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FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
66. Cgesalpiiia Ait. ; F. B, L ii. 277, C> paniculata F. L 
ii. 364. E. D. C 30. 
Everywhere, from northern clearings to sea-face, common. 
Vernac, Ndtua ; Neiu ; Shingri4ata. 
A prickly scandent shrub; properties unimportant. 
Distrib. — Coasts of S.-E. Asia; N, Australia ; Polynesia. 
53, Mezoiieuroii Desf. 
67. Mezoiieiiroii cuciillatiim W. & A. ; F. B. 1 . ii. 258. C%mU 
pinia cucullata F, I. ii. 358. 
Delta of the Ganges,” Carey (1796) fide Roxburgh. 
A very extensive prickly climber, destructive to forest-growth. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia; Malaya. 
As in the case of Flemingia congesta, i\\Q locus classicus iov this species is 
the “ Delta of the Ganges.” It has not been obtained again in the Sundribuns, 
but should be carefully looked for. 
51, ParMiisoilia Linn. 
68. ^ Parldiisoiiia aciileata Linn. ; F. B. 1. ii. 260. E. D. p 322. 
Planted in some of the northern clearings. 
Vernac. Belati Kikar. 
A hedge plant ; yields fair fuel and makes good charcoal. 
Distrib. —Native of Tropical America. 
55, Cassia Linn. 
Trees, with indehiscent, cylindric, woody pods; stamens 10 Fistula, 
Herbs or shrubs, with dehiscent, compressed pods ; stamens 7 
Leaves with a single large gland near base of common petiole ; 
leaflets 6-12 pairs ; a small shrub . . . Sophera. 
Leaves with two glands, one between each of the lower pairs of 
leaflets; leaflets 3 pairs ; an annual herb . . Tor a, 
69. Cassia Fistula Linn. ; F, 1. Hi. 333 ; F. B. I. ii. 261. E. D. c 756. 
Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! also Reserved Forests,” fide Heinig 
in list. 
Vernac. Shongrdl {Heinig ; Amalias. 
The “ Indian Laburnum,” a handsome tree, 50 feet high ; wood red, hard, 
used for posts, rice-pounders and the like ; bark used for dyeing and tanning. 
Distrib. — S.-E. Asia ; often planted. 
Mr, Heinig includes this in his list but has not sent specimens. Reply- 
ing to an enquiry regarding the tree, Heinig writes : — As for Cassia Fistula 
I have got a note: — ‘ An introduced, not an indigenous species.’ So far 
as I recollect (although at this time, six years after my departure from the 
Sundribuns, I cannot feel sure) I found the species on those mounds or platforms 
of higher ground forming vestiges of the old salt-makers or dacoits, and would 
