620 XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. [CuSSta. 



from amongst the leaves, lo stamens and a long terete pod. 

 Thaiping (Wray), Prain, I.e. 156. The only tree I know of 

 in Thaiping is planted in the gardens. It seems to be quite 

 absent from the peninsula as a wild plant. Native of Sumatra 

 and Java. Native name : Dulang. 



C. FISTULA Linn. Sp. PI. 377. The Indian Laburnum. Native 

 name : Bireksa. A low tree with long pendent spikes of large 

 yellow flowers ; pod long C5/Iindric, is occasionally to be seen in 

 gardens. It is recorded from Malacca under the old name of 

 Cana fistula by Linschoten {Voyages to the East Indies) in 1583. 



C. SOPHERA Linn. Sp. PL 379; Penang, fide Baker in F.B.L I.e. 

 262. I have seen no specimens from Penang or anywhere 

 else in the Malay Peninsula. It resembles C. occidentalis, 

 but has 8 to 12 pairs of leaflets and turgid, not flat pods. A 

 South American weed. 



43. KOOMPASSIA, Maing. 



Gigantic trees. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets alternate, sub- 

 coriaceous. Flowers small in terminal panicles. Sepals 5, lanceo- 

 late. Petals 5 sub-equal. Stamens 5 ; filaments short ; anthers 

 basi-fixed, opening by pores. Ovary sessile, sub-globose; ovule i. 

 Pod oblong, thin, papery, winged all round, base narrowed and 

 twisted. Seed solitary in the middle. 



Leaflets 7 to 9, 2 to 3 in. long . . . . (i) K. malaccensis 



Leaflets 9 to 11, i to 1-25 in. long . . . . (2) K. excelsa 



(i) K. malaccensis Benth. in Hook. fil. le. PI. xii. 58, t. 1164; 

 Prain, I.e. 166. 



A tree 100 to 150 ft. tall, 3 to 8 ft. through buttressed at the 

 base. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; rachis pubescent; leaflets 7 to g, 

 ovate-lanceolate or oblong acuminate blunt, light shining green, 



2 to 3 in. long, '8 to i"25 in. wide; nerves 10 to 12 pairs. Panicles 



3 to 4 in. long or more, pubescent. Sepals ovate acute, brown, 

 •12 in. long, tomentose. Petals white, base green, oblong, obtuse, 

 •15 in. long. Stamens very short, flesh-colour; anthers widely 

 triangular. Ovary pubescent, violet. Pod 4 to 5 in. long, i'25 

 to 1*5 in. wide, oblong, papery, light green, twisted at the base. 

 Hab. Forests, often left in cultivated ground, being too hard to 

 fell in clearing forest. Singapore, Tanglin ; Selitar, etc. Malacca, 

 Merlimau ; Sungei Hudang; Selandor (Derry). Pahang, Pulau 

 Tawar; Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler, Wray). Bindings, Lumut 

 (Curtis). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Fox). Penang, 

 Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. N alive name : Kempas. 

 Use : Timber, finely figured and hard, but not durable if exposed. 



(2) K. excelsa Taubert Ber. Ges. Deittsch. Ges. x. 641. K. 

 parvifolia Prain, I.e. 166. 



A gigantic tree over 150 ft. tall, Branchlets golden-hairy when 



