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37. LEGUMINOSiE. 



[Cassia, 



2. C. auriculata, Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 496 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 2G3 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sjlv. 92 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 81 ; Brandis For. Fl. 165. The 

 Tanner's Cassia. Turivary tarvar, arsul, Yern. Tangadi gidda^ K. 



Central Provinces, Western Peninsula, Southern India and Ceylon* 

 Common in the dry zone throughout the presidency. Fl. throaghout the 

 year. The bark yields a very valuable tan. 



3. C. montana, Heyne ; DC. Prod. II. 499 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 264 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 265. 



Hills of the Western Peninsula. Moist forests of the Belgaum ghats. 

 ("At Virdee and Chorla ghat," Dalz.) Fl. July-Aug. Fr. C. S. A rare 

 local species. 



4. C. timoriensis, DC. Prod. II. 499 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 265 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 92. 



Burma to Ceylon. Indigenous in the forests of ^Torth Kanarafrom the 

 ghats in Goa southwards, common in the moist forests of the Ankola 

 and Kumta talukas. Fl. Oct. Fr. ripe C. S. (a small tree or large 

 shrub). Wood dark-brown, nearly black, Gamble. 



5. C. glauca, Lam. ; DC. Prod. II. 495 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 265 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 91 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. Suppl. 30. Betta davare, K. 



Himalayas to Ceylon and Malacca. In the forests of the Deccan and 

 North K4nara. Common in the forests of the Dhdrwdr district near the 

 North Kanara border at Devikope. Fl. Fr. Oct.-Nov. 



G. marginata, "Roxh. Is cultivated in gardens. A small tree with 

 red flowers and pods like those of G. fistula. Heartwood light-brown, 

 Tery hard. Fl. R. S. 



0. siamoa, Lam. ; DC. Prod. II. 499 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 264. G. florida, 

 Yahl. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 179. G. sumatrana, W. & A. Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bom. Fl. Suppl. 29. Kassod, M. Southern India, Burma and Ceylon. 

 Introdaced, common throughout the presidency, often planted along 

 roadsides. 



G. alata, Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 492 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 264 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bom. Fl. Suppl. 29 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 92. Introduced from the West 

 Indies into the Deccan and Konkan. 



C Goensis, Dalz. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 92. A large shrub ; foot of the 

 Bombay ghats and several cultivated species {G. lanceolata, W. & A., 

 G. grandis, G. bicapsitlaris^ W. & A.) I am unacquainted with ; see 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. Suppl. 29. 



33. CYNOMETEA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate^ leaflets few. Flowers 

 copious^ minute, axillary. Calyx-tube short, disk sub-basal. Petals 5, 

 equal, not exserted Stamens 10, filaments free, erect Ovary sessile, 

 2-ovuled ; style filiform^ stigma capitate. Pod turgid, indehiscent, 

 fleshy, rugose, 1-seeded ; seed exalbuminous. 



C. ramiflora, Linn. ; DC. Prod. 11. 509 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bom. Fl. 83 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 315 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 267. 



