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CASSIA FISTULA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 377. 



Cathartocarpus fistula Pers. Syn. 1 (1805) 459. 

 Cassia fistula Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 83, t. 21. 



This common species is not represented in our Amboina col- 

 lections, but it is so well known that it hardly needs discussion. 

 Rumphius's plate is good. It was first reduced by Linnaeus, 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 9, and has been consistently 

 cited under Cassia fistula Linn, by all subsequent authors. 



CASSIA JAVANICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 379. 



Carina fistula javanica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 86. 

 Cassia fistula silvestris Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 88, t. 22. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections. 

 There is very little doubt, however, that the first of the Rumphian 

 names cited above is referable to Cassia javanica, although 

 Cassia fistula silvestris may include two different species. The 

 reduction of t. 22 to Cassia javanica Linn, was first made by 

 Lamarck, Encycl. 1 (1785) 649, and has been very generally 

 accepted. Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, 2 (1832) 337, referred it 

 to Cassia bacillus Gaertn., which, however, is generally con- 

 sidered to be a synonym of Cassia javanica Linn. Other names 

 involved in the reduction are Cassia marginata Roxb. and C. 

 nodosa Ham. 



The plants briefly discussed by Rumphius, op. cit. 89, under the 

 names bilalangh, cajudju, and ke ule are indeterminable from 

 data at present available. Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 30, 

 has suggested that the second one may be a Pterocarpus and 

 that the other two may be referable to Cassia. The only logical 

 method of determining these forms is to carry on field work 

 with special reference to the native names. 



CAESALPI N I A Linnaeus 



CAESALPI N I A SAPPAN Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 381. 



Lignum sappan Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 56, t. 21. 



Amboina, Wae, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 568, November 26, 1913, 

 cultivated, locally known as lolan tuni. 



This well-known species hardly needs discussion. Lignum 

 sappan was originally reduced to Caesalpinia sappan Linn, by 

 Linnaeus, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 15, and has been 

 consistently so cited by all other authors who have had occasion 

 to quote Rumphius. 



