362 BUE.VA, ITS PEOPLE AJD PRODUCTIONS. 



Sub-genus Apobassia, D.C. 



Flowers 4- or 6-merous. Seeds witliout albumen. 



* Flowers A-merous. 



I. CALoxEiTiA, Kz. Tropical forests of the Andamans. 



Leaves chartaceous, strongly nerved. 



Bichopsis and Isonandra diiler in the number of floral parts and in the absence or 

 presence of a rather scanty albumen. This species, however, has 4-merous flowers 

 and no albumen, and hence I fear that the character derived from the albumen is of 

 the same value as in Linociera, etc., amongst Oleacea (Kurz). 



** Ciihir 6-ptrrfed, the 3 outer segments ralcate {Bichopsis, Thw.). 



I. (Bassia) poltaxiha, "Wall. Tropical forests of JJoronga Island at over 



500 feet. 



Leaves coriaceous, glaucous beneath, the nerves obsolete. Filaments as long as 

 the anthers, densely villous. 



I. OBOVATA, Griff. Tenasserim. 



Leaves coriaceous, glaucous beneath, the nerves strong and parallel. Filaments 

 long and slender. 



AXISOMERI. 

 CoroUa-lules usually 2-3 times as many as calyx-lobes. 



* Staminodcs none. 



X Ocarij-cells twice as innnij as cahj.T-segments. 



Payexa, a. Be CandoUe. 

 Cali/.T-lohes 4. CoroIIa-lohes, stamens, and ocarij-cdh 8 each. 

 Sub-genus Eu-payexa. 

 Calt/x 4-parted. 



* Anthers gJahrous. 



P. LucroA, D.C. Burma (and Malacca?). 



Ctratophorus Wightii, Hassk. 

 Isonandra pohjandra, Wight. 



Connective of authors produced into a broad liliint beak. Sepals blunt or nearly 

 so. Nerves somewhat iiTegular. Petiole about ^-1 inch long. 



P. PARALLELoxEURA, Kz. Tropical forcsts of Tenasserim. 



Connective terminating in a bristle. Sepals acute. I^erves thin, parallel. 

 Petiole about an inch long, slender. 



X X Oiarg-Cills as many as calgx-segments. 

 Bassia, Koenig. 

 Cah/x-lohes and orarg-cclls 4 or 6. Corolla-lohes 8-14. Stamens about 2 or 3 

 times as many as corolla-lobes, in 1-3 series. 



* Anthers aristate, included, on rerg short filaments or almost sessile. 

 B. viLLosA, Wall. Ava. Taong-doung. 



Corolla-lobes as long as the tube. Anthers in 2 rows. Berries unknown. 



* *" Stain inodes G or 8. 



iliiirsops, Linnaus. 



Cohjx-lohcs and otanj-cdls G or 8 each. Corolla-lohes 2 or 3 times as many. 



