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Cassia sophera, Linn. 



Cassia sophera, Linn.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 92; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii. p. 283; Hook, f., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind., ii. p. 262; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 67 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvii. p. 532. 



Letti. — Concerning this species Mr Bentham says : " Tropical Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia, more rare in Tropical America, chiefly in Central America, the West Indian 

 Islands, and Columbia ; in all continents most frequently only from cultivation, or escaped 

 from cultivation, with some evidence of being really indigenous in Australia, and more 

 doubtfully so in Asia and America." 



Seemann records it only from waste places in the Fijis. Forster collected it in the 

 Tongan Islands, and Sir E. Home in Uvea or Wallis Island. 



Cassia tora, Linn. 



Cassia tora, Linn.; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 95; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 263; Benth. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvii. p. 535. 



Timor Laut. — Generally spread in Tropical Asia, Africa, and America, and certainly 

 truly indigenous in the first named country, if not in the others. It is common in culti- 

 vated and waste ground, especially in America, where it extends northward to South 

 Carolina. Mr Bentham records it from Australia, but we find no specimens, and it is not 

 included in his Flora, so we think it is an error. 



Cassia megalantha, Dene. ? 



Cassia megalantha, Dene.? Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 90; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvii. 

 p. 517. 



Timor Laut. — Only recorded from Timor previously. It is allied to Cassia javanica. 

 Cassia mimosoides, Linn. 



Cassia minwsoides, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 101 ; Benth., Fl. Austr., ii. p. 291 : Hook, f., 

 Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 266 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvii. p. 579. 



Timor Latjt. — Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and America, though rarer in the last 



named country. 



Bauhinia blancoi, Baker. 



Bauhinia blancoi, Baker in Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. p. 278. 

 Phanera blancoi, Benth., PI. Jungh., p. 264. 



Timor Laut. — Previously known only from the Philippine Islands and Siam. Bau- 

 hinia is a large genus spread all over the tropics. 



Saraca sp. ? 



Akrou. — An imperfect specimen of what may be a species of this genus, which is a 

 small one restricted to Tropical Asia. 



