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31. WAGATEA, Dalz. 



Prickly climber. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers in simple 

 or paiiicled spikes, orange and red coloured. Calyx cleft half way 

 down into 5, obtuse teeth, the disk high up, in the tube. Corolla 

 little exserted. Stamens 10, filaments naked. Ovary sessile, style 

 slightly clubbed, stigma oblique. Pod red, tomentose, ligulate sub- 

 torulose oblong, indehiscent, few seeded, sutures thickened. 



W. spicata, Dalz. in Kew Jour. ITT. 90; Fl. Br. I. 2. 260 ; Dalz. &Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 80. Wagati, wdkeri, Imldyajya, M. ; HooUganji, vagati, K. 



Common throughout the presidency both in dry and moist forests. 

 Fl. C. S. Fr. H. S. Wood yellowish-grey, smooth, hard. Pores small 

 or moderate-sized, joined by irregular wavy bands of white tissue. Med. 

 rays fine, white, uniform. Weighs 3f) lbs. to the cub. ft. The pods (Tere 

 pods) contain a large proportion of tannic acid. Roots used in cases of 

 pneumonia. Bark yields a dye material. 



32. CASSIA, Linn. 



Trees, shrubs or rarely herbs. Leaves simple, abruptly pinnate. 

 Flowers usually large and showy, often yellow, in axillary racemes 

 and terminal panicles. Calyx-tube very short ; sepals imbricated. 

 Petals 5, nearly equal, imbricate. Stamens 10^ all perfect or 3-5 more 

 or less abortive. Ovary sessile or stalked ; style incurved, stigma 

 terminal. Pod indehiscent or 2-valved, usually septate. 



Pod large cylindrical ; seeds compressed parallel with 

 tlie dissepiments. 



Stamens all anther-bearing, 2-3 lowest with larger 

 anthers and longer filaments than the others ... 1, C, fistula* 

 Pod compressed ; seeds flattened parallel with the 

 valves. 



Perfect stamens 7, anthers usually subequal. 

 The 3 posterior filaments without anthers. 

 Leaves with interpetiolar glands. Stipules 



large, lunate, foliaceous ... ... 2, C. aurieulata. 



Leaves without interpetiolar glands. 



Stipules minute, caducous ... ... 3. C, montana. 



Stipules large, persistent, foliaceous ... 4. C. timoriensis. 



Perfect stamens 10, anthers subequal ... 5. C. glauca, 



1. C. fistula, Linn. ; DO. Prod. II. 490 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 261 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 91 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 80 ; Brandis For. Fl. 104 The Indian 

 Laburnum or Purging Cassia. Boya^ hahawa, M. ; Aakkai, K. ; Chimhani, 

 Sind. ; Girmala, Guz. 



From the Himalaya to Ceylon and Malacca. Throughout the presi- 

 dency in deciduous forests. Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. C. S. Bark used in 

 tanning and from which also a light red dye is extracted in Bengal. 

 The pulp of the fruit and the bark of the root are used medicinally. 

 Heartwood yellowish to brick-red, very hard and durable. Pores mode- 

 rate-sized, enclosed in and joined by wavy concentric bands of white soft 

 tissue. Med. rays fine, equidistant, not prominent or distinct. Used for 

 carts, agricultural implements, &c. 



