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most excellent of men. I am the most famous of men. 

 I am the most victorious of men." 

 Jonesia asoca. 



KNOTTED CASSIA. 



This species of cassia is remarkable for its large pink- 

 colored flowers, and is seen tinting the Tavoy forests al- 

 most as beautifully as the calico tree does the steeps of 

 the Apalachian Mountains. It is highly esteemed in Ben- 

 gal, but I have seen no one cultivate it in these Provinces 

 except Major Macfarquhar, and he. told me his plants were 

 sent him from the Botanical Garden near Calcutta ! 



Cathartocarpus nodosus. 

 Cassia nodosa. 



SWEET-FRUITED CASSIA. 



" This tree," says Roxburgh, "is uncommonly beautiful 

 when in flower, few surpassing it in the elegance of its 

 numerous, long, pendulous racemes of large, bright yellow 

 flowers, intermixed with the young lively green foliage." 

 ft bears a striking resemblance to the laburnum. 



Cathartocarpus Fistula. 

 Cassia Fistula. 



FLOWERY CASSIA. 



Though not so handsome as either of the preceding 

 species, the flowery cassia is extensively multiplied on 

 this Coast. It is a slender, graceful tree, " every branch 

 terminating in a large panicle of deep yellow blossoms ; " 

 and when several are clustered together, waving their 

 radiant glories in the floods of a noon-tide sun, they look 

 -ike illumined hills on the eve of a Burman Carnival. 

 Cassia fiorida, 

 ^ccSa (Bur.) ^<Ss8o (Tavoy.) 



