296 LEGUMINOSM. [Cassia- 



short commoD peduncle; pedicels slender, elongating. Stamens 5, the 

 tipper one often smaller and reduced to a staminode. Pod straight, 

 glabrous. Seeds 6-15. 

 Saharanpur district. Distrib. W. Himalaya from Simla to ITepal, also 

 on Mt. Abu. 



12. C. mimosoides, linn. Sp. PI. 379 ; F. B. I. ii, 266 ; WaU E. D. ; 

 Prain.in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. LXVI, partii. 164,477.0. aogastissima, 

 Lamlc. I W. <Sf A. Prod. 292. amcema, Bnch.-Ham.; Royle III. lU. Senna 

 eensitiva and tenella, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii, 353, 354. 



A lew diffuse glabrous or pubescent perennial, or sometimes suffirutea- 

 cent, with a simple or much branched stem. Leaves 3-4 in. loug ; rachis 

 puberulous, with a small sessile gland below the lowest pair of leaf- 

 lets ; stipules ^ in. , straight, subulate ; leaflets 4U-60 pairs, yV? i"- 1^^?* 

 linear, obliquely mucronate, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers solitary 

 or 2-3 together in the leaf-axils, about i in. long; pedicels unequal, 

 ultimately 1 in. lor g, bracteolate ab ve the middle; huds narrow, 

 pointed. Stamens 10, perfect, alternately lo-jger and shorter. Pod 2 in. 

 long, linear, flattish. Seeds 2a— 25. 



Plentiful withinithe area. Distrib. Throughout India to Ceylon and the 

 Malay Penins., ascending to 6,000 ft. on the Himalaya ; cosmopolitan 

 iu the tr 'pics. Flowers daring the rains. The root is used medicinally. 



13. C. L3sclienaultiana. DC. Mem. Soc. PJiys. Genev ii, 132 ; Prain in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LKVI, part ii, 165,477. C. Wallichia'ia, DQ. ; W. 

 ^ A. Prod. 292. C. mim soides var. Wallichiaaa, F. B. I. ii, 266. 



A softly pubescent suberect annual, 2-3 f fc. high. Leaoes 1-2 in. long ; 

 rachis pubescent, with a largejsessile gland below the lowest pair of 

 leaflets; stipules about Jin. long, lanceolate, straight; leo^ets 16-24 

 pairs, |-f-iu. long, narrowly oblong, obliquely mucronate, glabrous or 

 puberalouB, lateral nerves 4-6, prominent and very oblique. Flowers 

 solitary or 2-3 together in the leaf -axils, f -f in. long ; pedicels bracteo- 

 late a little above the base ; &ucls pointed. Stamens 10 or 9 or 7, all perfeot 

 or 1-3 of the uppermost reduced to staminodes. Pod 1-1^ in. long, linear, 

 flattish. Seeds 8- 1 6. 



Commcn within the area. Distbib. Throughout India to Ceylon and the 

 Malay Penins., ascending to 6,000 ft. on the Himalaya. Flowers during 

 the rains. Easily distinguished from C mimosoides by its much larger 

 flowers and glaucous foliage. 



Ceratonia Siliqua, L., is the well-known Carob or Locust-tree, a native of 

 the Mediterranean region. It was introduced into India by Dr. Royle 

 in 1840, but its experimencal cultivation has not as yet been attended 

 with any great success. It is a slow-growiug evergreen tree^ with 

 abruptly pinnate leaves, the flowers are usually dioecious and without 

 petals, stamens 5 with versatile anthers, and there is a prominent disk 

 surrounding the ovary ; the embryo is inclosed in fleshy albumen. The 

 tree grows well in India, but the production of pods is deficient. In Italy 

 and Spain it is usually propagated by grafts, by which means a larger 



