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near the micklle of the porl ; compressed, exalbuminous ; cotyledons 

 leafy, radicle short strnight. Species 4, Malayan. 

 Leaflets green beneatli ; panicles rnsty-pnbescenfc ; petals 



exceeding sepals andstntnens ; autliers short broad; ovary 



subglobope, rusty-pubescent ... ... ... 1. K. malaccensis. 



Leaflets glaucescent beneath, much smaller ; panicles grey, 



puberulous ; petals much shorter than sepals and stamens ; 



anthers long narrow ; ovary compressed, very nearly 



glabrous ... ... ... ... ••• 2. K. iiarvi folia. 



1. KoOMPASSiA MALACCENSIS Maingay ex Benth. in Honk. Icon. PI. 

 XIT, 58. t. 1164. A ti-ee 80-100 feet high, with stem 3-4- feet in 

 diameter ; branches closely rusty-pnbescent at length glabrescent. 

 Leai-es- alternate odd-pinnate, 5-8 in. long, racliis rusty-pubescent; 

 leaflets 7-9 alternate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, apex obtuse 

 slightly emarginate, base rounded, 2-8 in. long, -8-1*25 in. wide, coria- 

 ceous, dark-green glabrous and shining above, rather paler, dull and 

 sparsely adpressed rusty-puberulous beneath ; lateral nerves 10-12 pairs, 

 faintly visible above, distinct beneath and connected bj' a fine reticulate 

 secondary venation ■ petlolules rusty-pubescent 25 in. long. Panicles 

 terminal and extending into the axils of the uppermost leaves 5 in. 

 lono-, 3-4 in. across ; branches 2 in long, pedicels '2 in. long ; all \)^r\^ 

 densely rusty-pubescent. Calyx-iwhQ obsolete ; sepals 5 slightly 

 imbricate ovate-acute, '12 in. long, densely rusty externally. Petals 5, 

 oblong, obtuse, white, '15 in. long, slightly exceeding the sepals, two and 

 a half times as long as stamens. Stamens 5, filaments very short 

 glabrous ; anthers slightly incurved twice as long as broad, widely 

 triano-ular. Ovary subglobose, densely rusty-pubescent, 1-ovuled ; style 

 short. Pod oblong, compressed, 4-5 in. long, l'25-l-5 in. wide, reticu- 

 lately wide-veined opposite the solitary seed. Seed 1*5 in. long, *65 in. 

 wide, cotyledons foliaceous ; cordately 5-nerved at base, nerves conspi- 

 cuous. Taubert in Engl. Natiirlich. Pflanzenfam. Ill, 3. 156. 



Perak ; Larut, Kunstler 7692 ! Thaipeng, Wray 2388 ! near Blangie, 

 Scortechini 1712 ! Malacca ; Merliman, Selandar, Snngei Udang, etc. ; 

 Maingay 557 {fide Bentham) ; 604! Derry 51 \ Holmherg S80 ! Good- 

 enough 1416 ! Singapore ; Selitan, etc. ; Ridley 4567 ! 6403 ! Gantley 

 {fide Taubert). Penang ; T. Bahang, (7m-^i.9 432 ! Bindings; Lumot, 

 Curtis! DiSTRiB. Sumatra (River Rawas, Forbes!). 



This is the fine tree which the MaUys know as Kumpass. Another species 

 from Borneo {K. Beccariana Taubert, — founded on Beccari n. 2690) is evidently 

 closely related ; there are no specimens of the species at Calcutta. The description 

 and dravping of the anthers in the original account of the genus are somewhat 

 inaccurate. 



2. KoOMPASSiA PARVIFOLIA Prain. A tree FO-lOO feet high, branch- 

 lets glabrous or only puberulous at the tips. Leaves alternate odd = 



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