156 G. King — -Matei^iats for a Flo^n of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. I, 
C, javaniea. It eocma that this spooieB does not occur in JcLTa, where C. javanica ib 
its repreeeiitative. 
2. Cassia javanica Linn. Sp. PI. 379. A tieo 30-40 feei. hiffh, 
bronehea spreading ; branclilets black glabrona exccpfc for the slightly 
down}' tips, Leavct} equally piimate 9-15 in. long-; leaflets cBartaceoiis 
8-20 pairs, opposite, obloug^^ basu louiiilBd, apex obtuse, 15-2 in. lonfj;, 
■75-*9 in. wkle, bnglit-(?recn, glabrescent and sHgbtly shining above, 
dull and nnifoi'mlj pnT)eru1oLi8 boiioatli, latemi nerves vatlior obliquo 
JO-12 pairs, slender but visible beneath, petiolulea '15 in. long, puberu- 
louB as is the loaf-racbi.<i. Flowers in coryraba 6~10 long, ferminal 
aud from leaf-a.tils, sometimes paniculately brancliol, peduncles solitary, 
of leu with 1-2 small foliage leaves with 2-4pairfi of leaflets, puberulous, 
4-6 in. long, bracts ovate-lanceolate '^-oin. lonfjf, pei-siateufc, pnberulous, 
pedicels puberulous the lowest 15 in. long. Coh/.t t5-partito to the 
base, lobes subeqnnl crim.^ou to purplo-brown^ ovato-obtnsc, hoary. 
Tetah 5 subequal, rose-pink, '8-1 in. long, -35 in, wide, bimdly spnthu- 
lat6 obtuse, distinctly clawed. Stamens 10 all antheriferous, the 3 lowest 
with iiodoFO larger filamenta and larger atithers. Pod terete, not very 
distinctly a«mulafed, '75 in. in diam., 1*25-1*5 feet long, glossy binck, with 
thin brittle ligneous transverse dissepimrnts between tlio 50-75 ficeds 
mc'h of which is embedded in a suberous disc "75 in. across '2 in. Ibick. 
^'m/s broiidly ovate, smooth slightly shining, "35 in. long, '3 in. aeross, 
•2 in. thick, testa pale warni-browti. DO, Prodr. II, 490; Wall. Cat. 
5309; Benth. PI. Jangh. 259; Miq. Flor. Tud. Bat. I, 90; Bak. in 
Flor. Brit. lud. II, 2G7 ; Koord. & Val Bsjdr. II, 8. C. Bacilhis Gticrtn. 
Fruck r, 313; Roxb. Hort, Beng. 31; Fk.r, Ind. 11,337; Wight, Ic 
252. Rnmph. Herb. Amboin, II, 82, t. 22. 
Perak ; Thaipeng, Wray 4020 I Distrtb, Snmatra (^Forbes 1275 ! ) ; 
Java. 
Mr, Wray Llio only coUeottn* wlio hns sent this very itiBiinct spctios to Ci'lcutia 
from flio Mulny Poningnla. Tlio Jtiilay vnmo of tlue Str. Wray gives fl.i SibtiUHt 
a circumstance lliat canaea no sni piisfi when it is considered how very olosply 
related tliis epccies And 0. riodosa -undoubtedly oro, 
3. Cassia Fistola Linn. Sp. PL 377. A tree 20-40 feet high with 
spreading branches and glabrous brancble ta. Leaves equally pinna to 
8-10 in. long; leaflets coriaceous 4—6 pairs, ciovoloping snecessively, 
opposite, ovate, tapering from below tho micldlo to a narrow point, bnse 
wide-cuncnte, 2-6 in. long, l'5-3'5 in. wide, brigbt-grcen, glabrous 
shilling' nbovc, dull and paler beneath when young clothed with a dose 
but very caducous silvery pubescoiice ; lateral nerves obliquely sprcaiU 
iug 10-20 pairs, slender hut visible above somewhat prominent bcnonih, 
pctiolttles *2 in, long stoutish, glabrous as is the leaE-rachi.s. Flowers in 
