on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part II. 307 
racter ( foliolis decem parium) ; for, as I have said, it is very un- 
common to find a specimen of the latter that has near this num- 
ber of leaflets. Linnæus indeed omits the plant of Hermann 
siliquis hirsutis, quoting only the plant of this author mentioned 
by Plukenet; nor is it easy to say whether he meant to describe 
the plant of Burman or that of Rheede, if they be really diffe- 
rent, as I suspect. It is to be observed, however, that he does 
not quote the Ceylonese name Mahatora, given to this plant by 
Burman, which would appear not to have been in the collection 
submitted to his inspection: and this, joined to his not quoting 
the plant of Hermann siliquis hirsutis, both probably belonging 
to the Senna vigintifolia, may induce us to believe that then Lin- 
nœus meant the Ponnam Tagera. Me did not at first quote 
Rumphius. 
Although, as I have said, the Ponnam Tagera is not the original 
Sophera, an African plant; yet Linnzus, on bestowing specific 
names, called it Cassia Sophera, by which name it is now always 
known. The younger Burman (I7. Ind. 97.) added to the syno- 
nyma the Gallinaria acutifolia of Rumphius, and the Galege 
affinis of C. Bauhin, both of which no doubt belong to the Pon- 
nam Tagera; but he also added the Sopheræ congener planta, 
siliquis compressis hirsutis, seminibus atris lucidis, floribus aureis of 
Hermann. ‘This throws every thing again into the confusion 
introduced by the elder Burman. The younger Burman indeed 
probably really meant his father's plant legumine hirsuto; for I 
am convinced that the plant of Java which he confounded (FI. 
Ind. 96.) with the Cassia occidentalis was merely a specimen of 
the Ponnam Tagera with only four or five pair of leaflets, a very 
usual number. In Ava J was deceived by a similar specimen, 
which I sent home under the same name, and which is now pro- 
bably in the collection of Sir J. Banks. 
Willdenow indeed omits both the synonyma of Hermann, 
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