N. 0. LEGUMINOSiE. 479 



426 0. mimosoides, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 266. 



Syn. : — S. sensitiva and S. tenella, Roxb. 355. 



Vern. : — Patwa-ghas (Santal). 



Habitat : — The Himalayas. 



A low, diffuse, perennial shrub, with slender, finely downy 

 branches. Leaves l-3in. long, with a solitary, sessile gland on 

 the rachis below the leaflets; leaflets 60-100, linear, rigidly 

 coriaceous, 1 -ein. long, obliquely raucronate, with the midrib 

 close to the upper border ; stipules large, linear-subulate, per- 

 sistent. Flowers 1-2 together in the axils of the leaves, on short 

 pedicels. Sepals ^-|in., lanceolate-acuminate, bristly. Corolla 

 little exserted. Stamens 10, alternately long and short, rarely 

 5 of equal size ? (K. R. K.)- Pod strap-shaped, flat, dehiscent, 

 \\-t by Jin., nearly straight, glabrescent or finely downy; 

 Septa more or less oblique. 



Hooker writes in Ouitis' Botanical Magazine for December 



1st, 1870 :— 



" Cassia mimosoides is a rather common Asiatic or African 

 tropical and sub-tropical plant, growing on dry banks, and pre- 

 senting a beautiful appearance from the softness of its finely 

 divided, bright green, feathery foliage, elegant habit, and the 

 beauty of its golden flowers, which are abundantly produced 

 and supported on Lair-like pedicels. Like so many tropical 

 plants of wide distribution, it varies much,*®*" 



Use : — The root is given for spasms in the stomach by the 

 Santalis (Revd. A. Campbell, Santal, Watt II. 220). 



L27 Cynometra rami flora, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 267. 



Vern. : — Iripa (Mai., ; Shing (B.) Irapu (Tarn.;. 



Habitat : — The Western Peninsula and Malabar. 



An evergreen, erect, unarmed tree. Bark smooth, wood 

 brown red, hard, close-grained. Leaflets 1-2 pair, l-3in. long, 



more or less coriaceous, 1-jugate and 2-jugate, mixed or often 



all 1-jugate, sub-sessilely oblong, subacute, very oblique, 3-6in. 



