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yellow flowers ; but, if true, it is remarkable that a pink-flowered form of Amaltds 

 should not have found its way into Bengal gardens. 



26. Cassia javanica Linn. 



This species, which had not (see F. B. I. ii. 267) up to 1878 been reported from 

 within the British area, has recently been sent by Mr. Wray from Perak. Mr. Wray 

 gives " Sibusoo " as the native name of the tree ; this name is usually applied to 

 P, nodosa which is very plentiful in the Malay Peninsula. But, as Mr. Baker points 

 out, the two species are very closely related and that they should bear the same 

 Malay name is not therefore a matter for surprise. 



4. Cassia renigera Wall. 



Very many gatherings of this species have been received in Herb. Calcutta 

 since Mr. Baker's description was written in 1878. At that time the flowers were 

 still unknown ; the following description of them is therefore necessary. 



Floivers in showy corymbs, solitary or in pairs, from old nodes, on softly pubescent 

 peduncles 1-1*5 in. long, bracts large puberulous, ovate-cordate, long-acuminate *75 

 in, long, *5 in. across, lower pedicels 2 in. long, pubescent ; calyx 5-partite to the 

 base segments ovate softly velvety ; petals oblong-obtuse clawed, *8-l in. long ; the 3 

 lower stamens longer than the rest with larger anthers and with nodose filaments. 



The most puzzling feature about these specimens is that of the gatherings where 

 the colour of the flower has been noted, some are said to be pink-flowered and just as 

 many are said to be yellow-flowered ; yet there is no character in the inflorescence, 

 bracts, sepals or petals, whereby the two may be distinguished. The attention of 

 members of the Society, resident in Burma, is therefore directed to the point and 

 their assistance in clearing up the matter will be very gratefully received by Indian 

 botanists. It may be added that all the specimens noted as pink-fld. are from Pegu ; 

 all the yellow-flowered ones come from the Shan Hills. 



5. Cassia occidentalis Linn. 



This does not appear ever to have the pale-lilac flowers described in the F. B. I. ; 

 the petals are pale-yellow faintly veined with orange. 



6b. Cassia hirsuta Linn . Sp. PL 378. Mentioned in the F. B. I. 

 under G. tomentosa : appears now to be quite naturalized in many parts 

 of our area. The species in general habit most resembles 0. occiden- 

 talis ; like that species and like G. Sophera its leaves have a single large 

 gland near the base of the petiole : it is, however, readily distinguished 

 from both plants by its dense pubescence. In inflorescence it resembles 

 G. Tora as its flowers are in subsessile pairs in the leaf-axils. Out- 

 wardly too its pods resemble those of G. Tora except that they are 

 densely villous ; the dissepiments however are transverse, not oblique, 

 and the seeds are broadly ovate as in G. occidentalis not rhombohedral 

 as in C. Tora. The following are localities from which specimens 

 growing in a ' wild ' state have been sent to Herb. Calcutta. 



Mysore ; Bababooduu Hills, Talbot 2343 ! Madras ; St. Thome, 

 Pillay ! Assam ; Nowgong, Simons ! Singapore ; common, Anderson 44 ! 

 Bnllett 75! Knnstler 317 ! 



