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Javan material so named in our herbarium, and with the complete description 

 given by Koorders and Valeton. The leaflets vary in shape, and their apices are 

 sometimes rounded and retuse, sometimes acute, and even slightly acuminate. The 

 flowers agree in size with those of C. javanica, rather than with those of C. nodosa, 

 although the petals appear to be indifferently acute, or rounded, while the inflor- 

 escence is sometimes terminal, and sometimes from the older branchlets, in the 

 latter respect approaching Cassia nodosa Ham. Whether or not the latter is con- 

 stantly distinct from C. javanica seems to be an open question. 



3. Cassia divaricata Nees & Blume Syll. Ratisb. 1 (1824) 94: Miq. FI. Ind. 

 Bat. 1 ^ (1855) 97; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27 (1871) 554; Vidal Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 116; Koord. & Valet. Meded. 's Lands Plantent. 14 (1895) 17. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 2219, Vidal 12.'f6 in Herb. Kew., Elmer 599G : 

 District of Lepanto, For. Bur. 10928 Curran. 

 Java. 



4. Cassia glauca Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 647; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnd. 

 2 (1878) 265; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 71; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 96; 

 Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. J,2GUs ; Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 115. 



Luzon, Manila (Vidal 280, 281) ; without locality, Loher 2218. 



India to southern China and Formosa, south to Malaya, but in many localities 

 perhaps only cultivated. 



This species probably has no proper place in the Philippine flora, as Vidal's 

 specimens were from Manila, doubtless from cultivated trees, while F.-Villar's 

 refere^ce is based on trees cultivated in the old botanic garden, where they no 

 Itmger exist. Loher's specimen may also have been from cultivated plants, 

 but the distributed material of his collection is not localized. The much earlier 

 Cassia surattensis Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) 97, is referred here by Bentham. but 

 I have not been able to verify it. 



5. Cassia tora Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 376; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 337. ed. 2 

 (1845) 235; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 263; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 (1880) 70; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 122: Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc 27 

 (1871) 535. 



Batanes Islands, Bur. Sci. 36Jfl Fenix. Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Bur. 

 Sci. 1/873 Ramos: Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 4859 Ramos: Province of 

 Pampanga, Parker 34: Manila, Merrill 82, McGregor 49: Province of Rizal, For. 

 Bur. 3357 Ahern's collector: Province of Bataan, Williams 126, For. Bur. 1944 

 Borden, Merrill 3170. Mindoro, For. Bur. 5519 Merritt. Cebu, Barrow 18. 

 Mindanao, District of Davao, DeVore d- Hoover 178: Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 



s. n. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines, and exceedingly abundant about towns 

 and settlements; tropics of the World. 



Native names: Atidadasi (Ilocano) ; halatong aso (Rizal, Batangas) ; 7nanima- 

 nihan, mongomongohan, catandang aso, ex Blanco. 



By some authors Cassia obtusifolia Linn, is held distinct from C. tora. The 

 gland characters appear to be the most valid ones for distinguishing the two, 

 Cassia tora supposedly having a gland between each of the two lower pairs of 

 leaflets, and C. obtusifolia having a gland between the lowermost pair of leaflets 

 only. Both are represented in the material cited above; there are also some 

 specimens that on at least some of their leaves show no glands at all. In con- 

 nection with this matter a great number of living specimens were examined, and 

 the occurrence of leaves without glands was found to be frequent. 

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