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Bassia. ] LXXXIX. SAPOTACEÆ. (C. B. Clarke.) 547 
the branches, subobtuse, base rhomboid, tomentose when young, mature glabrous or 
floceulose beneath, primary nerves 16 on each side; petiole 1{ in.; stipules 2 in., 
ovate-lanceolate, caducous. Pedicels 1 in., very many, crowded among the subterminal 
leaves, tomentose.  Calyz-lobes 4-4 in., ovate, subsimilar, rusty-villous. Corolla 3 in. ; 
lobes 8-10, spreading. Anthers exserted, linear-lanceolate. Ovary 7-9-celled. 
Berry 1 by % in., 1-3-seeded.—A. DC. says the calyx is 4-lobed, whence it must be 
very doubtful whether he had the true plant. 
7, PAYENA, 4. DC, 
As Bassia, but the seeds albuminous, Corolla deeply lobed, and flowers in 
the axils of scattered leaves.—DisrRis. Species 8-10 ?, in the Malay Peninsula 
and islands. 
As the fruit is only known in the first described species, the four others may 
prove to be Bassias. 
l. P. Maingayi, Clarke; leaves large oblong acuminate, flowers large, 
filaments and anthers glabrous, connective produced narrow-lanceolate. Cera- 
tophorus sp., Maingay ms. Chrysophyllum ? molle, Wadd. Cat. 4161 ?. 
Maracca; Maingay. ? Penang; Wallich. 
Branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves 9 by 2} in., parallel-sided, abruptly acumi- 
nate, base cuneate, shining brown-silky beneath, ultimately glabrescent, primary 
nerves 24 on each side, not prominent nor very oblique; petiole 1 in. Pedicels % in., 
2-6 together, clothing the branches and in the axils of persistent leaves, minutely 
silky. Calyx-lobes 3 in., ovate, subacute, closely silky. Corolla 1 in., divided nearly 
to the base; segments 10, lanceolate, distinctly 2-seriate. Stamens 16-20. Ovary 
6-8-celled. Berry 14 by ł in., l-seeded. Seed brown, shining, albuminous; hilum 
very large.— Wallieh's C. molle consists of a branchlet with leaves only, from Penang. 
—Abounds in gutta-percha (Maingay). 
2. P. malaccensis, Clarke; leaves large obovate or obovate-oblong 
conspicuously nerved, filaments and anthers with long fulvous hairs, connective 
produced linear-cuspidate. Keratophorus Wightii, Maingay mss, not of 
Hassk. 
Maracca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3610), Maingay. 
Branchlets nearly glabrous. Leaves 12 by 63 in., subobtuse, base cuneate, ulti- 
mately glabrous, primary nerves 15-20 on each side, curving upwards; petiole 14 in. 
Pedicels 4 in., closely silky ; in numerous axillary fascicles. Calyx-lobes 2 outer 1 in., 
subquadrate, obscurely silky, much overlapping, 2 inner longer, subacute, densely 
villous. Corolla } in., divided nearly to the base; lobes 10, narrow-lanceolate, sub- 
2-seriate. Stamens 16-20; filaments short. Fruit not seen. 
3. P. lucida, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 197; leaves elliptic acuminate primary 
nerves somewhat oblique to the midrib, filaments and anthers glabrous, con- 
nective excurrent tip glabrous. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 121, and in Journ. As. Soc. 
1877, pt. ii. 230. Mimusops lucida, Wall. Cat. 4147; G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 
35 (wrongly described, not of Poir.). 
Prenane ; Wallich. Sixcarore; Lobb. 
Branchlets and shoots rusty-tomentose. Leaves 3$ by 14 in., tapering at both ends, 
glabrous and somewhat shiny beneath, nerves not prominent; petiole 1 in. Pedicels 
clustered in the axils of persistent leaves, }—-1 in., slender, minutely silky. Calyx- 
lobes à in., obtuse, obscurely silky. Corolla }-} in., deeply divided; lobes 8, oblong, 
obtuse. Stamens 16; filaments short. Ovary 8-celled.—Bassia sericea (Blume Bijd. 
674) is perhaps the same species, but has the primary nerves closer, the pedicels 
rather shorter. Miquel admits Bassia sericea, Blume, as a species, and also Payena? 
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