Koompassia.] xlvii. leguminos^b. 621 
young. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long; leaflets 9 to 12, elliptic-lanceolate, 
obtuse often emarginate, base cuneate, glaucescent silky beneath, 
1 to 1*25 in. long, -25 to -35 in. wide ; rachis and petioles silky when 
young. Panicles terminal at first silky, then glabrescent, 3 to 4 in. 
long; branches spreading 1*5 in. wide; flowers scattered *3 in. 
across. Calyx-tube short conic. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, pubescent 
in bud, nearly glabrous in flower. Petals elliptic white, nearly as 
long. Stamens with slender filaments as long as anthers. Ovary 
cylindric, glabrous. Pod 3 in. long, 1 in. wide oblong, apex broad 
rounded, red. Hab. Forests; apparently very rarely flowering. 
Pahang, Raub (Burn-Murdoch); Perak, Coping (Kunstler); Grit; 
Gapis (Wray). Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Tualang (in 
Borneo, Tapan). 
44. DIALIUM, Linn. 
Medium to very tall trees, wood very hard. Leaves odd- 
pinnate ; leaflets alternate 3 to 9, coriaceous. Flowers small white 
in large terminal panicles. Calyx-tube short; lobes lanceolate, 
deciduous. Petals o. Stamens 2, included; anthers attached 
near the base. Ovary sessile, 2-ovuled. Pod oblong or ovoid, 
globose, with black pericarp; endocarp pithy, sweet. Seed 1. 
Species 15, cosmopolitan. Malay name, Keranji; fruit of several 
species sold in the markets for eating. Timber very hard and 
compact, highly valued. The great size of these trees makes 
collecting specimens difficult, hence they are comparatively little 
known. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Pods 1*5 in. long, umbonate .... 
Pods 1 in. or less, blunt, not velvety. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous. 
Panicles lax, spreading; pedicels as long 
as calyx ....•• 
Panicles erect; pedicels shorter than the 
calyx. 
Leaflets lanceolate, alternate; seed sub¬ 
quadrate . . - - 
Leaflets elliptic, opposite; seed orbicular . 
Pods velvety; leaflets coriaceous 
Leaflets pubescent beneath. 
Leaflets large 5 to 7, golden-pubescent beneath . 
Leaflets small 9 to 12, alternate, golden-tomentose 
beneath ...••• 
Leaflets small 13 to 15, opposite, rusty tomentose 
beneath ....■• 
(1) D. Kunstleri 
(2) D. patens 
(3) D. indum 
(4) D. laurinum 
(5) D. Maingayi 
( 6 ) D. platysepalum 
(7) D. Wallichii 
( 8 ) D. Kingii 
(1) D. Kunstleri Prain, l.c. 168. . 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. thick. Leaves 5 to 6 in. long; 
leaflets 5 (or 3), ovate-lanceolate narrow acuminate, base cuneate, 
4 to 5 in. long, 1*25 to 1-5 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous; nerves 
faint 5 to 6 pairs; petiolules *1 in. long. Panicles terminal and 
