1897.] -G. Kiug — Miiteruih for a Flora of the Malayaii Penimiiht- 1G7 
pinnate, 3-4 in. long, rachig f^ray-ailky ; leaflets 9-11 alternate, elHptic- 
knceolitte, apex obtuse slightly eniiu-giuate, base widely cnneate, 1-I':i5 
in. long, "Zb-^b in. widu, cliartftceous» medium-green, glal/roua and 
shining above, glaucesceut and Bparsely silky -pubescent beneath ; lateral 
nerves 4-5 pairSj quite invisible above and very faint beneath ; petio- 
Ittlea grey-silky, -2 in. long. Panicles tci'minal, 5 in. long, 2'5-3 in. across, 
bi-anches 1*6 in. long, pcdicjels '15 in. long slightly thickened under the 
calyx; all parts closely grey-silky. Ca%,T?-tubo short conical ; sepals 5 
• slightly imbi'icate, ovate-lanceolate, margins of the inner slightly 
nanower, i-ecurved, all "IS in. long and ailky-puborulons externally. 
Petals 5, elliptic, white, one-third as long as sepals, half as long as 
stamens. Sfarmns 5, filaments very short glabrous ; anthers distinctly 
iiicnrvecl, four to five times as long as broad, narrow-lanceolate. Ovai-y 
compressed glabrons except for a few haira afc the base, 1-ovalod ; style 
short. Pod not seen. 
Pbrak; Goping, Bcortechini 1996! 
'I'hifl fine tree Is known to tlie Mitlnys na Tnalang ; its timlior I'a larg-cly nsx^A for 
baildiog purposea. In tUia respact it rescimblea the precGtliog apeoi'eH hs woll as 
another fumaoB timber-tree from Borneo the Ttipan (Koompaania excelsa Tatib. 
^Ahaurxa excelm Beceiiri). 
From 8ip:nor Beci?ari'a description of Tapwt it ig evidently a tree of mnoh more 
gigantic proportiona than the Tttfttamj, Ite foliage is probably simsJar for its 
lenfletfl are cleaoribed aa being of abont the Fame aize j the oiimher of laafl^ta to 
a leaf Bcccari does not atnte. Bnt the flowerg are very different for in Tapan the 
petals are hardly shorter than tlie sepals and are about the saino length as the 
flt!unon«(, whilo the anthers are shortor than the filiiments ; in Tufiluui/ tbe potivla are 
very amall nud the anthera are exceedingly long aa compared with the lilamouta. 
46. DiATiiUM Linn. 
Erect unarmed trees. Leaves odd-pinnate with more or leas dis- 
tinctly alternate leaflets. Flowers copious small obscure in ample ter- 
minal panicle."?. Oa/yiZ!-tnbe very shoi'fc; fi-ee seirments lanceolate or 
ovate lanceolate, si^bequal, mnch imbricated, deciduous. Petals 0 (in all 
Malayan species). Stamens 2, erect, included ; anthem attaelietl near 
the base, dehiscence longitudinal. Omrtj sessile, 2-ovnled; stylo 
filifoim stigma terminal. Pod firm, dry, imitihiscent, oblong, l-seeded ; 
endocarp pulpy. Seed albuminous, embryo foliaceoms, radicle eti-fiight. 
Species about 15* cosmopolitan in tlie tropics, chiefly however in S.-E, 
Asia. 
LeavRft quite glabrona on both sarfaosB i— 
Peda inrgOf (firm), 15 in. long, atrongly umbonate at 
a|>ox „* o I- D. Kiingtleri. 
