FLORA ARABICA. 
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Distrib. : This plant is indigenous in tropical America, but cultivated 
in most tropical countries. In India it is naturalized, where it is grown 
chieflj as a hedge plant in the drier districts. 
Vern. name : Sesehdn (Musch.). 
Note : The natives of Aden use this plant for various purposes. The bark is employed 
against consumption in cattle, the flowers and seeds against fever, and the bast for the manufac- 
ture of paper. 
58. Cassia L. 
1. C. abSUS L. ; DC. Prodr. ii, (1825) 500 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. ii, 
(1871) 279 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 221. 
Habitat : II. Coffee region above Hille, 1,000 ra. (S.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Asia. 
Yern. name : tuschma (S.). 
3. C. aciitifolia Del. 111. FI. Eg. (1813) 75 ; Baker in Kew Bull. 
(1894) 332. — (5. lanceolata Collad. Hist. Cass. (1816) 93 [non Forsk.).— 
Senna acutifolia Batka Monogr. Senna (1866) 41. 
Habitat : 1. Akaba (Hart!). 
II. Near Bolbaf (S. 1511); Wady Dhabal near el Hagar 
(0efl. 229 ! ). 
III. Hadramaut : Between Tahiyeh and Alrail, 1,700 ft. (Lunt 
1201 ). 
Fl. : Feb. 1869 (Lord), Feb. 1884 (Hart), Nov. 1883 (Hart), Dec 
1893 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Feb. 1869 (Lord), Mar. 1881 (S.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Egypt, Arabia. 
3. C. adeiieiisis Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxxvii, (1871) 553 ; 
Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 332 j Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) 
App. II, 220; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 185. — Senna Hookeriana Batka in 
Bot. Zeitimg. n. 36, p. 263 ; Monogr. Senna (1866) 52. 
Hauitat : II. Aden (Thomson ! Oliv. & Cl. ! Perry I S. 32 I Hildebr. I 
Defl. ! Lunt ! , Kuntze, Hook. ! ). 
III. Hadramaut : Bakram near Mukalla 200 ft. (Lunt 61 I); 
Sehut (Hirsch 46 a). 
Fl. : Jan. 1863 (01. & Cl.), Apr. (Thomson), June 1872 (Hildebr.), 
July 1878 (Perry), Nov. 1888 (S.), Dec. 1893 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Apr. (Thomson), June 1872 (Hildebr.), July 1878 (Perry), Nov. 
1888 (S.), Dec. 1893 ^unt). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Somaliland. 
Vern. name : 8s6nna (S.). 
