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44123. CASSIA BICAPSULARIS. From the Horticultural Division,
Ministry of Agriculture. Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Ornamental
leguminous shrub, often trailing, from tropical and subtropical
America. The short compound leaves and few-flowered
clusters of long, yellow, nearly regular flowers are attractive. Known
in Porto Rico as sen del pais and hoja de sen.

43773. CASSIA BONARIENSIS. From the Horticultural Division,
Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Handsome
ornamental leguminous shrub with large clusters of rich yellow
flowers and attractive compound leaves with narrow leaflets. Native
of South America. Not hardy in the Northern States.

43649. CASSIA DIDYMOBOTRYA. From the Horticultural
Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt.
Ornamental tropical African shrub. 7 to 10 feet high, with compound
leaves, 6 to 12 inches long, and long racemes of bright-yellow
flowers, solitary or from two or three to six or eight collected about
the ends of the branches and equaling or overtopping the long leaves.

CASSIA EREMOPHILA. Handsome ornamental shrub; native
of Australia. Erect bush, sometimes slightly hoary, with compound
leaves composed of two pairs of very narrow, thick leaflets about an
inch long and rather dense clusters of small bright-yellow flowers.
In Australia, both the pods and the leaves are eaten by stock.

42362. CASSIA SIAMEA. From Mr. Eugene Jaeglé, Ivoloina,
near Tamatave, Madagascar. Medium-sized Malaysian tree, valuable
as an ornamental because of its erect terminal panicles of bright-
yellow flowers and gray-green compound leaves. The nearly black
heartwood is very hard and very durable and is said to be used
largely for mallets and helves in Burma. Grows well in Cuba.

43254. CASSIA sp. From Mr. H. M. Curran, San Martin de
Loba, Bolivar, Colombia. Reported as an ornamental yellow-flowered
shrub. Collected in the lowlands in the vicinity of San Martin de
Loba.

CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA. Chinese chestnut. From North
China. Collected by F. N. Meyer from old trees in a region where
the chestnut bark disease has probably existed for centuries. High
degree of resistance, but entire immunity not probable. Hardy tree,
not valuable for timber, being only 40 feet tall and low branching.
Nuts larger than American, but not so sweet.
        