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The above six species were credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar, probably 
all being admitted on erroneous identifications. None of the species are known 
to extend to the Archipelago. 
BAUHINIA INERMIS Perr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824); C. B. Rob. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 304. A nomen nudum, 
23. CASSIA Linn. 
Trees, shrubs, or stout herbs with large leaflets and obtuse sepals. 
Stamens 10, all fertile. 
Lowest 2 or 3 stamens much exceeding the rest; pods cylindric, indehiscent 
(§ FISTULA). 
Flowers yellow, in elongated, lax racemes; bracts small, deciduous; leaflets 
up to 14 em in length ......-.22.-----2--1-seeceeceeceeeteeenetereteeeseeetnes 1. C. fistula 
Flowers pink and white, in short racemes or corymbs; bracts large, per- 
sistent; leaflets 7 em long or less.............-.----- Varatreriindiemee 2. O. javanica 
Stamens equal or subequal; pods flat, dehiscent. 
Peduncles 2- or 3-flowered; pods 7 to 9 mm wide.................... 3. C. divaricata 
Peduncles subumbellately or racemosely many-flowered; pods 1.3 to 1.5 
(ch 17 Pan (e (eR mE ee nats EGS 8 Lease ee emer reer 4. C. glauca 
Stamens 10, 7 fertile, the 3 upper ones reduced to staminodes (§ SENNA) ; pods 
dehiscent, usually more or less compressed. 
Leaves with glands on the common rachis; suffrutescent herbs. 
Glands between the bases of two opposed leaflets; leaflets obtuse; pods 
with oblique dissepiments; seeds rhombohedral........................ 5. C. tora 
Glands far below the leaflets and near the base of the petiole; leaflets 
acute; pods with transverse dissepiments; seeds ovate, compresed. 
Most parts of the. plant hirsute or pubescent........................ 6. C. hirsuta 
All parts of the plant glabrous. 
Leaflets usually more numerous; pods turgid...................- 7. O. sophera 
Leaflets 3 to 6 pairs; pods flattened....................-......... 8. OC. occidentalis 
Leaves with the rachis channeled above, barred transversely between the 
leaflets, but without glands. 
Suffrutescent; flowers in strobilate subspicate racemes; pods winged along 
the valves; leaflets large, reaching 15 cm in length.............. 9. C. alata 
Trees or shrubs; flowers in corymbose panicles; pods not winged; leaflets 
not exceeding 5 cm in length. 
Stipules large, persistent; pod thin-valved, flexible, with narrow sutures; 
young parts, inflorescence and leaves yellow-pubescent. 
10. C. timoriensis 
Stipules small, deciduous; pod with coriaceous, rigid valves, sutures 
thickened; inflorescence somewhat gray-pubescent, leaves glabrous or 
NEAT] Y BOs cpioeiee ena pee eet Rea Peete dae coe haat eace ccaceneteces: 1l. C. siamea 
Slender herbs or undershrubs with very small leaflets and acute sepals (§ 
OHAMABECRIATA ) <..cc<c-:2s0c--- eee ee Se SNe 12. C. mimosoides 
1. Cassia fistula Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 377; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 
(1878) 261; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 667 (1897) 156; F.-Vill. 
Nov. App. (1880) 70; Vid. Sinopsis Altas (1883) ¢. 42, fig. EZ; Naves in Blanco 
Fl. Filip. pl. 120. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Sci. 7876 Ramos: Province of Rizal, For. 
Bur. 2991 Ahern’s collector: Province of Laguna, For, Bur. 10046 Curran. MIN- 
poro, For. Bur. 8581 Merritt, For. Bur. 11325 Rosenbluth, Ritchie s. n. 
