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Its pinnate leaves are eight inches in length, alternate, and have 
from ten to fifteen pairs of oblong leaflets which are covered with 
fine soft hair of a copper color, similar to the young branchlets. The 
flowers are borne in abundant racemes which are shorter than the 
leaves. The flower, flowerstalk, and calyx are clothed with a grayish 
pubescence. The corolla is deep pink, about an inch in expansion. 
The pod is larger than that of any other cultivated Cassia in Hono- 
lulu, being a foot and a half in length and an inch or more thick. 
It is rough, woody and has two prominent ridges on one side. The 
pulp has an offensive odor. 
Like Cassia nodosa, it is an exceedingly handsome species and 
flowers during the months of February and March and is practicallv 
out of flower in the early part of April ; it is deciduous or partly so 
while in flower. 
It is a native of South America but occurs also on the islands of 
the Carribean Sea. On account of its beautiful inflorescence it has 
been cultivated in many tropical countries and is well established 
in Honolulu. 
Cassia nodosa Ham. 
Pixk and White Shower. 
Plate XLIV. 
Cassia nodosa, formerly known as Gathartocarpus, is a tree of 
moderate size, with long drooping branches which are slightly downy; 
the leaves are a foot or more long and are composed of twelve to 
twenty-four moderately large, oblong, distinctly stalked leaflets two 
to four inches in length, and are oblique at the base, glossy and dis- 
tinctly veined. The flowering racemes are short, corymbose and 
are produced from the old branches, are dense, and under half a foot 
long. The flowers are of a beautiful rose pink or whitish pink, with 
yellow stamens, the pedicels are twice as long as the flowers. The 
pod when mature is about a foot long and a half an inch thick. 
This magnificent flowering tree is one of the most commonly 
cultivated ornamental plants in Honolulu, where it has been much 
used for street planting. During the months of May and June it 
bears a profusion of bright pink rose-scented flowers and is an object 
of great beauty. The flowers are followed by cylindrical pods and 
the tree finally becomes bare during the winter months. 
It is a native of India and ranges from the Eastern Himalaya 
to the Malay Isles and the Philippines. In Hawaii the tree is never 
