Koompassia. 



XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 



621 



young. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long ; leaflets 9 to 12, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 obtuse often emarginate, base cuneate, glaucescent silky beneath, 

 I to 1*25 in. long, -25 to 35 in. wide ; rachis and petioles silky when 

 young. Panicles terminal at first silky, then glabrescent, 3 to 4 in. 

 long; branches spreading i"5 in. wide; flowers scattered -3 in. 

 across. Calyx-tube short conic. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, pubescent 

 in bud, nearly glabrous in flower. Petals elliptic white, nearly as 

 long. Stamens with slender filaments as long as anthers. Ovary 

 cylindric, glabrous. Pod 3 in. long, i in. wide oblong, apex broad 

 rounded, red. Hab. Forests ; apparently very rarely flowering. 

 Pahang, Raub (Burn-Murdoch) ; Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Grit ; 

 Gapis (Wray). Distrih. Borneo. Native name: Tualang (in 

 Borneo, Tapan). 



44. DIALIUM, Linn. 



Medium to very tall trees, wood very hard. Leaves odd- 

 pinnate ; leaflets alternate 3 to g, coriaceous. Flowers small white 

 in large terminal panicles. Calyx-tube short ; lobes lanceolate, 

 deciduous. Petals o. Stamens 2, included; anthers attached 

 near the base. Ovary sessile, 2-ovuled. Pod oblong or ovoid, 

 globose, with black pericarp; endocarp pithy, sweet. Seed i. 

 Species 15, cosmopolitan. Malay name, Keranji; fruit of several 

 species sold in the markets for eating. Timber very hard and 

 compact, highly valued. The great size of these trees makes 

 collecting specimens difficult, hence they are comparatively little 

 known. 



Leaves glabrous. 



Pods I '5 in. long, umbonate .... 



Pods I in. or less, blunt, not velvety. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous. 



Panicles lax, spreading ; pedicels as long 

 as calyx ...... 



Panicles erect; pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx. 

 Leaflets lanceolate, alternate ; seed sub- 

 quadrate ...... 



Leaflets elliptic, opposite ; seed orbicular . 

 Pods velvety ; leaflets coriaceous 

 Leaflets pubescent beneath. 



Leaflets large 5 to 7, golden-pubescent beneath . 



Leaflets small 9 to 12, alternate, golden-tonientose 



beneath ...... 



Leaflets small 13 to 15, opposite, rusty tomentose 

 beneath ...... 



(i) D. Kunstleri 



(2) D. patens 



(3) D. indum 



(4) D. laurinum 



(5) D. Maingayi 



(6) D. platysepalum 



(7) D. Wallichii 



(8) D. Kingii 



(i) D. Kunstleri Prain, I.e. 168. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. thick. Leaves 5 to 6 in. long; 

 leaflets 5 (or 3), ovate-lanceolate narrow acuminate, base cuneate, 

 4 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous; nerves 

 faint 5 to 6 pairs; petiolules -i in. long. Panicles terminal and 



