Dialium.] xlvii. leguminos^. 623 



2 to 2*5 in. long, 75 to i in. across; petiolules '2 in. long. Panicles 

 4 to 5 in. long, 3 in. across, puberulous. Calyx "25 in. long, tube 

 campanulate, very short, lobes 5 (or 4) brown-velvety, silky all 

 over. Stamens, filaments thick nearly as long as anther, con- 

 nective hairy. Ovary black velvety. Pod obovoid, "9 in. long, 

 •8 in. wide, deep olive-velvety. Seed obovate-quadrate, striate 

 •45 in. long. Hab. Forests. Singapore (Maingay). Malacca, 

 Selandor (Goodenough) . Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Penang, 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native names: Keranji umbut; Keranji 

 sakellet ; Keranji burong; Mumpanjor. 



(6) D. platysepaliim Baker, I.e. ii. 270; Prain, I.e. 172. 



Tree 80 to go ft. tall. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 5 to 9 in. 

 long ; rachis puberulous ; leaflets 5 to 7, elliptic or oblong to ovate 

 lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, blunt, base rounded or cuneate, 

 coriaceous, dark green shining above, yellow silky beneath, keel 

 very prominent; nerves distinct, fine 9 to 11 pairs, 3 to 5 in. 

 long, I to 2 in. wide; petiolules '25 in. long. Panicles deltoid, 

 lax, 5 to 8 in. long, 4 to 7 in. wide, brown-silky. Calyx '2 in. 

 long, tube distinct, campanulate, lobes imbricate, triangular blunt, 

 coriaceous, dense, brown-velvety on both sides. Filaments thick. 

 Ovary black-velvety. Pod obovoid or round, i in. long, "6 to '8 in. 

 across, dark brown-velvety. Seed orbicular, pale-brown striate. 

 Hah. Forests, common. Malacca, Ayer Panas; Selandor (Derry). 

 Negri Sembilan, Senawang Reserve (Burkill). Selangor, Kwala 

 Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray). 



var. amhigutim. D. ambigmtm Prain, I.e. Branches and leaves 

 nearly glabrous. Ovary green-silky, sessile; style glabrous. 

 Malacca, Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 

 Prain, I.e. 173, distinguishes three forms, the typical one with ovate- 

 lanceolate cuneate leaflets and orbicular pods, Perak and Malacca 

 {Native name: Sepan), and two forms to which he gives respectively 

 the names of papan and hurong. These being Malay words cannot 

 be used in place of Latin. The first form has elliptic leaflets round 

 at base, the second oblong leaflets and clavate pods. The foliage 

 varies considerably in these trees, and I think the varieties are 

 hardly worth keeping up ; Keranji papan is a name given to laurinum, 

 as well as to platysepaliim. The word means planks, this tree 

 being specially valued for timber. Keranji burong. Bird Kranji, 

 is also used for D. Maingayi. D. platysepaliim is also known as 

 Keranji Tembaga and Sakellet (said to be a perversion of scarlet) 

 and refers to the coppery underside of the leaves. 



(7) D. Wallichii Prain, I.e. 174. D. platysepaluni var. 

 Wallichii Baker, I.e. ii. 270. 



Tree about 80 ft. tall. Leaves 7 to 8 in. long; leaflets 9 to 11, 

 alternate, bright green above, golden yellow beneath coriaceous, 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate acute, base rounded, 2 to 2-25 in. 

 long, '6 to "8 in. wide; nerves 15 pairs, very inconspicuous; 



