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Pedicels and flower-buds thinly rusty-pubescent ; connective 



of anthers produced in a short ciliate point . . ..%. B. rupicoUi. 



Pedicels -5 in. long or longer : — 



Flowers fascicled in the axils of upper leaves generally, 

 rarely on old wood below them : — 



Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, main-nerves indistinct . . 9. B. perahensis . 



Leaves grey-silky-pubescent beneath, almost coriaceous, 



main-nerves distinct but not prominent . . . . 10. B. argentea. 



Leaves only slightly pubescent beneath, chartaceous, 



main-nerves very prominent .. .. . . 11. J5. Braceana. 



Flowers fascicled chiefly in the axils of the scars of fallen 

 leaves, on old wood : — 



Leaves chartaceous, elliptic ; main-nerves prominent . . 12. B. longistyla. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong ; main-nerves not prominent : — 

 Main-nerves of leaves (under 6 in. long) curved up- 

 wards, but no intramarginal nerve ; anther-connective 

 long-apiculate .. .. .. ..13. B. aiprea. 



Main-nerves of leaves (over 6 in. long) meeting in an 

 intramarginal nerve ; anther-connective shortly apicu- 

 late .. .. .. .. ..14. B. Motley ana. 



Species of which Flowers are Imperfectly Known. 

 Leaves under 5 in. long, obovate, obtuse, greenish-brown when 

 dry .. .. •• .. .. ..15. B.cuneata. 



Leaves 5 to 7 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, greyish-green when 



dry .. .. .. .. .. .. 16. B . penangiana . 



Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, obovate-oblong, orange-red when dry . . 17. B. erythrophylla. 



1. Bassia aristulata, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree ; branchlets 

 stout, brown, lenticellate. Leaves coriaceous ; oblong, shortly and 

 rather suddenly acute at apex, somewhat rounded unequally and then 

 decurrent at base ; glabrous on both surfaces except on the midrib 

 beneath ; margins slightly recurved ; 6 to 10 in. long, 3 to 4 in. 

 broad ; midrib thick, prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves 

 24 to 28 pairs, conspicuous, parallel, -3 to -4 in. apart, starting at about 

 75° with the midrib, scarcely curved, meeting in a conspicuous intra- 

 marginal looped nerve ; reticulations oblique, not prominent ; petiole 

 1'5 to 2 in. long, grooved above, much thickened below. Flowers 

 fascicled, about 2 to 6 together, in the axils of the leaves or of the scars 

 of fallen leaves, on very short tubercles ; pedicels thick, 1-5 to 2 in. long, 

 densely golden-pubescent, flattened under the flower ; buds elongate, 

 conical, nearly -75 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4, -5 to "7 in. long; the 2 outer 

 valvate, triangular-ovate, pubescent ; the 2 inner imbricate, concave, 

 ovate, pubescent. Corolla-tube short, -2 to -3 in. long, funnel-shaped, 

 densely pubescent inside ; lobes 8 to 9, oblong-lanceolate, -4 in. long, 

 pubescent without. Stamens many, up to 36, in 2 or 3 rows, lowest 

 row about 8 to 9, second row 16 to 18, third row 8 to 9, inserted on the 

 top of the corolla-tube ; filaments very short, pubescent ; anthers 



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