264 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes, in some regions ascending to 1,500 m. India to southern China 

 southward through Malaya to Australia. . 



Local names: Karagain (Bag.) ; kilkidis (Bon.). 



CASSIA MINDANAENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 388. 



Mindanao (Davao), F. B. 2824-5 Mataya. Along streams at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 377; Blanco PI. Filip. 



(1837) 338, ed. 2 (1845) 236, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 75, t. 73; F.-Vill. 



Novis. App. (1880) 70; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 110; 



Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 115; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 



(1910) Bot. 50, Fl. Manila (1912) 234, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 173. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, a weed in 

 waste places in and about towns. A native of tropical America, now 

 pantropic. 



Local names: Andadasi (Ilk.) ; balatong-aso (Tag.) ; duda (C. Bis.) ; 

 gulinggam (Sul.) ; kabal-kabalan (Tag.) ; katangan-aso (Tag.) ; suka (Ig.) ; 

 sumting (S. L. Bis.); tambalisa (Tag.); tighiman (Tag.). 



CASSIA SIAMEA Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 648; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 27 (1871) 549; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 264; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 71; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 116; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 51, Fl. Manila 

 (1912) 233. 

 Cassia florida Vahl Symb. 3 (1794) 57; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 



98; Merr. in Philip. Bureau Forestry Bull. 1 (1903) 24. 

 Cassia arayatensis Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. (1877-83) t. 426, non 

 Llanos. 

 A commonly cultivated shade tree in the larger towns of the Philippines. 

 A native of tropical Asia, now pantropic in cultivation. 

 Local name: Acacia (Sp.). 



CASSIA SOPH ERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 379; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 70; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 116; Merr. in Govt. Lab. 

 Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 30, Philip. Journ. iSci. 5 (1910) Bot. 50. 

 Northern to central Luzon. An occasional weed in the settled areas 

 at low and medium altitudes. A pantropic species of American origin. 

 Local name: Andadasi (Ilk.). 



CASSIA TIMORIENSIS DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 499; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 

 (1855) 99; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 71; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 115; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 63, 5 (1910) Bot. 51, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 173. 

 Cassia arayatensis Llanos Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 71; F.-Vill & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. 4 1 (1880) 55. 

 Cassia montana Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 452, 

 non Heyne. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, 

 Bataan, Rizal, Laguna). In thickets at low and medium altitudes. India 

 to Indo-China and Malaya. 



