15S G. King — Matenals for a Flnru of the Malai/an Fetdiisula. [No. 1," 
'6--6 in. long. Seeds Uiseriate, 20-30, oval, -25 in. long, ■ 1 5 in, wide, 
very ihin, testa dark-brown sliining. DC. Prodr, II, 495 ; Wall, Cat. 
5312; W. &A. Prodr. 289 ; Bedd, Flov. Sylvat. 91; Miq. FloT. Ind. 
Bat. I, 96 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. lud. II, 265. C. mrattensis Bnrm. FJor. 
Ind. 97. 0. arhorescens Valil. Sjmb. Ill, 56 ; Roxb. Hort. Beng, 31. 
Sejma arhorescens Roxb. Flor. Iiul, II, 3-45, 
Penano ; Kunstler 1473 ! Cur f is ! SIalacca ; cnltivated, Mahgay 
595! PflRAK ; Simpang, TFm?/ 2051 ! Distuib, S.-E. Asia generally, Imfc 
often, pei'bapB nsnally cultivated. 
§ 3. Senna Bth. & "Hk. f. SepaU obtuse, perfect stamena 7, 
the 3 nppermoat reduced to stamiiiodes, tbe renmimder sTubeqnal or llie 
lowest 2-3 with longer filaments and larger anthers than the rest. Pod^ 
compressed, rarely subterete, usually dehiscent, the disBepiments between 
the setids membranous. 
5. Cassia Tora Linn. Sp. PI. 376. An annnal foetid herb or 
undersbrnb 2-3 feet liigb. J/eam equally pinnate, distinctly petioJcd, 
3-4 in. long; leafleta 3 pairs opposite, mcinbranous, glanconfi, obovate- 
oblong, uppermost leafleta 2 iu. long 1 in. -wide, lowest pair 1-1 "25 in. 
long '75 in. wide, apex equally acute, baae slightly obliquely ronndcd, 
glabrous or piibeinlous on both Burfaces, lateral nerves 8-10 paii», 
oblifiue straight rather pronounced beneatb, petiolules 1 in. long, 
pubcrulouB aa is the rachis which is deeply grooved above an^ fur- 
nrslied with a long canical gtatid betweeti each of the two lowest 
paira of leaflets ; stipules linear 'To in. loBg, caducous. Flowers 
u-sually in subses.'^ilQ pairs iu axils of the leavea the upper crowded, 
their common peduncle even in fiuit not exceeding *i.5 in.» usually 
aliorter, the pedicels even in fruit i«>t exct'edieg ■3£> in. Qnhjx 5-partite 
to base, segments gi'een ovate-acnte glabrous spreading, /2 iu. long. 
Petals 5 snbequal, spreading, pale-yellow, ^3 in. long, "2 in. wide, oblong- 
obtuse, the stendaid i-etuae. Stamens 7 (the 3 upper replaced hystanii- 
nodcs) BubequHl. anthers brown. Pod 6—8 in. long, "15 in. wide, ueitrly 
tetragonous, obliqnely septate, the valves pnbernlons membranons not 
reticulated, sntuies brnad. Seeds 25-30, rbonibohedrnl, long axis iu 
direction of pod» '15 in. long, '1 in. thick, brown, shining. Linn. Sp. 
PI. ed. n. 538 (excl. syn. Roij, Lugd. and^excl. vak. JS.) ; DC, Prodr. 
II, 493; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31; Collad. Hist. Cass. 96 ; Wall. Cat. 
5316 ; W. & A. Prodr, 290 excl. tar. j9. ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 90, 
excl. VAB, ^. ; Bnk, in Flur, Brit, Ind. II, 263 in part only. 0. Togera 
Larak. Kncyc. Moth. I, 643 not of Linn. 0. ffefida Salisb. Prodr. 326. 
C. gallhifiria Collad. Hist, 96. C. ohtmi'folia Linn. Sp. PI. ed. II, 
.539 as to all the citations except Shmip, Hist, Jamaien, but not as to tlie 
plant ; Lour, Flor. Couh. Chin. 323 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 95 excl. 
