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•oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate both at apex and at base ; glabrous 

 above, minutely pubescent on the nerves or in the axils of the nerves 

 beneath ; 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; midrib thick, impressed 

 above ; main-nerves 14 to 18 pairs, regular, parallel, conspicuous, about 

 •4 in. apart, starting at about 60° with the midrib, arching upwards to 

 join near the margin ; reticulations oblique, slender but conspicuous, 

 joining the main-nerves more or less horizontally ; petiole "8 to 1*4 in. 

 long, grooved above and bordered by the decurrent margins of the 

 blade, thickened and somewhat curved below. Floivers fasciculate, 

 usually 4 to 7 together, in the axils of the leaves, or above the scars of 

 fallen leaves on the last year's wood below ; pedicels '4 to '6 in. long, 

 thickened above, otherwise slender, slightly pubescent. Calyx-lobes 4, 

 •15 to "25 in. long; 2 outer opposite ovate rounded, enclosing the 2 

 inner concave rounded; sometimes ciliate on the margins, sometimes 

 slightly emarginate, all more or less golden-pubescent without, enlarged 

 after flowering. Corolla cream-coloured ; tube cylindrical, short, about 

 •1 in. long only ; lobes more or less spreading, 8 to 9, linear-oblong, -2 in. 

 long, slightly twisted. Stamens 16 to 18, in 2 rows, inserted on the 

 top of the tube inside above a thick ring of tawny hairs ; filaments very 

 short ; anthers ovate-lanceolate, strigosely hirsute, the connective 

 ending in a long dark acumen. Ovary globose, glabrous ; style -15 in, 

 long, stigmas very minute ; cells about 8. Fruit an oblong green fleshy 

 berry, -8 to 1 in. long, crowned by the remains of the style ; seed 

 usually 1 only. Seed ovoid, flattened, -8 in. long, -5 in. broad, and 

 *25 in. thick ; testa chestnut-brown, shining, crustaceous ; hilum elongate, 

 pale, conspicuous ; albumen none ; cotyledons thick, -5 to -6 in. long, 

 ovoid, somewhat acute ; radicle minute. 



Penang : Curtis 3063. Perak : King's Collector 1846, 3195, 3275, 

 3740, 6447, 7584, 10412 ; Scortechini 314, 1483 ; Wray 1775, 2613, 

 2694. 



Var. lanceolata, King & Gamble. Leaves narrower, more lanceolate- 

 acuminate ; main-nerves closer. Floivers more numerous in the 

 fascicles and fascicles more numerous on the last year's wood. 

 Corolla-lobes often unequal in length, acute. Anthers with the 

 acumen bifid. 



Perak : Wray 189, 1248, up to 3,400 feet. 



13. Bassia longistyla. King & Gamble, n. sp. A large tree, 

 reaching 80 to 100 feet in height ; branchlets thick, dark greyish- 

 brown, innovations minutely pubescent. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic, 

 shortly and rather abruptly acuminate at both apex and base ; glabrous 

 on both surfaces; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad; midrib 

 slender ; main-nerves 12 to 14 pairs, leaving the midrib almost at right 



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