46. LEGUMINOS.E : (LESALPINE^E. 211 



ii. p. 503 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 98, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 

 p. 578. 



Cassia proeumbens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 264, non Linn. ; Bretschn. 

 Early Res. p. 148. 



China : common from Peking southward (Bretschneider ! Old. 

 ham ! Millett ! Parker ! and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb, Kew. 



Almost universal in tropical countries, and exteuding into some 

 temperate regions, as Japan. 



3. Cassia nictitans, Linn. Sp. PI. cd. 1, p. 380 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 p. 503 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 79 ; Benth. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 578. 



Chihli : near Peking (Williams \ Tatarinow !) ; Co re a : 

 Chemulpo (CarlesV). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Central America, "West Indies, and eastern United States, 

 northward to New England. 



4. Cassia occidentalis, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 337 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 497 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 98, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxvii. p. 532; Miq. in Journ. deBot. Neerl. i. p. 123. 



South China : common (Hance ! Oldham ! Playfair ! ILancock ! 

 Lamontl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Tropical Asia, Africa, and America ; probably colonized from 

 America in the Old "World, according to Bentham. 



5. Cassia Sophera, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 379 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 264 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 492 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvii. p. 532. 



Cassia chinensis, Jacq. Coll. i. p. 64, et Ic. PI. Rar. t. 73. 



Chamaefistula chinensis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 452. 



Cassia torosa, Cav. Descr. p. 131; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim.Fl. 

 Amur. p. 4/1. 



Chihli: Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Hainan (Hancock I). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Very widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions, but 

 usually as a weed of cultivation. 



6. Cassia Tora, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 376 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 

 p. 493 ; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Neerl. i. p. 123 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 98, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 535. 



Cassia obtusifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 377 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 

 p. 263. 



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