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Kleinhof’s specimen cited by Burman is credited to Java, 
the locality being certainly an error. Captain van Alderwereldt 
van Rosenburgh informs me that the species does not grow in 
Java, although the reduction of Adianthum truncatum Burm. 
f. to Acacia decipiens R. Br., indicated in Index Kewensis and 
in Christensen’s Index Filicum, is certainly correct. The type 
was undoubtedly from western Australia, erroneously localized 
as Javan. Polypodium spinulosum Burm. f. = Synaphe a poly- 
morpha R. Br. presents, a parallel case. 
SARACA Linnaeus 
SARACA INDICA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 98. 
Saraca urborescens Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 85, t. 25, f. 2. “Habitat 
in Java.” 
Burman’s species is clearly identical with the Linnean one 
published one year earlier, both descriptions doubtless being 
based on material from the same collection. 
DIALIUM Linnaeus 
DIALIUM INDUM Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 24. 
Dialium javanicum Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 12. “Habitat in Java.” 
Burman’s species is clearly identical with the one described 
one year earlier by Linnaeus ; both descriptions were doubtless 
based on material of the same collection. Cortex papetarius 
Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 212, t. 137, which is cited by Burman as 
a synonym, must be excluded, as it represents Weinmannia 
fraxinea Sm. 
CASSIA Tour ne fort 
CASSIA SURATTENSIS Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 97. 
Cassia glauca Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 647. 
The description was based on “Senna surattensis Garzin. herb.” 
It is apparently correctly placed as a synonym of Cassia glauca 
Lam. in spite of Burman’s description of it as “herbaceus.” 
Burman’s name is much older than that proposed by Lamarck 
and should be retained. 
SOPHORA Linnaeus 
SOPHORA JAPONICA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 68. 
Sophora japonica Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 93. “Habitat in Japonia.” 
This is a well-known species of wide distribution in China 
and Japan. Both descriptions were probably based on specimens 
from the same collection. 
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