50 MERRILL. 



G. Cassia hirsuta Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 378; Baker in llouk. f. Fl. IJrit. \m\. 

 2 (1878) 263; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 70. 



Cassia longisiliqua Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 338, non Linn. 



Cassia sulcata Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 236, non DC. 



Luzo.v, Province of Eizal, liur. Sci. 6525 Rohinson, For. Bur. 1978, 3.'i2S Ahern's 

 collector: Manila, Merrill .',099. 



Native names: lialhalatungan (Manila) ; tighiman, ex Blanco. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics of the 

 world. The Philippine specimens cited above have much shorter hairs than 

 Indian and Malayan material in our herbarium, so named, and the peduncles are 

 mostly moro tliaii two-flowered. 



7. Cassia sophera Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 379; Baker 1. c. 202; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 (1880) 70; Vidal Kev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 116. 



Luzon, Province of Union, Elmer 5604 ■' Province of Laguna, Elmer: Province 

 of llocos Norte, For. Bur. 13802 Merritt cC- Darling. 



Originally an American weed, now cosmopolitan in the tropics; similar to and 

 closely allied to the next, which, however, is much moro common and widely 

 distributed in the Philippines. 



S. Cassia occidentalis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 377; Baker 1. c. 262; Blanco Fl. 

 Filip. (1837) 338, ed. 2 (1845) 236; F.-Vill. 1. c. ; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 ed. 3, pi. 73. 



Ltjzox, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 16^82 Bacani: Province of Isabela, 

 Bur. iS'ci. 8101 Ramos: Province of llocos Sur, For. Bur. l.'fOlo Merritt & Darling: 

 ■Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 19Jf3 Borden: Manila, Elmer 5516, McGregor 48, 

 Topping 3, Merrill 391: Province of Tayabas, Whitford 541: Province of Albay, 

 Bur. Sci. 6304 Robinson. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 9169 Robinson. Mindobo, For. Bur. 

 5496 Merritt, Merrill 3339. Tablas, McGregor 340. Panay, Yoder 27. Min- 

 danao, Province of Surigao, Allen 143: T^ke Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 472: District 

 of Davao, DeVore & Hoover 150. 



Native names: cabalcabaUm, tambalisa (JMindoro) ; tighiman, ex Blanco. 



A weed in waste places at low altitudes throughout the Pliilippines; probably 

 originally American, but now cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



9. Cassia alata Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 378; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 

 (1878) 264; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 70; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 339, ed. 2 

 (1845) 237, ed. 3, 2: 77; Naves 1. c. cd. 3, pi. 124his. 



Hcrpetica alata Raf. Sylva Tellur. (1838) 123; W. F. Wight ex Safford in 

 Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 293. 



Luzon, Province of Abra, For. Bur. 14565 Darling : T'loyiuce of Union, Elmer 

 5597 : Manila, Topping 4, Men-ill 3427 : Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 3427 Ahern's 

 collector: Province of Bataan, Williams 318, For. Bur. 2198, 2583 Meyer, Elmer 

 7015 : Pi-ovince of Tayabas, Ritchie 76: Province of Albay, Bur. Sci. 6245 Robitison. 

 Mindoro, Merrill 12.56. Busuanga, Merrill 434- Balabac. Bur. Sci. ^75 Man- 

 gubat. Panay, Copeland s. »!.. Nkoros, F'or. Bur. 4204 Everett. Cebu, Bur. Sci. 

 1743 McGregor. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, For. Bur. 9202 Whitford tf 

 Kutrhinson: Province of Surigao, Bolster 202: Lake Lanao, .Ur.s\ <'te»ic}is s. m. 

 I'.AsiLAN, For. Bur. 3957 Ilutrhin.son. 



Native names: Acapulco, cdpurvo (Manila, Zamboanga) ; pahicliinn (Busuanga. 

 Nogros) ; bicas-bicas (JIarinduque) ; bayabasan (Tayabas); sunli)!;/ (Surigao); 

 pacagoncon (Bataan) ; andadasi, adadasi (Union. Abra) ; so)iting. cdldiKla. casitas, 

 gamot sa buni, pacayomcom castila, ex Blanco. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines in wa.ste phicos about settlements, etc., 

 and iindoul)te<lly of American oi'igin ; now cosmopolitan in the tiopics of the world. 



