36 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
Nat. Ord. SAPOTACEZÆ. 
BASSIA. 
B. elliptica ; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-obovatis breve obtuseque acu- 
minatis petiolatis coriaceis utrinque glaberrimis, pedicellis axillaribus 
geminis v. ternis petiolo 3—4-plo longioribus, fructiferis erectis. 
Folia (cum petiolo 6—9-lin.) 3-44 poll. longa, 11-23 lata. Calyx 6- 
partitus, pilis fulvis adpressis dense villosus, lobis biseriatis, ex- 
terioribus late rotundato-ovatis transverse rugosis, interioribus 
ovato-lanceolatis exterioribus paulo longioribus. Filamenta uni- 
serialia, brevissima, villosa, corolle summo tubo inserta, lobis 
corollinis opposita, per paria connata, lobis alterna, solitaria. dn- 
there longe cuspidatæ, apice eroso-denticulate, limbi lobis paulo 
breviores. Corolle tubus 2 lin. longus, limbi lobis lineari-oblongis 
acutis paulo brevior. Fructus oblongus, glaber. 
Has. Canara; fl. et fr. Februario. 
Nat. Ord. RHAMNEÆ. 
VENTILAGO. 
V. Bombaiensis ; ramulis petiolis floribusque fulvo-tomentosis, foliis 
lanceolatis basi acutis inæqualibus apice acuminatis crenatis (crena- 
turis calloso-mucronulatis) utrinque glaberrimis nitidis, floribus in 
foliorum axillis fasciculatis (15-20) breve pedicellatis, pedicellis 
petiolo brevioribus. 
Folia coriacea, (cum petiolo 3-lin. 3-34 poll. longa, 1 poll. lata; 
venz costales paucz (utrinque 3), alternæ, earumque azillis glan- 
dulis rufo-villosis præditis. Pedicelli 2 lin. longi. Calycis lacini 
media facie valde cristatse.— Crescit in montibus Brice; prope 
Chorla Ghaut ; fl. Februario. 
This species is distinguished at first sight from V. Madraspatana by 
very different inflorescence, the flowers being here collected in the axils 
of each leaf, and not on long bare terminal branchlets, as in V. Madras- 
patana. The leaves of both species are much alike in size and form, 
but in the new species they are narrower, more deeply crenated, and 
less finely acuminated. On a nearer inspection, the differences are 
more marked, the costal veins in V. Madraspatana are double in 
number, and form a greater angle with the central rib, and are not 
