156 G. King—sMuterials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



C. javanica. It seems that this species does not occur in Java, where C. javanica is- 

 its representative. 



2. Cassia javanica Linn. Sp. PI. 379. A tree 30-40 feet high, 

 branches spreading ; branchlets black glabrous except for the slightly 

 downy tips. Leaves equally pinnate 9-15 in. long; leaflets chartaceous 

 8-20 pairs, opposite, oblong, base rounded, apex obtuse, 15-2 in. long, 

 •75-*9 in. wide, bright-green, glabrescent and slightly shining above, 

 dull and uniformly puberulous beneath, lateral nerves rather oblique 

 10-12 pairs, slender but visible beneath, petiolules 15 in. long, puberu- 

 lous as is the leaf-rachis. Flowers in corymbs 6-10 in. long, terminal 

 and from leaf-axils, sometimes paniculately branched, peduncles solitary, 

 often with 1-2 small foliage leaves with 2-4 pairs of leaflets, puberulous, 

 4-6 in. long, bracts ovate-lanceolate '4i~'5iji. long, persistent, puberulous, 

 pedicels puberulous the lowest 1*5 in. long. Calyx 5-partite to the 

 base, lobes subequal crimson to purple-brown, ovate-obtuse, hoary. 

 Petals 5 subequal, rose-pink, '8-1 in. long, "35 in. wide, brondly spathu- 

 late obtuse, distinctly clawed. Stamens 10 all antheriferous, the 3 lowest 

 with nodose larg'er filaments and larger anthers. Pod terete, not very 

 distinctly annulated, "75 in. in diam., T25-V5 feet long, glossy black, with 

 thin brittle ligneous transverse dissepiments between the 50-75 seeds 

 each of which is embedded in a suberous disc "75 in. across *2 in. thick. 

 Seeds brondly ovate, smooth slightly shining, '35 in. long, "3 in. across, 

 *2 in. thick, testa pale warm-brown. DC. Prodr. II, 490 ; Wall. Cat. 

 5309; Benth. PI. Jungh. 259; Miq. Flor. 'ind. Bat. I, 90; Bak. in 

 Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 267 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. II, 8. C. Bacillus Gaertn. 

 Fruct. I, 313; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31; Flor. Ind. 11,337; Wight, Ic. 

 252. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. II, 82, t. 22. 



Perak ; Thaipeng, Wray 4020 I Distrib. Sumatra (Forbes 1275 !) j 

 Java. 



Mr. Wray is the- only collector who has sent this very distinct species to Calcutta 

 from the Malay Peninsula. The Malay name of this Mr. Wray gives as Sifaisu, 

 a circumstance that causes no surprise when it is considered how very closely 

 related this species and C. nodosa undoubtedly are-. 



3. Cassia Fistula Linn. Sp. PI. 377. A tree 20-40 feet high with 

 spreading branches and glabrous branchlets. Leaves equally pinnate 

 8-16 in. long; leaflets coriaceous 4-6 pairs, developing successively, 

 opposite, ovate, tapering from below the middle to a narrow point, base 

 wide-cuneate, 2-6 in. long, l"5-3'5 in. wide, bright-green, glabrous 

 shining above, dull and paler beneath when young clothed with a close 

 but very caducous silvery pubescence ; lateral nerves obliquely spread- 

 ing 10-20 pairs, slender but visible above somewhat prominent beneath, 

 petiolules "2 in. long stoutish, glabrous as is the leaf-rachis. Flowers in 



