieccflets very numerous, close, small, narrow, rigidly suhcoriaceous (Mimo- 

 soidese). 



16. C. pumila, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 504 ; gland of petiole stipitate, 

 stamens 5, seeds 6-12. Wall. Cat. 5327 ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 292. 0. prostrate, 

 Jtojib. Sort. Beng. 32 ; JDalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 82. Senna prostrata, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 352. 



From the Himalayas (ascending to 6-7000 ft.) to Cetlon. — Distrib. Malay 

 isles, Trop. Australia. 



A low very difliise shrub, with slender finely downy branches. Leaf 1-2 in. long ; 

 leaflets 20-40, j— ^ in. long, distinctly mucronate. the midrib close to the upper border; 

 stipules linear, rigid, persistent. Flowers usually solitary in the axils of the leaves, 

 on very short pedicels. Sepals ^ in. Corolla little exserted. Anthers 5 eqiial. Pod 

 3 J— 1^ in. by ^-^ in. — Probably this and the next are mere varieties of C. mimo- 



17. C. Kleinii, W. ^ A. Prodr. 293 ; gland of petiole stipitate, stamens 

 10, seeds 10-15. 0, dimidiata, Klein; Wall. Cat. 5328, raoi Dan. 



WESTEitN Peninsula and Cetion. — Disteib. Java. 



Very like C. ^wiito, but more robust, the branches thinly or densely pilose. 

 Leaflets 20-40, reduced to 8-12 on the lowest leaves, |-4 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, 

 strongly veined, with a distinct oblique mucro, the midrib close to the upper border. 

 Flowers 1-3 together in the axils of the leaves, on downy bracteate pedicels. Calyx 

 \-^ in. Petals obovate, little exserted. Fod 1^2 in. long, rather recurved, black- 

 ish, glabrescent. 



18. C. mimosoides, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 505; gland of petiole 

 sessile, stamens 10 rarely 5, seeds 10-20. 0. angustissima. Lam. ; DC. Prodr. 

 loc. cit. ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 292. 0. Eoxburghiana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5323. 

 C. amcena, Sam. in Wall. Cat. 5321. 0. sensitiva !mit6Deila,,Eoxb. Sort. Beng. 

 32. Senna sensitiva and teneEa, Po.vb. Fl. Ind. 353-4. 



HotiLATAS, ascending to 5-6000 ft. in Kumaon and Khasla, to Cetlon and Ma- 

 lacca. — Distrib. Cosmopolitan in Tropise. 



A low diifuse perennial, with slender shrubby finely downy branches. Learns 

 1-3 in. long, with a solitary sessile gland on the rachis below the leaflets ; leaflets 

 60-100, linear, rigidly coriaceous, ^ in. long, obliquely mucronate, with the midrib 

 close to the upper border; stipules large, linear-subulate, persistent. Flowers 1-2 toge- 

 ther in the axils of the leaves on short pedicels. Sepals ^-^ in., lanceolate-acuminate, 

 bristly. Corolla little exserted. Stamens 10, alternately longer and shorter. Pod 

 strap-shaped, flat, dehiscent, 1^2 in. by ^ in, nearly straight, glabrescent or finely 

 downy ; septa more or less oblique. 



Tab. 1. dimidiate; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 32, sp. ; leaves and flowers of the type but 

 the stamens 5 only. Senna dimidiata, Bnch. in Soxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 352. Himalayas. 



Vae. 2. WallicMana ; DC. Prodr. ii. 505, sp. ; finely downy, leaflets larger J-i in. 

 long and less rigid, flowers larger ^ in. long. Wall. Cat. 5320 ; W. ^ A. ^Pfodr. 

 292. C. Leschenaultii. Wall. Cat. 5325. C. myriophylla. Wall. Cat. 5326. C. 

 Telfairiana, Wall. Cat. 5324 ; B'ot. Mag. t. 5874. — Distribution of the type. 



Vab. 3. auricoma ; Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5322, sp. ; flowers and leaves of the last, 

 but the branches densely clothed with flne spreading hairs. 



