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s'Kellat. The latter epithet is however also applied in Malacca to a form of the 

 very different speoies D. platysepalum. No native name is cited with the Perak 

 specimens or with the Singapore ones. 



6. Dialium ambiguum Prain. A tree 40-50 feet high, stem 5-8 

 in. in diam. ; branchlets very vermcosely lenticelled, glabrous,, blackish. 

 Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, 8-9 in. long ; leaflets 7, opposite or rarely 

 subopposite, oblong, rather abruptly shortly caudate-acuminate apex 

 obtuse entire, bise rounded, 4-5 in. long r5-l*75 in. wide, very rigidly 

 coriaceous, bright-green, glossy and glabrous above, dull and faintly 

 puberulous under the lens beneath ; Ieaf-rachis glabrous ; lateral nerves 

 9-11 pairs, fine, only visible beneath,, forming distinct intra-marginal 

 loops and with a fine intermediate reticulate secondary venation ; 

 petiolules glabrous 2 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary, deltoid, 

 slightly spreading, 5-8 in. long, 4-8 in. wide, branches 2-4 in. long very 

 sparsely puberulous with grey-silky hairs as is the main rachis ; pedicels 

 usually in clusters of 3, *15 in. long. Cahjx '15 in. long, ovoid in bud r 

 tube obsolete, segments 5, subequal, much imbricate, broadly triangular 

 subacute, reflexed after flower opens* densely brown-velvety on both 

 surfaces. Petals 0. Stamens 2, opposite the two upper calyx-segments ; 

 filaments thick and fleshy one-third as long as anther. Ovary light 

 green-silky, ovate, quite sessile, tapering gradually into the glabrous 

 style ; ovules 2. Pod and seed unknown. 



Perak ; Goping, 500-800 feet, Kunstler 6142 ! Malacca ; Bukit 

 Sadanen, Perry 510 (partly; only the specimens termed " Kranji")! 



This tree is evidently very closely allied to D. platysepalum and may ultimately 

 prove to be but a form of that variable species ; if so, however, it is an exceedingly 

 distinct variety, readily recognised owing to the differences in its ovary, in its 

 pubescence, and in the arrangement of its leaflets. No native name is given for 

 the Perak specimens ; those from Malacca that appear to belong to the same 

 species are simply termed Kranji. 



7. Dialium platysepalum Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II r 270. A 

 tree 40-50 feet high; branchlets brown, closely-puberulous, sparsely 

 lenticelled. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, 5-9 iu. long ; leaflets 5-7, 

 usually conspicuously alternate, or rarely subopposite, elliptic or oblong 

 to ovate-lanceolate, rather abruptly shortly caudate-acuminate apex 

 obtuse entire, base rounded or cuneate, 3-5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, very 

 rigidly coriaceous, dark-green glossy and glabrous above, densely shortly 

 yellowish-brown silky beneath ; leaf-rachis finely puberulous ; lateral 

 nerves 9-11 pairs, fine, only visible beneath, forming distinct intra- 

 marginal loops and with a fine intermediate secondary reticulate 

 venation; petiolules puberulous '25 in. long. Panicles terminal and 

 axillary, deltoid, close or slightly spreading, 5-8 in. long, 4-7 in. wide, 

 branches 2-3 in. long, erecto-patent, finely brown-silky as is the main- 



