N. 0. LEQUM JN0S/E. 
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426 0. mimosoides, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 266. 
Syn. S. sensitiva and S. tenella, Roxb. 355. 
Vern. : — Patwa-gbas (Santal). 
Habitat : — The Himalayas. 
A low, diffuse, perennial shrub, with slender, finely downy 
branches. Leaves l-3in. long, with a solitary, sessile gland on 
the rachis below the leaflets; leaflets 60-100, linear, rigidly 
coriaceous, Min. long, obliquely mucronate, with the midrib 
close to the upper bol der ; stipules large, linear-subulate, per- 
sistent. Flowers 1-2 together in theaxilsof the leaves, on short 
pedicels. Sepals g-^in., lanceolate-acuminate, bristly. Corolla 
little exserted. Stamens 10, alternately long and short, rarely 
5 of equal size ? (K. R. K.). Pod strap-shaped, flat, dehiscent, 
1^-2 by gin., nearly straight, glabrescent or finely downy; 
Septa more or less oblique. 
Hooker writes in Cuitis’ Botanical Magazine for December 
1st, 1870 : — 
“ Cassia mimosoides is a rather common Asiatic or African 
tropical and sub tropical plant, growing on dry banks, and pre- 
senting a beautiful appearance from the softness of its finely 
divided, bright green, feathery foliage, elegant habit, and the 
beauty of its golden flowers, which are abundantly produced 
and supported on Lair-like pedicels. Like so many tropical 
plants of wide distribution, it varies much,®®®” 
Use : — The root is given for spasms in the stomach by the 
Santalis (Revd. A. Campbell, Santal, Watt II. 220). 
427 Cynometra rami flora, Linn, h.f.b.i., n. 267. 
Vern. : — Iripa (Mai./ ; Shi ng (B.) Irapu (Tam.). 
Habitat : — The Western Peninsula and Malabar. 
An evergreen, erect, unarmed tree. Bark smooth, wood 
brown red, hard, close-grained. Leaflets 1-2 pair, l-3in. long, 
more or less coriaceous, 1-jugate and 2-jugate, mixed or often 
all 1-jugate, sub-sessilely oblong, subacute, very oblique, 3-6in. 
