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glabrous, margins slightly recurved ; 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; 

 midrib stout, prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves not prominent, 

 about 20 pairs, nearly at right angles to the midrib, anastomosing near 

 the margin with the secondary nerves ; reticulations transverse ; petiole 

 •6 to 1 in. long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. 

 Floivers in axillary fascicles as long as the petiole, not seen. Fruit a 

 globose berry -75 to 1 in. in diam., 1-3-seeded. Seeds '5 to •? in. long, 

 •5 in. broad and thick, ovoid, not compressed, pointed at both ends ; 

 testa crustaceous, chestnut-brown, shining ; hilum very broad ('4 in.) ; 

 albumen none ; cotyledons fleshy, semi-ellipsoidal. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 1041 ; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 199 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 

 546 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. I. 154. 



Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 986. Singapore : Ridley 6502. — 

 DiSTBiB. Java. 



16. Bassia penangiana. King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree (?) ; 

 hranchlets dark grey. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong-lanceolate, acutely 

 attenuate at both ends ; glabrous, greyish-green when dry ; 5 to 

 7 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. broad ; midrib broad, conspicuous, impressed 

 above and then keeled ; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, starting at an 

 angle of about 50° with the midrib and curved upwards to and along 

 the margin ; reticulations transverse, raised above ; petiole 1 to 1-2 in. 

 long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade, swollen at base ; 

 stipules very small, ovate, pubescent, caducous. Floivers in fascicles of 

 about 5 to 6 in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels slender, -4 to '5 in. 

 long, appressed rusty-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 4, ovate, obtusely 

 acuminate, recurved, "2 in. long, lower half thick, wrinkled, upper 

 half thinner, somewhat scarious, sparsely appressed golden-pubescent. 

 Corolla tubular-campanulate, "25 in. long ; lobes 8 (?), oblong-spathulate, 

 glabrous within, golden-pubescent without ; tube rather shorter than 

 lobes. Stamens 16 (?), inserted in a ring of hairs on the top of the 

 tube ; filaments slender ; anthers linear-oblong, hirsute, the connective 

 produced in a rather long, somewhat blunt, penicillate mucro. Ovary 

 conical, glabrous ; style slender, '3 in. long ; cells 8. 



Penang : Curtis 1450. 



17. Bassia eeytheophylla. King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree, 40 to 

 50 feet in height and 1 foot in diam. ; branchlets thick, grey, marked 

 with the scars of fallen leaves and the tubercles of fallen flowers. 

 Leaves coriaceous : obovate-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate at 

 apex, unequally attenuate at base ; glabrous, orange-red when dry, 

 margins slightly recurved; 6 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. broad; 

 midrib thick, prominent below, impressed above ; main-nerves 10 to 12 

 pairs, rather irregular, starting at an angle of 60° from the midrib and 



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