164 G. King — Materials for a Flora of life Mahiyan Penitmtla. [No. 1, 
Flmoers ia Jarge erect terminal panicles extending into tlie axils of Llie 
tipper leases, 8-16 in. long, 6-8 in. across, composed of altenmte crowded 
coryrntjs 3-4 in. long, 2 in. ficrose; lower pedicels 1 in. \n\tg Kolitaiy in 
axils of small lanceolate bmctS 2 in. long, grey- pubescent as are the 
brancbcs and main racbis. Qalyx 5-partite to base, eegnients distinctly 
unequal, oTate-obtnse, gi-eeiiieh-yellbw, downy exterually, tbe larger %35 
in, the smallei' '2 in. lo'ng. Fetals 5 snborbienJar, '75 iu, long, '6 in. 
wide, except the npper obcordat© "6 in. long, "5 in. wide^ all ratlier 
pale nniform-yoUow. Stamens 7 (the H upper reduced to staminodesj 
tbe 3 lower witb much larger antbei-fl ajid longer filaments than tbe 
2 lateral pairSi Pod nearly straight, fiat^ thiu^ elightly svrollen opposite 
tbe seeds, sutures faintly thickened, valves thickly coriaceous, sparsely 
pubernlouB, 6-9 in. long, "6 iu. wide, with a distinct stalk *5 in. loi^g. 
Seeds biBoriate 20-30, oval, '3 in. long, '25 in. across, very thin, testa 
dark-brown, shining. Bak, in Plor. Brit. Ind. IT, 264, 0 fforida Vahl. 
Symb. Ill, 57; DC. Prodr. II, 41)9; W. & A. Prodr. 288 ; Bedd. FK 
Sylv. t. 179 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 98. C. sumairmut Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 31; DC. Prodr. II, 506; Wall. Cat, 5S05. Senna sumatruim 
Ro3Eb. Flor. Ind. II, 347, 
pKaAKj near Uhi Selangor, Knmtler SGOSl Blanjn, Wray 147! 
Malacca; Brisa, Eohnherg 869! Pahaxg; Pulo Rnm pit, 2?ul% 2648 ! 
BiSTitm. India, Indo-China, Malay Aruhipehigo. 
Mr. Wrny gives tho local name of tkia ia Peri>k FuJco Nennong and notes that 
the "wood ia strong and tongh, Mr. H'jlinberg gives the name id Jlatucca aa JndL 
I 4. Chamj^crista DC. SepaU nari'ow ; stamens 5 or 10 all perfect 
eqnal, or with the uppermost one smaller than tbe others and Boiuetin)efl 
replaced by a atamioode. Pod dehiscent small strap-shaped, flat, the 
seeds compressed pamtlel ivith the more or if-as oblique valves. 
13. CASgiA MIM0S0I0E8 Liun. Sp, Pi. 379, A low diffuse peren- 
nial, suberect or spreading, simple or much branched, glabrous or pube.«^- 
cent, sometimes sniTrutcscent 2-3 fret high; stem terete. Lpuv^s S-\ 
in, long, equally pinnate ; leaflets 40-60 pairs, linear with a distimet 
oblique raucro, 'l-'lo in, long, glabrous on both surface."?, racbis 
puberulous with a small sessile gland on tlie petiole below the lowest 
pair of leaflets, stipules finely subulate, straight, '2 in. long. Flowers 
axillary, solitary or 2-3 together, pedicels unequal, ultimately 1 in. 
long, bi-acteolate above tbe middle ; buds pointed narrow, Cahj.r 5- 
partite to base, segments unequal linear-lanceolate to oWong-acn tt% 
'2h- 'S in. long. Fetals 5 subequal, elliptic or otbicmlar, shortly chi wed, 
obtuse, '35 iu. long. Stamens 10 perfect, alternately longer and shorter. 
Fotl 2 in. long-, '2 in. across, linear, flattish. *5rw7* 20-25, ohliquely 
rhomboid, compressed, testa dark- bi own, shining. DC. Prodr. II, 503 J 
