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CASSIA Linnaeus 
CASSIA ALATA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 377. 
Herpetica alata Raf. Fl. Tellur. (1838) 123; Safford 293. 
G. E. S. 50, locally known as acapulco. 
A native of tropical America, now in all tropical countries. 
CASSIA FISTULA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 377; Safford 217. 
G. E. S. 402, locally known as cafafistula. 
A native of tropical Asia, now widely distributed in cultivation. 
CASSIA MIMOSOIDES Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 379; Safford 218. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford, as it is not represented in our 
Guam collections; India to Japan southward to Australia. 
CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 377; Safford 218. 
McGregor 488. 
A native of tropical America, now a weed in all tropical countries. 
CASSIA SOPHERA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 379; Safford 219. 
G. E. S. 49, locally known as amot-tomaga. 
Same distribution as the preceding. 
CASSIA TORA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 376; Safford 219. 
G. E. S. 68, McGregor 486, Thompson 16, locally known as amot-tomaga 
carabao. 
Same distribution as the two preceding. 
DELONIX Rafinesque 
DELONIX REGIA (Boj.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2 (1836) 92; Safford 256. 
Poinciana regia Boj. in Hook. Mag. 56 (1829) t. 2884. 
G. E. S. 408, locally known as arbol del fuego. 
A native of Madagascar, now cultivated in all tropical countries. 
CAESALPINIA Linnaeus 
CAESALPINIA GLABRA (Mill.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 54. : 
Guilandina glabra Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768) No. 3. 
Caesalpinia bonduc Roxb. FI. Ind. 2 (1832) 362, non Guilandina bonduc 
Linn. : 
G. E. S. 142, locally name pacao. 
Tropics of the world. 
CAESALPINIA CRISTA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 380. 
Guilandina crista Small Fl. Southeast. U. S. (1904) 591; Safford 288, 
pl. 51. 
Admitted on the authority of Safford who cites the same native name 
as that given for the preceding species. 
Range of the preceding species. 
