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2. Cassia obtusifolia, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 263, under C. Tora. 
An annual, erect, shrub-like herb, 3-6 ft. Leaves 2-3 in. ; 
leaflets 6, hairy, ovate, 1-2 in., acute, an awl-shaped, yellow 
gland between the lowest pair. Flowers yellow, J-f in. diam., in 
pairs on short, axillary stalks. Stamens 10 ; lower 7 nearly equal, 
perfect ; 3 upper minute, abortive. Pod linear, 6-9 in., 4-angled ; 
seeds numerous. 
Naldera, Sutlej valley ; September, October. — Throughout India, ascending 
to 5100 ft, — Most tropical regions. 
3. Cassia Absus, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 265. An erect, branched, 
viscidly glandular, biennial herb, 6-18 in. Leaves 1J-3 in. ; 
leaflets 4, ovate, 1-1^ in., obtuse, a small, awl-shaped gland 
between each pair. Flowers few, red-yellow, \ in. diam., in short 
racemes. Stamens 5, equal, perfect. Pod hairy, flat, 1-2 xj in. ; 
seeds 6. 
Valleys below Simla ; August, September. — Throughout India, ascending 
to 5000 ft. — Most tropical regions. 
4. Cassia mimosoides, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 266. Perennial ; 
stems several, hairy, spreading, 12-18 in., procumbent or ascend- 
ing. Leaves 1-2 in. ; leaflets 40-100, narrowly oblong, J in., 
Fig. 42. Cassia mimosoides. 
acute, midrib close to the upper margin, a small, circular, sessile 
gland between or just below the lowest pair. Flowers yellow, 
J in. diam., axillary, solitary or in clusters of 2-3. Stamens 10, 
nearly equal, all perfect. Pod flat, hairy, 1J X | in. ; seeds 
15-20. (Fig. 42.) 
Valleys below Simla, on grassy slopes ; August, September. — Throughout 
India, ascending to 5000 ft. — Nearly all tropical regions. 
