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of the leaves after rain); Johar; Jaha. Use : Flowers eaten in 
curry. . 
(5) C. Tora Linn. Sp. PL 376; Pram, l.c. 158. 
A foetid herb or under-shrub, 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves 2 to 4 in. 
long ; leaflets 3 pairs, membranous, glaucous, obovate-oblong; leaf- 
flets/ uppermost 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, lower 1 to 175 in. long, 
75 in. wide, tip acute, base obliquely rounded ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs. 
Flowers in sub-sessile pairs, axillary crowded. Calyx 5-lobed to 
base, lobes ovate acute, green, '2 in. long. Petals oblong-obtuse 
pale yellow, '3 in. long, *2 in. wide; standard retuse. Stamens 7 
with 3 staminodes; anthers brown. Pod 6 to 8 in. long, 15 ifl- 
wide, nearly 4-angled; valves puberulous not reticulated. Seeds 
25 to 30, rhombohedral, brown, shining. Hab. Rare, in waste 
ground. Perak, Kwala Dipang (Scortechini). Distrib. Tropical 
Asis. 
(6) C. obtusifolia Linn. Sp. Pl. 377 > Pram, l.c. 159 - 
Much resembling C. Tora Linn., but not foetid, the leaves not 
glaucous, deltoid at the tip. Flowers bright yellow. Petals *5 m. 
long *35 in. wide. Pod 8 to 10 in. long, *2 in. wide, sub-terete. 
Seeds 30 to 35, brown, '2 in. long. Hab. Very common on waste 
ground. Singapore, Pulau Ubin, etc. Pahang, Pekan and far 
up the Pahang River. Malacca, Tanjong Kling. Selangor, Kwala 
Lumpur- Raub Track (Machado). Distrib. S. America, now 
naturalised in Asia. Native names : Gelenggang Padang; Geleng- 
^ (7) C. occidentalis Linn. Sp. PL 377; Bot. Reg. t. 83; Baker, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 262; Prain, l.c. 160 
Under-shrub 2 to 4 ft. tall. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; leaflets 
3 to 5 pairs, membranous glaucous, foetid, ovate-oblong, base 
rounded, tip acuminate, glabrous or pubescent beneath, 1 to 3 in. 
long, *5 to 1-25 in. wide; gland globose at base of rachis Flowers 
in axillary panicled corymbs, few; bracts and calyx white. Petals 
yellow veined orange, -5 in. long. Stamens 7; staminodes 3. 
Pod sub-falcate linear, compressed, glabrous, 4 to 5 m. long, 35 ni. 
wide, -2 in. thick. Seeds ovate, small brown 20 to 30^ Hab. 
Common in waste ground. Singapore Changi ; Gelaug. Malacca 
Hill; Bukit Bruang (Cantley). Selangor Batang Berjuntai. 
Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. 
Whole world, probably originally American. Native names. 
KachangKota; Kutepeng hutan. . 
(8) C. hirsuta Linn. Sp. PL 378; Pram, l.c. 159. 
Branched annual 2 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves 4 to 8 m long; leaflets 
3 to 6 pairs, membranous green hairy foetid, ovate acuminate, 
base cuneate i '5 to 3 '5 in- long, I to i '5 in. wide; rachis wi h 
one large gland just above base Flowers m sub-sessile axil ary 
pairs. Sepals ovate sub-acute, pilose, -25 in. long. P et ^ s 
yellow, -45 -in. long, ovate-oblong blunt. Stamens 7 wit 3 
