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44123. CASSIA BICAPSULARIS. From the Horticiiltunil Di- 

 vision, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Orna- 

 mental leguminous shrub, often trailing, from tropical and s ib- 

 tropical America. The short compound leaves and few-flowered 

 clusters of long, yellow, nearly regular flowers are attractive. Known 

 in Porto Rice as sen del pais and hoja de sen. 



43773. CASSIA BONARIENSIS. From the Horticultural Di- 

 vision, Ministry of Agriculture, Gizeh Branch, Cairo, Egypt. Hand- 

 some ornamental leguminous shrub Avith 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, Egyi>t. 

 Ornamental tropical African shrub, 7 to 10 feet high, with cr)m- 

 pound. leaves, 6 to 12 inches long, and long racemes of bright-A^ellow 

 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 Jaegle, Ivoloina, 

 near Tamatave, Madagascar. !Medium-sized Malaysian tree, valuable 

 as an ornamental because of its erect terminal panicles of bi ight- 

 yellow flowers and gray-green compound leaves. The nearly bluck 

 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 MOLLISSIIMA. Chinese chestnut. From North 

 China. Collected by F. N. Meyer from old trees in a region whei-e 

 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. 



