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the commonest of domestic remedies in India (Watt, Comm. Prod. 

 India, p. 287). It is in common domestic use in the South of Europe, but 

 not often used in England except in the form of the Lenitive Electuary 

 (Conf ectio Sennae) of which it is an ingredient (Fliickiger & Hanbury, 

 Pharmacog. p. 223). The flowers are said to have lenitive, and the 

 root powerfully purgative properties (Mus. Kew). 



The bark is used to some extent as a tanning material in Tndia 

 (Watt, I.e.) and for dyeing and tanning in Java (Treub, Mus. Kew). 



The wood is very durable, used for posts, agricultural implements 

 (Manson, Mus. Kew), carts and rice pounders, in India, though 

 rarely of sufficiently large size for timber ; weighs 52 to 73 lbs. per cubic 

 foot (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. p. 272). It has been recommended 

 tor paving blocks, the price quoted (1900) being 1000 francs per 100 

 sq. metres [7750 blocks] at Rangoon (Mus. Kew). 



May be propagated by seed, and the tree is very suitable for 

 decorative purposes. 



Ref. — " Cassia Fistula," in the Family Flora and Mat. Med. Bot. 



Good, ii. No. 77, 4 pages (Cambridge, Mass. 1854). " Fructus 



Cassiae Eistulae," in Phsrmacographia, Fliickiger & Hanbury, 



pp. 221-22 1. " Cassia Fistula " in Med. PI. Bentley & Trimen, ii. 



No. 87, 4 pages. " Cassia Fistula" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, 



Watt, 1889, pp. 217-219. " Cassia Fistula," in Man. Ind. Timb. 



Gamble, pp. 271-272. 



Cassia mimosoides, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 280. 



Ill— Bot, Mag. t, 5874 (var. Telfairiana) ; Collett, Fl. Simla, 

 p,148. 



Vernac. names. — Kalefemise (Lagos, Mitten) ; Fugindi ? (Congo, 

 Burton) ; Koto cha, Nemucha, or Ichinen-cha (Japan, Sofford) ; 

 Teturian (Java, Tropenpfl. 1902, p. 427).— Tea Senna. 



Lagos ; Nupe ; Zungeru ; Kontagora. 



The young stem and leaves are dried as a substitute for tea in 

 Japan (Safford, PL Guam, p. 218), and in Lagos (Millen, Herb. Kew) ; 

 as fodder for horses and cattle in Java (Tropenpfl. 1902, p. 427). The 

 roots are used to cure colic (De Wildeman, PI. Util. Congo, Art, xiv. 

 L903, p. 173). 



The tree is common in sandy soils, Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew) ; 

 common everywhere in Zaria, Kontagora, &c. (Dalziel, I.e.). 



Cassia obovata, Collad. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 277. 



III. — Colladon, Hist. Cass. t. 15xA ; Hayne, Darst. Beschr. Gewache, 

 ix. t. 42, t. 43 (C. obtusata) ; Nees von Esenbeck, Plant. Medic. 

 Dusseld. t. 347 ; Guimpel, Abbild. Beschr. iii. t, 206 ; Wight, 

 Madras Journ. vi. t. 5 (C. Burmanni) ; Schnizlein, Ic. iv. t. 275b. f. 2; 

 Wight, Ic. PL Ind. Or. t, 757 (C. obtusa) ; Ralph, Ic. Carp, t, 18, f. 7 ; 

 Berg & Schmidt, Darst, and Beschr. Pharm. ii. t. 9b ; Batka, Monogr. 

 Senna, t. 3 (Senna obovata) ; Baillon, Hist. PL ii. f. 97 (fr. branch) ; 

 Bentl. & Trimen, Med. PL t. 89 ; Zippel, Ausl. Handels. Nahrpfl. t. 28. 



Vernac. names. — Filasko (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Senna (Arabic, 

 Muriel, [Kordofan]) ; Bezr senna mukkee (Baghdad, Hyslop) ; Senna 



baladi (Arabic, Fliickiger & Hanbury). Senegal, Tripoli, Italian, 



Spanish, Jamaica, or Country Senna. 



Bure, between Kuka and Lake Chad ; Katagum. Common 

 throughout the Soudan. 



Yields some of the Senna leaves of commerce, but the leaves of this 

 species are not now official in the British Pharmacopoeia. Occasion- 



