8o SapOtace^. [Bassza. 



cent ; 1. scattered, 3^—4 in., on petioles under h in. long, oval, 

 acute at base, obtuse or retuse at apex, quite glabrous, rather 

 thin, veins very fine ; fl. on glabrous ped. i in. long, 2-5 in 

 cluster ; cal. -| in., segm. ovate, acute, inner ones silky- 

 pubescent ; cor. large, pubescent inside and out, lobes 6, 

 oblong, obtuse ; stam. 12, connective sharply aristate ; style 

 exserted ; fruit not seen, ' i J in., oblong, acute.' 



Moist low country; very rare. Kalutara (Moon); near Ratnapura 

 (Thwaites). 

 Endemic. 

 I have seen only a single specimen (Moon's). 



3. S. neriifolia, Moon Cat. 36 (1824). Gan-mi, S. [Plate 

 LIX.] 



Dasyaidus neriifolius, Thw. Enum. 175. lllipe neriifolia.i Engl. 1. c. 

 C. P. 235. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 545. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 254 (flower only). 



A moderate-sized or small tree, bark dark brown, twigs 

 furrowed, young parts glabrous ; 1. numerous, scattered, on 

 very short petioles \ in. long, 4-7 in., oblong-linear, tapering 

 to base, obtuse, often apiculate, glabrous, rather thin, venation 

 pellucid, stip. filiform, brown, persistent ; fl. in clusters of 

 about 6 from l.-axils, ped. about i in., erect or deflexed, 

 glabrous ; cal. over \ in., segm. oval-lanceolate, acute, inner 

 ones silky-hairy ; cor.-lobes 6, oblong, obtuse, silky outside ; 

 anth. 12, in one tier, sessile, very acute; style much exserted, 

 persistent; fruit i-ii in., linear-ovoid, beaked ; seed solitary, 

 over I in., linear-ovoid, compressed, acute at both ends, 

 shining, pale brown, hilum whole length of one side. 



Moist low country, by streams ; common. Moon's locality is Kalutara. 

 Fl. Feb. and March. 

 Endemic. 

 Wood as in B. longifolia. 



4. B. mlcrophylla, Hook, Ic. PL i. t. 74 (1837). 



Dasymdus inicrophyllus, Thw. Enum. 175. B. parvifolia, A. DC. 

 Prod. viii. 198. C. P. 2648, 2830. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 545. Hook. Ic. PI. i. t. 74. 



Tree, much branched, buds fulvous-hairy; l.smaIl,numerous, 

 on short petioles, ii-3 in., lanceolate-oblong, acute at base, 

 rounded at apex, quite glabrous, stiff, not thick, venation 

 inconspicuous ; fl. small, 2-4 from l.-axils, ped. about \ in., 

 glabrous ; cal. scarcely \ in., segm. ovate, subacute, inner ones 

 silky; cor.-tube hairy within, lobes 6 (rarely 5), ovate, obtuse, 

 slightly exceeding cal.; stam. 12; fruit not seen. 



