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The above six species weie credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar, probably 

 all being admitted on erroneous identifications. None of the species are known 

 to extend to the Archipelago. 



Bauhinia inebmis Perr. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 (1824); C. B. Rob. in 

 Philip. .Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 304. A 7wmen nudum. 



23. CASSIA Linn. 



Trees, shrubs, or stout herbs with large leaflets and obtuse sepals. 

 Stamens 10, all fertile. 



Lowest 2 or 3 stamens much exceeding the rest; pods cylindric. indehiscent 

 (§ fistula). 

 Flowers yellow, in elongated, lax racemes; bracts small, deciduous; leaflets 



up to 14 cm in lengtli L C. fistula 



Flowers pink and white, in short racemes or corymbs; bracts large, per- 



si.stent; leaflets 7 cm long or less 2. C. javanica 



Stamens equal or subequal; pods flat, dehiscent. 



Peduncles 2- or 3-flowered; pods 7 to 9 mm wide 3. C. divaricata 



Peduncles subumbellately or racemosely many-flowered; pods 1.3 to 1.5 



cm wide 4. C. glauca 



Stamens 10, 7 fertile, the 3 upper ones reduced to staminodes (§ senna) ; pods 

 dehiscent, usually more or less compressed. 

 Leaves with glands on the common rachis; suff"rutescent herbs. 



Glands between the bases of two opposed leaflets; leaflets obtuse; pods 



with oblique dissepiments; seeds rhombohedral - 5. C. tora 



Glands far below the leaflets and near the base of the petiole; leaflets 

 acute; pods with transverse dissepiments; seeds ovate, compresed. 



Most parts of the plant hirsute or pubescent 6. C hirsuta 



All parts of the plant glabrous. 



Leaflets usuallj' mose numerous; pods turgid 7. C. sophera 



Leaflets 3 to 6 pairs; pods flattened 8. C. occidentalis 



Leaves with the rachis channeled above, barred transversely between the 

 leaflets, but without glands. 

 Suffrutescent ; flowers in strobilate subspicate racemes; pods winged along 



the valves; leaflets large, reaching 15 cm in length 9. C. alata 



Trees or shrubs ; flowers in corymbose panicles ; pods not winged ; leaflets 

 not exceeding 5 cm in length. 

 Stipules large, persistent; pod thin-valved, flexible, with narrow sutures; 

 young parts, inflorescence and leaves yellow-pubescent. 



10. C fimoriensis 



Stipules small, deciduous; pod with coriaceous, rigid valves, sutures 



thickened; inflorescence somewhat gray-pubescent, leaves glabrous or 



nearly so 11. C. siameo 



Slender herbs or undershrubs with very small leaflets and acute sepals (§ 



chamaecrista) 12. C. mimosoides 



1. Cassia fistula Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 377; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 

 (1878) 261; Prain ex King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66= (1897) 156; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 70; Vid. Sinopsis Altas (1883) t. J,2, fif). E; Naves in Blanco 

 Fi. Filip. pi. 120. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. Set. 7870 Ramos: Province of Rizal, For. 

 Jiur. 2991 Ahern's collector: Province of Laguna, For. Bur. lOO-id Curran. MiN- 

 DORO, For. Bur. 8581 Merritt, For. Bur. 11.125 Rosenhluth, Ritchie s. n. 



