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LEGUMINOSAE 265 



Local names: Bagau (Tag.) ; bagauak (Tag.) ; balakbak (Tag.) ; bayak- 

 bak (Pamp.) ; isar (Ilk.) ; malakatudai (Pang.) ; malakaturai (Tag.) ; 

 malapatpat (Tag.); malamalunggaian (Tag.). 



CASSIA TORA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 376; Blanco PI. Filip. (1837) 337, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 235, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 74, t. 122; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 * 

 (1855) 95; Vog. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 

 39; 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. 49, PL Manila (1912) 234, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 

 173. 

 Cassia obtusifolia Linn. op. cit. 377; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 1 * (1855) 95; 

 Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 6 (1904) 30. 



Throughout the Philippines, a very common weed in the settled areas 

 at low and medium altitudes. Pantropic, where native uncertain. 



Local names: Andadasi (Ilk.); andadasi-nga-dadakkel (Ilk.); balatong- 

 aso (Pang., Tag.) ; baho-baho (Bis.) ; halu-halu (Sul.) ; katanda (Tag.) ; 

 katandang-aso (Tag.); monggo-monggohan (Tag.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Cassia Montana Heyne; F.-Vill. Novis App. (1880) 71. 



Cassia diphylla Linn. 



A recently introduced plant cultivated at Lamao. 



Cassia glauca Lam.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 71; Naves in Blanco FL 

 Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. U26bis; Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

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



The Philippine records of this species were based on specimens cul- 

 tivated in Manila. It apparently no longer occurs in the Archipelago. A 

 native of tropical Asia, now widespread in cultivation as a shade tree. 

 Its proper name is apparently Cassia surattensis Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 

 97. 



Cassia bacillaris Linn. f. 



A native of tropical America, a recent introduction, rare in cultivation 

 in Manila. 



Cassia divaricata Nees. 



A native of tropical Asia, recently introduced and planted at Los Banos. 



26. GLEDITSCHIA Clayton 



GLEDITSCHIA ROLFEI Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 115; Merr. in 

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

 Gleditschia celebica Koord. Meded. Lands Plantent. 19 (1898) 433; 

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



Luzon (Pampanga, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas, Batangas, Cama- 

 rines, Sorsogon) , Negros, Mindanao (Zamboanga). In forests at medium 

 altitudes. Celebes. 



Local names: Tahid-labuyo (Tag.) ; tiri (Tag.). 



