Cassia.] 
XLVII. LEGUMINOSjE. 
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staminodes. Pod falcate, 6 to 8 in. long, *25 in. wide, sub-terete, 
villous, valves papery. Seed small, -15 in. long, ovate, brown, 90 
to 120. Hab. Waste ground. An introduced American weed. 
Formerly occurring in Tanglin, Yo Chukang and other parts of 
Singapore. Selangor, near Batu Caves. Native name : Sinteng. 
(9) C. alata Linn. Sp. PL 378; Baker, l.c. ii, 264; Prain, l.c. 
161. 
Large lax-branched shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves 1 to 2 ft. 
long; leaflets 8 to 14, stiff papery, light green, linear-oblong obtuse, 
base rounded, glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide. Flowers 
in erect spike-like racemes 6 to 18 in. long, at first covered with 
large ovate-rounded orange bracts, 75 in. long. Sepals spathulale, 
obtuse, ’i in. long, ’6 in. wide, orange. Petals ovate-orbicular 
1-25 in. long, yellow orange. Stamens 7; staminodes 3. Pod black, 
6 to 8 in. long, *8 in. wide, winged. Seeds 50 to 60, triangular, 
•25 in. long. Hab. Damp spots near cultivation. An American 
plant now dispersed all over the tropics and valued for the use 
of its leaves in skin disease, popularly known as “ seven golden 
candlesticks/' Native names: Gelenggang; Daun Kurap. 
(10) C. mimosoides Linn. Sp. PL 379; Baker, l.c. ii. 266. 
Low slender shrublet about 6 to 12 in. tall or taller. Leaves 
3 to 4 in. long; leaflets 40 to 60 pairs, linear mucronate, *1 to -15 in. 
long, glabrous. Flowers axillary solitary or 2 to 3. Sepals linear- 
lanceolate -25 to -3 in. long. Petals sub-equal elliptic or sub- 
orbicular, short-clawed, obtuse. Stamens 10, all perfect, alternately 
long and shorter. Pod 2 in. long, -2 in. wide, linear, flat. Seeds 
20 to 26, rhomboid, dark brown. Hab. Open grassy spots. Johor, 
Castlewood. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang, top 
of Government Hill. Distrib. S.E. Asia. 
(11) C. Leschenaultiana DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Gen. ii. 
(2), 132; Prain, l.c. 165. C. mimosoides var. Wallichiana Baker, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 266. 
Slender shrubby plant pubescent, 6 in. to 1 ft. or more tall. Leaves 
1 to 2 in. long; leaflets 16 to 24 pairs, narrow oblong, mucronate, 
glabrous or puberulous, -4 to 6 in. long, ’i to *15 in. across. Flowers 
axillary, 1 to 3 together. Sepals unequal linear-lanceolate, ‘35 in, 
long. Petals sub-equal, elliptic or orbicular, yellow, '4 to - 6 in. 
long. Stamens 10 (or 9 or 7, the upper 1 or 2 reduced to stami¬ 
nodes). Pod 1 to 1'5 in. long, '2 in. across, linear, flat. Seeds 8 
to 16, rhomboid. Hab. Grassy spots, roadsides. Singapore, 
formerly common in Tanglin; Bukit Mandai. Perak, Temengoh. 
Penang Hill, 2000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. India, Cochin- 
China. 
Excluded Species 
Cassia javanica Linn. Sp. PL 379. A medium-sized tree with 
blunt leaflets and corymbs of pink flowers with blunt petals. 
