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is a long, cylindrical, indehiscent legume (Fig. 255). The leaves 

 of quite a number of species of Cassia are used in medicine and 

 the following are the source of Folia Malabathri: C. Tamala 

 of Assam and C. javanica. 



Glycyrrhisa glabra is a perennial herb, with 8- to 14-foliate 

 leaves (Fig. 151), the leaflets being glandular in the variety 

 glandulifera; the flowers have a violet-colored, papilionaceous 

 corolla, and the fruit is a flat, dehiscent legume. The rhizome and 

 roots are the parts used in medicine (p. 472). 



Cytisus Scoparius or green or Scotch broom is a shrub nat- 

 uralized from Europe. The branches ard numerous, slender, erect 

 and grow close together adapting them for use as brooms. The 

 tops are used in medicine (p. 637). 



Tamarindus indica is a tree attaining a height of 25 M. The 

 leaves are pinnately compound having numerous sessile, entire 

 leaflets (Fig. 256a) ; the flowers are in terminal racemes and the 

 petals are yellow with reddish veins ; the fruit is a curved, indehis- 

 cent legume which has a thin epicarp and a pulpy sarcocarp with 

 numerous fibers, and contains a number of flat, quadrangular 

 seeds. The pulp is the part used in medicine and is official as 

 tamarind (p. 593). 



Astragalus gummifer is a tomentose shrub less than i M. 

 high. The leaves are pinnately compound, the leaflets being nar- 

 row and elliptical ; the flowers are pale yellow, sessile and axillary ; 

 the fruit is a small, somewhat cylindrical, hairy pod (Fig. 152). 

 The gummy exudation constitutes the Tragacanth of commerce 

 (p. 650). . 



Acacia Senegal, which yields gum Arabic or acacia (p. 643), 

 is a small tree with bipinnate leaves which are subtended by 

 curved spines ; the flowers are yellow and in dense spikes ; the fruit 

 is a broad pod containing five or six seeds (Fig. 153) ■ 



Acacia CQtechu is a small tree which resembles Acacia Senegal 

 and furnishes Black Catechu (p. 666). 



Pterocarpus Marsupium is a fine timber tree with spreading 

 branches. The leaves are 5- to 7-foliate, the leaflets being cori- 

 aceous, obovate, and ernarginate ; the flowers are pale yellow, and 

 the fruit is an indehiscent, orbicular pod with a single reniform 

 seed. The official Kino is prepared from the juice (p. 654). 



