264 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS a 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands at low and medium 
altitudes, in some regions ascending to 1,500 m. India to southern China 
southward through Malaya to Australia. 
Local names: Karagain (Bag.) ; kilkidis (Bon.). 
CASSIA MINDANAENSIS Merv. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 388. 
Mindanao (Davao), F. B. 28245 Mataya. Along streams at low alti- 
tudes. Endemic. 
CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 877; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(1837) 888, ed. 2 (1845) 286, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 75, ¢. 73; F.-Vill. 
Novis. App. (1880) 70; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110; 
Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 115; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 
(1910) Bot. 50, Fl. Manila (1912) 234, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 173. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, a weed in 
waste places in and about towns. A native of tropical America, now 
pantropic. 
Local names: Andadasi (Ilk.); balatong-dso (Tag.); duda (C. Bis.) ; 
gulinggam (Sul.) ; kabal-kabalan (Tag.) ; katangan-aso (Tag.); suka (Ig.); 
sumting (S. L. Bis.); tambalisa (Tag.); tighiman (Tag.). 
CASSIA SIAMEA Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 648; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
27 (1871) 549; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 264; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 71; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 
116; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 51, Fl. Manila 
(1912) 238. 
Cassia florida Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 57; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1° (1855) 
98; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 24. 
Cassia arayatensis Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. (1877-83) ¢. 426, non 
Llanos. 
A commonly cultivated shade tree in the larger towns of the Philippines. 
A native of tropical Asia, now pantropic in cultivation. 
Local name: Acacia (Sp.). 
CASSIA SOPHERA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 379; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
70; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 116; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 
Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 30, Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 50. 
Northern to central Luzon. An occasional weed in the settled areas 
at low and medium altitudes. A pantropic species of American origin. 
Local name: Andadasi (Ilk.). 
CASSIA TIMORIENSIS DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 499; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 17? 
(1855) 99; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 71; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 115; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 63, 5 (1910) Bot. 51, Sp. Blancoanae 
(1918) 178. 
Cassia arayatensis Llanos Frag. Pl. Filip. (1851) 71; F.-Vill & Naves 
in Blanco FI. Filip. 4* (1880) 55. 
Cassia montana Naves in Blanco FI. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 452, 
non Heyne. 
Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, 
Bataan, Rizal, Laguna). In thickets at low and medium altitudes. India 
to Indo-China and Malaya. 
