OF THE HERBAllIUM AMBOINENSE. 311 
Cassia Javanica flore luteo, p. 87- 
Concerning this Rumphius says, " Siliqua medicata— 
cum fistularum pulpa opium adulteratur." It thus differs 
from all the others in the following particulars : from the 
Cassia Fistula, in having small leaves ; from the Cassia 
Fistula Javanica, and the two other Cassice Javanic(E, in 
the colour of the flower ; and from the Cassia Fistula sil- 
vestris, in having its seeds surrounded by pulp. 
CAP. XXXI. 
Cassia Fistula silvestris alba s. flavescenS;, ) p. 88. 
Cassia Fistula silvestris rubra, j t. 23. 
There is nothing to indicate to which of the above plants 
the figure belongs, although it is not probable that they 
are of the same species; for uncultivated plants seldom 
vary in the colour of the flower ; and even in those which 
are much cultivated, and produce a variety of colours in 
their flowers, it is seldom that they vary from red to yellow. 
M. Lamarck, therefore, who has quoted the Cassia Fistula 
silvestris (Enc. Meth. i, 629.)} joining it with the Cassia 
Fistula Javanica Jiore cameo of Commeline, to form the 
Cassia Javanica, should have had the red kind alone in 
view. If this quotation is correct, the red kind should be 
the Cassia Javanica, provided Linnaeus, under this name, 
really described an Asiatic plant ; but this is doubtful, as 
besides Commeline's plants from Java, he includes one 
from Brazil, now called Cassia mollis ; nor can I ascertain 
which he really meant. M. Lamarck, even although he 
rejects this plant of Brazil, introduces into the same spe- 
cies with the Cassia Fistula silvestris a plant of Peru, with 
a gland between the lower leaves, and he seems to consider 
