Cassia] XLV. LEG-UMIKOSiE 255 



areas in the Deccan. Dry rpgion of th^ Irawaddi valley. Fl. Oct -May. The 

 bark is extenbive^y iibod for tanning and dyeing. 11. C. alata, Linn, : Wight Ic. t. 

 258. Naturalized in India, posbihly indigenous on the Andamans, found in the tropics 

 of both hemispheres. A large shinib. Brancheb thick, finely <lowny. Leaflets 8-12 

 pair, oblong from an oblicxue base, obtuse, 2-6 in. long, sec. n. 15 paix', prominent 

 beneath, stipules rigid, persistant, auriculate, J in. long. PI. on short pedicels in 

 spiciform pedunculate racemeb, the buds enveloped in large yellow caducous bracts. 

 Petals bright yellow with darker veins, broad-ovate, 1^ in. long. Pods dehiscent, 

 rigid, 6 by | in., a cienulated longitudinal wing on each valve. 



C. All stamens perfect, anthers nearly equaL Pod flat. 



12. C. glauca, Lam. ; Kurz F. M. i. 394. 



A large slirub or small treej nearly glabrous. Branciilets ribbed. Leaflets 

 4-10 pair, 1-3 in. long, erect, clavate glands at tke base of the 2-S lowest 

 pairs. Fl. yellow, in axillary corymbose racemes. Pod thin, dehiscent, 

 glabrous, 4-8 in. long. 



Western Peninsula, extending north to Merwara, Burma. Often planted. PI, 

 throughout the year. Malay P<^ninsula and Archipelago. 



15. CYNOMETRA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 267. 



Erect unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaflets opposite, few, more or less 

 coriaceous. PL small, numerous, fasciculate or in bi^acteate racemes, inflor- 

 escence in bud enclosed by imbricate deciduous scales. Oalyx-tube very short, 

 segments 4 or 5, oblong. Petals 5, equal. Stamens 10, rarety indefinite, 

 anthers versatile. Ovary with 2 ovules. Pod turgid, indehiscent, with thick 

 valves. Seed generally 1, exalbuminous, filling the cavity of the pod. 



A. Stamens 10. 



1. C. ramiflora, Linn.: Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 815. Vern. Wihif/m, Shingar^ 

 Sundrib. ; Myln-lca-hen^ Burm. 



An evergreen tree. Leaflets 1 or 2 pair, 1-3 in. long. PL white, on slender 



finely puberulous pedicels, in small sessile corymbs, or short racemes, axillary 



or above the axils of fallen leaves. Ovary hairy. Pod fleshy, wrinkled, \ in. 



long. 



Tidal and coaht forests from the Sundriban to Chittagong and Tenas^erim. xlnda- 

 mans, Coast of Konkan and Kanara. PL G. S., H. S.— Ceylon, Malay Archipelago. 



2. C. Beddomei, Prain in Journ. Ab. Soc. Beng., (^Q (1898) 4:78. Western Ghats, South 

 Kanara and Wainad. Leaflets chartaceous, 2-3 pair. PL in axillary fascicles, i^edicels 

 pubescent. Ovary pubescent, excepting a narrow strip below the insertion of the 

 style. 3. C. travancorica, Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 316. Tinnevelli and Travancore ghats. 

 A tall tree, young shoots creamy pink. Leaflets 1 pair, unequal-sided, almost falcate. 

 PL in compact short axillary racemes, bud-scale^ straw-coloured, scarious, pedicels and 

 ovary glabrous. 4. C. cauliflora, Linn. ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 315 (in corner). Cultivated 

 in gardens. Leaflets 1 pair. PL pink, numerous, on short racemes which are ci^owded 

 on the old wood. Pr. thick, fle&hy, edible, 1-2 in. long. 



B. Stamens 40-60. 



5. C. polyandra, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 286. Vern. Piny^ Cachar. 



A large tree. Leaf-buds enveloped in large imbricating scarious and mem- 

 branous bracts. Leaflets 3 pair, 3 in. long. PL white, tinged with pink, | in. 

 across. Petals reflexed, in axillary sessile corymbose racemes, enveloped in 

 bud by hard striate scales, pedicels pubescent. |-1 in. long. Pod woody, 2-3 

 in. long. 



Khasi hills, Cachar. PL H. S.— Malay Peninsula. 



16. BAUHINIA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. iL 275. 



Trees or woody climbers. Leaflets 2, united into ouq entire or 2-lobed 

 palmately nerved blade, rarely distinct. PL more or less zygomorphic. Calyx 



