234 A FLORA OF MANILA 
Commonly cultivated as a shade tree, not spontaneous, fl. June—Dec.; 
introduced from India or Malaya. India to Cochin China, the Malay Penin- 
sula and Archipelago. 
2. C. TORA L. ‘ 
Stout, erect, glabrous, rank-smelling, suffrutescent annual 1 m high or 
less. Leaves 8 to 12 cm long, the stipules linear-subulate; leaflets 6, 
obovate to oblong-obovate, obtuse, apiculate, 2 to 5 cm long. Flowers 
axillary, in pairs, the peduncle very short, the pedicels 2.5 cm long or 
less. Corolla yellow, 1.5 cm in diameter. “Pod slender, up to 15 em long, 
3 to 4mm thick. (FI. Filip. pl. 122.) 
In open waste places, very common, fl. all the year; throughout the 
Philippines. A native of tropical America, now in most tropical countries. 
3. C, OCCIDENTALIS L. 
An erect, somewhat branched, glabrous, suffrutescent herb or a shrubby 
plant 0.8 to 1.5 m high. Leaves pinnate, about 20 cm long, the rachis with 
a large gland at the base. Leaflets rank-smelling, 5 pairs, oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, 4 to 9 cm long. Racemes few-flowered, axillary and term- 
inal, corymbose. Flowers yellow, 2 cm long. Pods about 10 cm long, 
9 mm wide, thickened, containing about 40 seeds. (FI. Filip. pl. 73.) 
In open waste places, fl. all the year. Widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines. A native of tropical America, now in most tropical countries. 
4. C. HIRSUTA L. 
An erect, branched, annual, suffrutescent herb or undershrub 0.6 to 1.4 
m high. Leaves equally pinnate, 15 to 30 cm long; leaflets 8 to 12, ovate 
\to oblong-ovate, acuminate, more or less pubescent, 4 to 10 cm long. 
Flowers yellow, about 2 cm in diameter, in pairs in the axils of the leaves 
or in terminal, somewhat crowded panicles. Pods 15 to 25 cm long, about 
5 mm wide, pubescent, the seeds very numerous. 
Occasional in open waste places, fl. Nov.Jan. Of local occurrence in 
the Philippines. A native of tropical America, now pantropic. 
5. C. ALATA L. Acapulco, Capuleo, Capurco (Tag.). 
A coarse, erect, branched shrub 1.5 to 3 m. high, the branches stout, 
green. Leaves equally pinnate, 40 to 60 em long; leaflets 16 to 28, oblong, 
apex broad, rounded, apiculate, 5 to 15 cm long, gradually increasing in 
size upward. Inflorescence of terminal and axillary, simple or panicled 
spike-like, peduncled racemes, 10 to 50 cm long. Flowers yellow, about 
4 cm in diameter, the buds subtended by thin, yellow, oblong, concave bracts, 
2.5 to 3 em long, which are imbricate and conceal the buds, falling as the 
flowers open. Upper 3 stamens reduced to staminodes, the lower two with 
large anthers, the lateral pairs small. Pods straight, spreading, about 
15 ecm long, 1.5 em wide, valves with a crenulated, chartaceous wing run- 
ning from end to end. Seeds 50 to 60, flattened, triangular. (FI. Filip. 
pl. 124.) 
In open waste places, fl. Oct—Jan.; widely distributed in the Philippines 
in and about towns. Tropics of the World, a native of tropical America. 
Cassia glauca Lam., a native of south-eastern Asia, was introduced and 
cultivated in the old Botanic Garden in Spanish times. It seems not to 
have persisted. It is a tree, the flowers with 10 perfect stamens. 
