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Gen. Cuar. Trees, shrubs or herbaceous plants: leaves simply 
and abruptly pinnated : leaflets opposite: sepals 5, combined at the 
base, more or Jess unequal: petals 5, more or less unequal: sta- 
mens distinct, the 3 upper rarely fertile and usually with anthers of 
a different shape from the others and abortive ; very rarely only 4— 
7 and all fertile: anthers dehiseing at, the apex by two pores: le-~ 
gume terete or compressed, several-seeded. 
(1) OC. ristuna. (Einn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 285.—-Dec. prod. IT. p. 490.—= 
Roxb. fl. Ind. IE. p. 333. 
. Syn. Cathartacarpus fistula, Pers, 
Engrav. Gaertn. fr. IT. t. 147, f. t.—Lam.' Fil. t. 332.-~ 
Rheede Mal. I. t. 22.—-Rumph. Amb. II. t. 21. 
Spec. Cuan. Small tree: leaflets about 6 pair, broadly ovate, 
usually obtuse or retuse, sometimes slightly acuminated, glabrous : 
petioles without glands: racemes terminal, long, lax, drooping ; 
Jegumes cylindric, pendulous, with transverse partitions: cells.1- 
seeded, filled with pulp: ftowers bright-yellow, fragrant. 
Peninsula. Bengal. Assam. Oude. Foot of the Himalayas., 
Flowering from May to. September. 
(2) C. Roxsurcun. (Deo.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 286.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 489. 
Syn. C.marginata, Roxb. ft, Ind. II. p. 338.—-Cathartocar- 
pus marginatus, G. Don. 
Engrav, Wight’s Ill. I. t. 83, 
Serec. Cuan. Tree: bark deeply cracked: branches much 
spreading : young shoots petioles. and peduncles. pubescent: leaf+ 
lets 10-20 pair, oblong, unequal-sided, obtuse or somewhat emar- 
ginate and mucronate at the apex, pubescent beneath: margins 
coloured and slightly thickened: petioles without glands: stipules 
semi-sagittate: racemes axillary, solitary, much, shorter than the 
Jeaves: legume cylindric, very long, pendulous, torose, filled with 
pulp: flowers rose-coloured. 
Gingie Hills. Rarely found ina wild state. Flowering in the 
rainy season. 
(8) C. noposa. (Buch) 
Ident. Roxb. fi. Ind, II. p. 336. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 410. 
Spec. Car, Tree: leaves bifarious; leaffets 10 pair, oblong: 
stipules obliquely crescent-shaped, with a bristle at each angle; 3 
lower filaments with a globular swelling near the middle: racemes 
Jateral: pedicels slender, villous: legume cylindric, pendulous, 
