262 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS rt 
BAUHINIA RETUSA Ham.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72. 
BAUHINIA RUFA Grah.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72. 
BAUHINIA SUBROTUNDIFOLIA Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 4, t. 406; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 
512; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 117. 
“Habitat in Calavan duodecim leucis a Manila et etiam in Acapulco vici- 
niis’”’ Cavanilles. This belongs in the section Casparia and is undoubtedly 
American, not Philippine; see B. lunularia Cav. above. 
BAUHINIA RACEMOSA Lam.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72. 
24. KOOMPASSIA Maingay 
KOOMPASSIA EXCELSA (Becc.) Taub. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflan- 
zenfam. 3° (1891) 156; Bericht Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10 (1892) 
641, t. 32, f. 1-3; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 12. 
Abauria excelsa Becc. Malesia 1 (1877) 169. 
Palawan, F’. B. 21580 Danao. In dense forests at low altitudes. Borneo. 
Local name: Manggis (Tagb.). 
25. CASSIA Tournefort 
CASSIA ALATA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 378; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1887) 339, 
ed. 2 (1845) 287, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 77, t. 124 bis; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
1+ (1855) 93; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 70; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes 
U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 462; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
116; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 14; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 63, 3 (1908) Bot. 82, 5 (1910) Bot. 50, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 234, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 174. 
Herpetica alata Raf. Sylv. Tellur. (1838) 123. 
Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium 
altitudes, locally abundant; occasionally planted. Introduced from tropical 
America, now pantropic. 
Local names: Adadisi (Ting.) ; akapilko (Sul., Tag.) ; ancharasi (Ig.) ; 
andadasi_ (Ilk.); andadasi-a-dadakkél (Ilk.); andadasi-ng-bugbugtong 
(Ilk.); andalan (Sul.); bayabdsin (Tag.); bikas-bikas (Tag.); buni-buni 
(Bag.); gamdot-sa-bini (Tag.); kaptirko (Tag.); kapis (Sub.); katanda 
(Tag.); kasitas (Bik., Bis.); pakagonkon (Tag.); pakayomkom-kastila 
(Pamp.); palo-china (Bis.); sunting (C. Bis.); sonting (Tag.). 
CASSIA DIVARICATA Nees & Blume Syll. Ratisb. i (1824) 94; Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. 1? (1855) 97; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27 (1871) 554; 
Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 212; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 
(1886) 116; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 49. 
Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Lepanto, Zambales), Elmer 5996, F. B. 10928 
Curran, Vanoverbergh 731, Pascasio 507. In thickets or forests at medium 
altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. Java. 
Local name: Ataatab (Ig.). 
CASSIA FISTULA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 377; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 389, 
ed. 2 (1845) 287, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 76, p. p. t. 120; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
17? (1855) 89; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 70; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 
