I7'l G. King — Uutertah fur a Flora of the Afahiyan Psninsula. [No. I, 
Whether the uLlier two " vanotieB " liero described are really sepamWe as such, 
or whetlier, psrliapi!i, tliey umy not evea prove to be distinct Bpecies, ft is not, from 
tlie material nfc the writer's dispoaril, at present poMible to decide. But field- 
botaniatfl in tht* Peninanla ahould be ttble to settle the point satis Fao tori ly for tlietn* 
Var, pupan, m imraod Iwc'tuao each, of the three gatberinga hns been, noted as 
bearing tlio Mdlay name Kranji papan, dl^ovs from the typo only in the churactera 
noted, Ita facies, owing to its brondly elliptic leaves and! its conspicuously com- 
pressed poda, is HumeAiiat distinct, wnd tt ts rather noteworthy that all three gather* 
"ngg have received the same native name, a name t<MJ that haB been applied to no 
other form. 
Vah. bur^n^f bo named beemae it Iibb been iaid liy Holmbers to bo termed 
Ktc bur onQ h J thfi Malays, liae n gtill more distinctive faoies owing to its pods 
being clavate, and hecanRO t,he pn})eBt'ence on tiin nnder Btirfat'-e of itu leaves is of a 
talker, sinmi^whitt biownisk tint. Its leadeta too are in shape exactly like those of 
D. anibitjtinm. Still it does not seoni possihle fco treat it as representing the fruit of 
D. ambiguAtm because in thnt tree the leaflets are ulnioat exactly opposite and are 
vei-y fsiintly puberulotia beneath, in this they are conapiottously alternate and detieely 
pubescent beneath. Its flowers have not been sent, The name Kranji burongf it 
should be noted, is osed in Penang as an alternative one with Kranji padie, for i>. 
indtim. 
8. DiAUUM Wallichii Fmm, A tree, bmiiclilets lirovvn, closely 
pTibeseent, slighfclj rng-ose, not lenticelled, Ltaws • aUernaie 7-8 in. 
long; leaflets very crmspicaously altf-rnafce, oblong-lanceolate^ 
aeuraiiiate^ apex acnte, base ctineatf,. 2-2'25 in. lorjg', -B-'S in. wide, 
coriaceous, bright-gieen gkbrous above, densely sliorily yellowish* 
bro%vn-8ilky beneath ; leaf-mchis softly pubescent ; lateral nerves ftbout 
15 pairs, only visible* beneath and there banlly more dieTinct than the 
faint intermediate BBCoudary venation; petloluliiS pube-scent 1 in. long. 
Panicles terrainal and axillary, 6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. wide, branches 2-3 
in. long, ascending, rather flexnons, fioftly pube.scent as is the main 
racbis ; pedicels "1 in. long. Cahjx '2 in. lloii{?, ov'oid in bud, tube dis- 
tinct, segments 5, subequal, much imbricate, broadly triangular-obtuse, 
thinly coriaceous, reflexed* after flower opens, densely j^reenish- velvety 
outside, inside white, glabrous. Pefah 0. Stamens 2, opposite upper 
calyx-segments; filaments very thick less than one-fou» tb the lengtli 
of anther, connective uniformly softly pubescent. Omr^ brown-silky, 
distinctly stipitate, tapering into the slender, incurred, puberiiloue 
style ; ovules 2. Pod obovoid 1 in. long, 'TS in across, purplish-velvety. 
Sef'd solitary, subquadrate, indented near the piicropyle ; in. long, 
'8 in, aci'OSK, "15 in. tluck, finely longitudinally striate. D, platysepalum 
VAK. TFai^Mu Bak. in Flor, Brit. Iiid. II, 270, Connaracea Wall. Cat. 
8534. 
Malacca; Mainfjay^l SmGAi'OitK; IFa/ZirA. 8534 ! Ridley! 
This very distiuot a^jeaieB agrpea vFith Lh jilati/ncjmlum^ which ilr. liaker hn» 
