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on oe MN the Kew Bulletin for 1894 (p. 188 and 
371), are two rs oim on the ra ok Walnut, which is still 
lipecfóctty is nown at Kev Some drift fruits; referred to in the 
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overlooked at the time, have recently come to light again. They 
formed part of a collection of stranded seeds and fruits from Palisadoes 
Plantation, Jamaica, m made by Dr. D. Morris. The endocarp of these 
fruits is exactly like that represented in — Óà onem Pittoresque 
et Médicale des Antilles, vii. t. 453), in being exceedingly thick and 
in having a pointed apex. Whether it had floated down one of the 
rivers of Jamaica itself to be cast ashore inum. or yer its eani in one 
of the neighbouring islands, is uncertain; but hitherto Kew has not 
succeeded in getting specimens of any vami growing in Jamaica. 
e Tapang Tree.—One of the most conspicuous trees in the State 
of rnt Borneo, bears a name variously spelled “ tapang,” “tapan,” 
and *tappan." Mr. (now Sir Hugh) Low, in his book on Sarawak, tts 
Inhabitants and Productions (1848), pp. 45 and 314, gives some 
particulars of its extraordinary dimensions and the fact of its elevated 
erown being a favourite place with bees for storing their wax. e 
result that it is discovered to have been described long ago by the well- 
known traveller and botehist; Dr. O. Beccari; but the connection 
between the vernacular -5 scientific names had been Wrerlookod. 
Beccari, Malesia (1878), p. 169, described it under the name of 
Abauria maiae so far as leaves and flowers are concerned, but he had 
no fruit. Previously, however (in 1873), a Malacca tree, Ko oompuassia 
malaccensis, Maing., had been published i in Hooker’s Icones Plantarum, 
t. 116 Suspecting the generic identity of Abauria and Koompassia, 
Mr. P. Taubert, of. Berlin, communicated with Dr. Stapf, of Kew, who 
was able to verify the fact. Whereupon Taubert published (Berichte 
der deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, x. p. 640, t. 32), the results of 
their joint invest itions. He distinguishes three species of Koompassia, 
na j acelsa, (Abauria excelsa), K. malaccensis, and K. bec- 
cariana ; iE: ‘the copious material at Kew points to the specific 
identity of the two last. 
All travellers agree in describing the Tapang as a magnifice 
from 250 to 300 feet highs having a smooth, straight ghedt Ek. 
without a branch up to 100 to 150 feet. Yet th e flowers of this tree 
are so minute, about an eighth of an inch in ince as to — iven 
rise to the belief among the natives that it bears none. It is a member 
of the Cæsalpineæ, having ES leaves about an inch long, sd a thin, 
eos almost papery, one-seeded pod, four or five inches in Longini 
oompassia malaccensis, an Kum; pas, or Koompass, of Malacca, 
also a handsome tree of gigantic size. 
