310 A COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND BOOK 
marck (Enc. Meth. i. 649.) quoted for the Linnsean plant 
the Cassia Jistula silvestris of Rumphius, described in the 
next chapter. M. Lamarck's accuracy induces me to sup- 
pose him right ; although, when in Ava, I found a beau- 
tiful tree called Priba7i gno gri by the natives, which I 
think is probably the Cassia Fistula Javanica Jlore car- 
neo, although, when I sent specimens to Sir Joseph Banks, 
I called it Cassia Javanica. I shall here describe it. 
Arbor mediocris. Hamuli subangulati, pubescentes. Folia alterna, 
non glandulosa, abrupte pinnata. Pinnae 9-15 parium pedicellatse, ob- 
longce, obtusse, utrinque emarginatse, integerrimse, venis reticulates, 
utrinque pilosse, subtus pallidse, laterum posteriore longiore; anteriore 
latiore; intermediis longioribus. Petiolus teres, brevis, pubescens. 
E,achis angulo superiore carinato subtetragonus, ad apicem mucronatus. 
Pedicelli l^reves, pubescentes. Stipulse binae, magnse, reniformes, per 
sinum adnatae, integerrimse, venosse, glabrae. 
E-acemi axillares, folio breviores, indivisi, stricti, multiflori. Pedun- 
culus teres, pubescens. Flores sparsi, solitarii, pedicellati, magni, sed 
flore C. FistulcB minores, rubescentes. Bracteae ad singulorum pedicel- 
lorum basin triphyllae, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, pubescentibus, pedi- 
cello brevioribus ; intermedia duplo majore : infra flores ad pedunculi 
communis apicem nonnuUse, monophyllse, sagittatse. 
Calyx coloratus. Petala lanceolata, venosa. Stamina decern, inae- 
qualia ut in genere. 
Legumen non vidi, sed secundum E-umpliium " siliqua est wt in 
Cassia Fistula.'*^ 
Cassia Javanica flore albo^ 
Cassia Javanica flore purpureo^ 
Rumphius says, " Utrasque has forte conveniunt cum 
subsequente silvestri Cassia Fistula^'' probably meaning, 
that their seeds are not surrounded by pulp, which is the 
only distinguishing circumstance mentioned by him, the 
colour of the flower excepted, and in this these two plants 
differ from the C. F. silvestris. 
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