1897.] D. Praia — Some additional Leguminosa?. 485 



Substitute for description of fruit and seed in F. B. I. : — Pod ovoid 

 slightly compressed, apex not apiculate, fragile, black with a thin grey 

 pubescence, '5 in. long, *35 in. wide, '3 in. thick. Seed solitary, nearly 

 regularly oblong with angles rounded, '3 in. long, *25 in. wide, 15 in. 

 thick, dark-maroon, slightly shining, neither striate nor reticulate. 



5. DlALTUM PLATYSEPLUM Bah. 



Add to localities of F. B. I.: — Perak; Larut, Wray ! Johore ; 

 Machap, Goodenough ! 



56. Dialium ambiguum Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 172 ; 

 leaflets 7 opposite or subopposite, rounded at base, faintly puberulous 

 beneath. 



Perak; Goping, Kunstler 6142 ! Malacca; Berry I 



A tree 40-50 feet high, leaflets oblong rather abruptly shortly caudate-acumin- 

 ate, apex obtuse entire, 4-5 in. long, 1'5-1'75 in. wide, very rigidly coriaceous, bright- 

 green glossy and glabrous above, dull and faintly puberulous beneath. Panicles 

 terminal and axillary, deltoid, slightly spreading, 5-8 in. long, 4-8 in. wide, pedicels 

 •15 in. long. Calyx-tube obsolete, *15 in. long, ovoid in bud, segments subequal much 

 imbricate, reflexed after flowering, densely brown-velvety on both surfaces. Pod 

 unknown. 



A species very nearly related to D. platysepalum but differing in having a silky- 

 grey instead of dark-brown ovary, and in having opposite leaflets which are only 

 very faintly puberulous beneath. 



6. Dialium Wallichii Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 174 

 D. pjatysepalum var. Wallichii Bah. in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 270. 



Besides differing in the points noted by Mr. Baker, D. Wallichii is unlike D. platy- 

 sepalum in having the sepals glabrous within and the pod distinctly stipitate. It seems 

 better therefore to treat it as specifically rather than as merely varietally distinct. 



7. Dialium Kingii Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 175 ; leaflets 

 13-15 opposite, oblong subobtuse or obtuse, branches of the very large 

 panicle erecto-patent, pods velvety. 



Perak ; Larut, Kunstler 4627 ! 8187 ! 

 A tree 100-150 feet high ; leaflets opposite except the terminal one, oblong- 

 lanceolate, apex abruptly cuneate or rounded with an obtuse or retuse tip, base 

 cuneate or rounded, 2-2 5 in. long, *6-*8 in. wide, very rigidly coriaceous, deep-green 

 glabrous and shining above, rusty-pubescent beneath. Panicles terminal and axillary, 

 deltoid, 6-8 in. long, 8-10 in. across. Calyx ovoid in bud, tube obsolete, segments 

 subequal broadly ovate-obtuse ; externally densely brown-pubescent, internally waxy 

 white, closely puberulous. Pod irregularly spherical, *9 in. long, - 75 in. across, velvety- 

 black. Seed solitary, subquadrate, warm-brown, faintly longitudinally striate, '4 in. 

 long, *4 in. wide, *2 in. thick. 



106.* KOOMPASSIA Maingat. 



Very tall erect trees. Leaves odd-pinnate with alternate leaflets. 

 Flowers copious small obscure, in ample terminal panicles, bracts small 



