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XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 
[Cassia. 
from amongst the leaves, io stamens and a long terete pod 
Thaiping (Wray), Prain, l.c. 156. The only tree I know of 
in Thaiping is planted in the gardens. It seems to be quite 
absent from the peninsula as a wild plant. Native of Sumatra 
and Java. Native name : Dulang. 
C. FISTULA Linn. Sfi. PI, 3 77 - The Indian Laburnum. Native 
name : Bireksa. A low tree with long pendent spikes of large 
yellow flowers; pod long cylindric, is occasional^ to be seen in 
gardens. It is recorded from Malacca under the old name of 
Cana fistula by Linschoten ( Voyages to the East Indies) in 1583. 
C. Sophera Linn. Sp. PL 379; Penang , fide Baker in F.B.I.l.c. 
262. I have seen no specimens from Penang or anywhere 
else in the Malay Peninsula. It resembles C. occidentals, 
but has 8 to 12 pairs of leaflets and turgid, not flat pods. A 
South American weed. 
43 . KOOMPASSIA, Maing. 
Gigantic trees. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets alternate, sub- 
coriaceous. Flowers small in terminal panicles. Sepals 5, lanceo¬ 
late. Petals 5 sub-equal. Stamens 5 J filaments short; anthers 
basi-fixed, opening by pores. Ovary sessile, sub-globose; ovule 1. 
Pod oblong, thin, papery, winged all round, base narrowed and 
twisted. Seed solitary in the middle. 
Leaflets 7 to 9, 2 to 3 in. long . . . • f 1 ) malaccensis 
Leaflets 9 to 11, 1 to 1-25 in. long . . . . (2) K. excelsa 
(1) K. malaccensis Benth. in Hook. fil. Ic. Pl. xii. 58, t. 1164; 
Prain, l.c. 166. _ , 
A tree 100 to 150 ft. tall, 3 to 8 ft. through buttressed at the 
base. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; rachis pubescent ; leaflets 7 to 9, 
ovate-lanceolate or oblong acuminate blunt, light shining green, 
2 to 3 in. long, -8 to 1-25 in. wide; nerves 10 to 12 pairs. Panicles 
3 to 4 in. long or more, pubescent. Sepals ovate acute, brown, 
•12 in. long, tomentose. Petals white, base green, oblong, obtuse, 
•15 in. long. Stamens very short, flesh-colour; anthers widely 
triangular. Ovary pubescent, violet. Pod 4 to 5 in. long, 1*25 
to 1 -5 in. wide, oblong, papery, light green, twisted at the base. 
Hab. Forests, often left in cultivated ground, being too hard to 
fell in clearing forest. Singapore, Tanglin; Selitar, etc. Malacca, 
Merlimau- Sungei Hudang; Selandor (Derry). Pahang, Pulau 
Tawar; Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler, Wray). Dindings, Lumut 
(Curtis). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Fox). Penang, 
PenaraBukit (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. Native name : Kempas. 
Use : Timber, finely figured and hard, but not durable if exposed. 
(2) K. excelsa Taubert Ber. Ges. Deutsch. Ges. x. 641. K. 
parvifolia Prain, l.c. 166. 
A gigantic tree over 150 ft, tall, Branchlets golden-hairy when 
