262 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 192S 



Bauhinia retusa Ham.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72. 



Bauhinia rufa Grah.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72. 



Bauhinia subrotundifolia Cav. Ic. 5 (1799) 4, t. 406; DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 

 512; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 117. 

 "Habitat in Calavan duodecim leucis a Manila et etiam in Acapulco vici- 

 niis" Cavanilles. This belongs in the section Casparia and is undoubtedly 

 American, not Philippine; see B. lunularia Cav. above. 



Bauhinia racemosa Lam.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 72. 



24. KOOMPASSIA Maingay 



KOOMPASSIA EXCELSA (Becc.) Taub. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflan- 

 zenfam. 3 3 (1891) 156; Bericht Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10 (1892) 

 641, t. 32, f. 1-3; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 12. 

 Abauria excelsa Becc. Malesia 1 (1877) 169. 



Palawan, F. B. 21580 Danao. In dense forests at low altitudes. Borneo. 

 Local name: Manggis (Tagb.). 



25. CASSIA Tournefort 



CASSIA ALATA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 378; Blanco PI, Filip. (1837) 339, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 237, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 77, t. 124 bis; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 * (1855) 93; F.-Vill. Novis, App. (1880) 70; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes 

 U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 462; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 116; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 14; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 63, 3 (1908) Bot. 82, 5 (1910) Bot. 50, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 234, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 174. 

 Herpetica alata Raf. Sylv. Tellur. (1838) 123. 

 Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas at low and medium 

 altitudes, locally abundant; occasionally planted. Introduced from tropical 

 America, now pantropic. 



Local names: Adadisi (Ting.); akapulko (SuL, Tag.); ancharasi (Ig.) ; 

 andadasi (Ilk.) ; andadasi-a-dadakkel (Ilk.) ; andadasi-ng-bugbugtong 

 (Ilk.) ; andalan (SuL) ; bayabasin (Tag.) ; bikas-bikas (Tag.) ; buni-buni 

 (Bag.) ; gamot-sa-buni (Tag.) ; kapurko (Tag.) ; kapis (Sub.) ; katanda 

 (Tag.) ; kasitas (Bik., Bis.) ; pakagonkon (Tag.) ; pakayomkom-kastila 

 (Pamp.) ; palo-china (Bis.); sunting (C. Bis.); sonting (Tag.). 



CASSIA DIVARICATA Nees & Blume Syll. Ratisb. i (1824) 94; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 97; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27 (1871) 554; 

 Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 212; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 116; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 49. 

 Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Lepanto, Zambales), Elmer 5996, F. B. 10928 

 Curran, Vanoverbergh 731, Pascasio 507. In thickets or forests at medium 

 altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. Java. 

 Local name: Ataatab (Ig.). 



CASSIA FISTULA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 377; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 339, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 237, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 76, p. p. t. 120; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 * (1855) 89; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 70; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas 



