524 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Bassia. 
bractes, if any, fall so soon, and are so'small, that Lhave 
not detected them. Calyx of two opposite pairs of ovate 
oblong, rather acute, somewhat villous leaflets. Corol 
Tube length of the calyx, gibbous, of a thick, firm, fleshy 
texture ; border eight-cleft; segments sub-ianceolate. 
Filaments scarcely any. Anthers from sixteen to twenty, 
attached to the inside of the tube of the corol. Germ 
from six to eight-celled, with one seed. in each, attached 
to the inner and under-side of the cell. Style twice as 
long as the corol. Stigma contracted, but evidently from 
six to eight-toothed. Berry. oblong, the size of a large 
plum, villous, pulpy, when ripe yellowish, seldom more 
than three-celled, and one ismore common; in the germ, 
always from six to eight. Seed solitary, oblong, of various 
shapes according to the number in the berries, attached 
to the lower half of the axis. Perisperm none. Embryo 
erect. Cotyledons conform to the seed. Radicle roand- 
ish, inferior. to 
I cannot account for Geertner’s large, five-celled, Pade? 
seeded berry, and suspect it belongs to.some species which 
Ihave not yet met with, probably one Rumph’s, Vidort- 
cum. See vol. i. of his Hor. Amb. page 173 and iii. 184. 
Economical uses of the Lllupie tree. © Bassia losin 
by the Rev. Dr. John of Tranquebar. 
1. The oil pressed from the ripe fruit is used by the 2a 
tives as common lamp oil, who cannot afford to buy ©? 
coanut oil. It is thicker, burns longer but dimmer, smokes 
alittle, and gives some oe ona smell which common | 
‘people do not mind. 
2. It is a principal ingredient in pO oe country 
soap, and keeps therefore often the same price with the 
cocoanut oil. 
‘3. 1t is to the common people a substitute in place of 
“ghee and ‘cocoanut oil in their curries and other dishes- 
They make cakes of it, and many of the Bett) shai ae 
: livelihood by — these sweet oil cakes. ices 
