156 ]\rat( riah for a Flora of the Mahnjaii TeiiinsuJa. 



C. javnnicn. It seems that this species does not occnr in Java, "wLerc C. javanica is 

 its repi'esentative. 



2. CAssfA jAVAiviCA LinTi. Sp. PI. 379. A tree 30-40 feet hi* gli, 

 brnnclies .spreading ; branclilets black glabrous except for the slightly 

 downj tips, ieaves equally pinnate 9-15 in. long; leaflets cbartaceous 

 8-20 pairs, opposite, oblong, base rounded, apex obtuse, l'5-2 in. long, 

 "75-'9 in. wide, briglit-green, glabrescent and sliglitly"sbining above, 

 dull and uniformly puberulous beneath, lateral nerves rather oblique 

 10-12 pairs, slender but visible beneath, petiolules "15 in. long, puberu- 

 lous as is the leaf-rachis. Floorers in corymbs 6-10 in. long, lerminal 

 and from leaf-axils, sometimes paniculately branched, peduncles solitary, 

 often with 1-2 small foliage leaves with 2-4 pairs of leaflets, puberulous, 

 4-6 in. long, bracts ovate-lanceolate •4-*5 in. long, persistent, puberulous, 

 pedicels puberulous tlie lowest 1"5 in. long. Calyx 5-partite to the 

 base, lobes subequal crimson to purple-brown, ovate-obtuse, lioary. 

 Petals 5 subequal, rose- pink, '8-1 in. long, '35 in. wide, broadly spatlm- 

 late obtuse, distinctly clawed. Stamens 10 all antheriferous, the 3 lowest 

 with nodo.'^e larger filaments and larger antbers. Pod terete, not very 

 distinctly annulated, "75 in. in diam., 1 •25-l"5 feet long, glossy black, with 

 thin brittle ligneous transverse dissepiments between the 50-75 seeds 

 each of wbich is embedded in a suberous disc '75 in. across '2 in. thick. 

 Seeds broadly ovate, smooth sliglitlj^ shining, "35 in. long, 3 in. across, 

 •2 in. thick, testa pale warm-brown. DC. Prodr. II, 490; Wall. Cat. 

 5309; Benth. PI. Jungh. 259; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 90; Bak. in 

 Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 267 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. II, 8. C. Bacillus Gaertn. 

 Fruct. L 313; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31; Flor. Ind. II, 337; Wight, Ic. 

 252. Puimph. Herb. Amboin. II, 82, t. 22. 



Perak ; Thaipeng, TFrrt?/ 4020 ! Distrtb. Sum.atra {Forhes 1275 !j; 

 Java. 



Mr. Wray is the only collector wlio has sent this very distinct sper-ies to Calcutta 

 from the Mahiy Peninsula. The ]\Ialay name of this IMr. Wray gives as SihnnUy 

 a circumstance that causes no surprise vrhen it is considered how very closely 

 related this species and G. nodosa undoubtedly are. 



3. Cassia Fistula Linn. Sp. PL 377. A tree 20-40 feet higb with 

 spreading branches and glabrous, branchlets. Leaves equally pinnate 

 8-16 in. long ; leaflets coriaceous 4-6 pairs, developing successively, 

 opposite, ovate, tapering from below the middle to a narrow point, base 

 wide-cuneate, 2-6 in. long, l'5-3'5 in, wide, bright-green, glabrous 

 shining above, dull and paler beneath when young clothed with a close 

 but very caducous silvery pubescence ; lateral nerves obliquely spread- 

 ing 10-20 pairs, slender but visible above somewhat prominent beneath, 

 petiolules '2 in. long stoutish, glabrous as is the leaf-rachis. Flowers in 



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