1897.] G, Khig—Mafenahfor a Fl(^a fif tha Mtilayan Penimnla, 175 
made lb ft TATtcij, iu luLving the Bnme golden -bxt^wn pnb^ence on the ander sar- 
face of ita leaflets. Bat the smaller aize of tlieae leaflets; the aliinrtnegs erf the 
peciiolxiles ; Hie great difference in sepalB, glabrous within in D. WaUichii, velvety 
within in D. ^latyHepalum j iind the otjiinlly inarked difFei-eiioes in the fruit and th© 
seed liKve led the present writer to tretit it iis n species itpart. 
9, UlALlL'M KiNQil Praiii. A tree wirh spreadmg bmnches 100-150 
feet high, stem 3-4 ft. in dtftmeier ; branclilets biovvu closely pubesueiit, 
slightly rugose, not 1 3titictjl led, Lmref alternate 8-9 in. long; Icjiflets 
13-1!>, opposite except the teiminal one, oblong-lanceolate, apex abruptly 
cutiejtte or rounded with an obtnse or retii%e tip, base cnntatc or round- 
ed, 2-2"5 in. long, 'fr-'S in. wide, very rigidly corhiceoua, deep-green 
glabrous and shining above, rusty-pubencent beneath^ leaf-mchia ghib- 
rous ; lateral nerves about 10 pairs rather distinct, secondary inter- 
mediate venation faint ; petiolulefi glabrous 1 in, long. Panicles 
terminal aud axillary, deltoid, 6-4? iu. long, 8-10 in. across, branches 
B-i iu., erecto-patent, dt^nsely dark-brown velvety as is the main rachis j 
pedicels usually in clusters of 3, '25 in. long. Calyx "25 iu. long, ovoid 
in bud, tube obsolete, segments sabeqnal, mach imbncate, broadly 
ovate -obtuse, reflexed after flower opens ; esrternally densely brown- 
velvety, inside waxy-white closely pubescent! Petals 0. Stamens 2 
opposite upper calyx-segments, filaments very thick arid fleshy, one- 
tbi I'd as long as the bright-yellow anther; connective uniformly softly 
pubescent. Ovarif densely brawn- velvety, sessile, tapering abruptly 
into the incurved pnbernlous style ; ovules 2. Pod irregularly spheri- 
cal, '9 in. long, "75 in. across, velvety-black. Seed solitary, subqnadrate, 
warm-brown, faintly longitudinal ly striate, '4 iu, long, "5 iu. wide, '2 in- 
thick. 
Pekak; Goping district, in hilly localities from ^00-1000 feet, 
lilnndler 4627 ! 8187 \ 
No Malay name has been sent for this tree which is one of the most diBtinet and 
ia perhaps the finest of the PeniiiAnlar spooiee of Didiium. Ita nearest ally is 
evidently D. WaUichii from which hcmfrvor fts oppomte leaflets, rnaty-pubeaoent 
beneath, and its largor flowera al oni;e distinf?nifrhed jt. 
47, Bauhinia Linn. 
Unarmed erect trees, or climbers with ci rein ate teudnla. Leaves 
simple usually more or less dteply cleft from the tip, rarely entire or 
folly divided into two lenfleta, Floicers usually showy sometimes small, 
in copious simple or pfinicled often corymbose racemes, CTfi/j/a^-tube 
with a disc produced to the top, somefcimes long and cylindric, some- 
times short and turbinate or campanulfite, Hmb entire and apathaceous 
or cleft into 2 or 5 teeth, very rarely campanulate truncate, Petah 
5 Bubequal usually with a distinct claw. Stamens 10, or reduced to 5 
