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less herbaceous odour. They are the produce of C. JEthiopica , u*u a •'umnixed with any other species. But I have a sample which cont al,lsalso the leaflets of C. obovata and Argel leaves.
Tunis senna agrees with that of Tripoli.
3. Aleppo Senna. —Consists of the leaflets of C. obovata.
4. Senegal Senna. ( Senna Senegalensis). —Is a blunt-leaved sen 1 '-®’,having a rougher and more glaucous appearance than the leaflets
C. obovata. Some years since a small bale of it was sent by the Ireneministre de la marine to M. Henry for examination ( Journ. de Phot 111 'xiv. 70). I am indebted to the kindness of Professor Guibourt f° rsample of it. ,
5. Smyrna Senna. —Very similar to Tripoli senna, but some of tleaflets resemble the acute-leaved Alexandrian senna.
6. Mecca Senna. (Senna Meccensis ; Inferior or Second East
Senna; Sene Moka, Guibourt; Sene de la Pique or Pike Senna;Mukkee, Royle.—Imported into England from India . It is the produc^of Arabia, and finds ils way into the interior of India by the portsSurat and Bombay. Dr. Royle was infonned that it was grown soM ewhere in the Agra and Muttra district, but was never able to provefact (Illustr. 187). It occurs in long narrow leaflets, of from one inchan inch and a half long, narrower than those of Tinnevelly senna, anof a yellowish colour; some of the leaflets being brownish, or eveblackish. This change of colour is probably the result of the action 0 ^moist atmosphere. Legumes are occasionally intermixed: they areone and a half to three inches long, and from seven to eight lines broa ’slightly curved, greenish in their circumference, blackish in their cen ’with a smooth surface. »
7. Tinnevelly Senna. (Finest East Indian Senna; Sene de l* n ’Guibourt). — Cultivated at Tinnevelly , 111 j tsouthern part of India , by Mr. G. Hughes-is a very fine unmixed senna, which is eX ^sively employed, and fetches a good price- ^consists of large, thin, unbroken leaflets, 0fine green colour, from one to two inches,more, long, and sometimes half an inch b rat their widest part. When exposed to a da
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atmosphere they are very apt t6 changeand to become yellow or even blackish,never seen legumes intermixed. ,
American Senna.~Is the produce otCassia Manlandica, but never reaches tins coun-try as an article of commerce. That which 1have received was prepared by the Shakers otthe United States , and has been compressedinto an oblong cake. The leaflets are oblong,lanceolate, from one and a half to two incheslong, and from a quarter to half an inch broad.
and a nauseous taste, like^he mhe” scima”' Th<3y haV6 a feeblC ^
this c^^dWlSlT t0 the best of ™y adulterated
on the comment bp flCtS ° Colutea «rborescens or Bladder Senna have,continent, been occasionally intermixed. They are elliptic 31 ’
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a. Legume of TinnevellySenna (C. elongata.)
b. Leaflet of ditto (Royle.)
thin, pliable, and of a