294 LEGUMINOS^, [Cassia. 



the way for its restoration as a separate species. The true C Tora of 

 Linnaeus differs from his obtusifolia by having glaucous foetid and pro- 

 minently veined leaflets, there are 2 glands on the rachis, the pedicels 

 are shorter, and the flowers are much smaller. 



6. C. auriculata, Linn. Sp. PI. 379; W. ^ A. Prod. 299; D. ^ G. 

 Bomh.Fl 81; Brand. For. Fl. 165; F. B. I. ii, 263 ; Watt E. D. Senna 

 auriculata, Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii, 349. — Vern. Tarivar, aival (Rajpatana). 



A tall shrub with finely downy spreading tranches. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, approximate, 3-i in. long ; rachis grooved, pubescent, furnished 

 with a single linear gland between the leaflets of each pair; stip^des 

 broad, leafy, persistent, their inner bases with filiform points ; ieajiets 

 S-12 pairs, f-l in. long, slightly overlapping, obovate-obl mg, obtuse or 

 emarginate, mucronate, rigidly sabcoriaceous. downy. Flowers nearly 

 2 in. in diam. m copious corymbose racemes. Calyx-lobes unequal. 

 Petals bright-yellow, crisped at the m4rgiriS and with long claws. Pod 

 4-5 in., straight, ligulate, obtuse, flexible, glabrous or pilose : dark- 

 brown. Seeds 10-12, distant. 



Districts of Etawah and Gorakhpur, Bundelkhand, Ajmere and Merwara. 

 DiSTEiB. From Cent and S India to Ceylou. often planted elsewhere. 

 It is a very handsome shrub when in fluwer during the cold season. 

 The bark is much used for tanning and dyeing leather; the seeds, 

 bark and leaves are medicinal: the leaves are eaten as a vegetable in 

 times of scarcity, and the branches are much valued for tooth-sticks. 



7- C. obtusa, Roxh.EortBeng.31; W. Sc A. Prod. 233. C. cbovata, 

 €ollad.; Brand. For. Fl. 165; F. B. I. ii, 264; Watt E. D. Seana 

 obtusa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 344. 



A diffuse subglabrous annual or perennial herb. 1-4 ft. high, branches 

 angular. Leaves 2-3 in. long, petioled ; rachis glabrous, without glands ; 

 stipules lanceolate, persistent : leaflets -i-G pairs, shortly stalked, ^-1|- in. 

 long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, minutely mucroDate, une.iual at the base, 

 membranous, glauc'us beneath. Eaceiiies narrow few-flowered, finally 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves ; pedicels very short. Flowers about f 

 in. Sepals obtuse, glabroiis. Qoroll'i pale-yellow. Staraens^ very un- 

 equal, anthers opening by p. ires. Pod 1-H i;i- long by | ia- wide, shortly 

 stalked, much curved, rounded at the ends, flexible, glabrous ; valves 

 cartilaginous, marked on the sides with rounded prominent crests over 

 the seeds. Seeds 6-12, obovate-cuneate, separated ^by very thin parti- 

 tions, funicles long. 



Near Delhi (Herb. Eoxle). Disteib. Salt range. Punjab on the Derajat, 

 Sind, Guiarat, S. India and Ceylon;, also iuE. Trop Africa, Arabia, 

 Abyssinia and Egypt The leaves are collected and sold for medicinal 

 purposes This was the first kind of senna known, and it was formerly 

 largely cultivated in N. Italy and in other parts of Europe. 



«. C. Aljsus, Linn Sp. PI. 376 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 291; Boyle III. 184; 

 F. B. I. ii, 265; Watt E. D. Senna Absus, Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii, 340. 

 'S. exigua, Roxo. I. c. S59.— Yern. Chdhsu. 



