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SAPOTACEAE 

 BASSIA Koenig 



There appears to be no reason whatever for substituting the generic 

 designation Illipe for Bassia, as Baillon and Engler have done. This 

 conclusion has been reached by Trimen, Cooke, and Gamble,' and at my 

 request Mr. F. V. Coville has examined the original publication of the 

 two names, expressing the opinion that Illipe, as published in Linn. 

 Mantissa 2 (1771) 563, has no standing whatever as a published generic 

 name. It is manifest that Koenig merely intended Illipe to represent one 

 of the native names of the original species, Bassia Umgifolia Linn. This 

 status of the names Bassia and Illipe is confirmed by Richter.' 



Following Engler and Prantl several Philippine species have been 

 referred to the genus Illipe, but are now transferred to the genus Bassia. 

 It is possible that more complete material will necessitate the transfer 

 of some to the genus Payena. 



BASSIA BET IS (Blanco) comb. nov. 



Azaola betis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 402. 



Payena betis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 125. 



Illipe betis Merr. in Bull. Bureau of Forestry (Philip.) 1 (1903) 46. 



A large tree of wide distribution in the Philippines, yielding a valuable 

 timber commercially known as betis. 



BASSIA CORIACEA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Illipe coriacea Merr. in (iovt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 41. 



BASSIA MULTI FLORA (Merr.) comb. nov. 

 Illipe multiflora Merr. 1. c. 



BASSIA RAM I FLORA (Merr.) comb. nov. 

 Illipe ramiflora Merr. 1. c. 42. 



BASSIA MONTICOLA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 8 m alta, glabra vel subglabra; foliis crasse 

 coriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-oblanceolatis, pallidis, nitidis, 

 usque ad 14 cm longis, obtusis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 15; fructibus fasciculatis, e ramis defoliatis, ovoideis 

 ad oblongo-ovoideis, in siccitate brunneis, glabris; sepalis late 

 ovatis, extus parce pubescentibus glabrescentibus, circiter 6 mm 

 longis. 



A tree up to 8 m in height, nearly glabrous. Branches stout, 

 terete, brownish, brown-pubescent at the attachment of the 

 pedicels, otherwise glabrous, the branchlets with numerous peti- 

 olar scars. Leaves crowded near the apices of the branchlets, 

 oblong to somewhat oblong-oblanceolate, thickly coriaceous, 

 when dry pale and shining on both surfaces, 9 to 14 cm long, 



* Trimen Fl. Ceyl. 2:79; Cooke Bombay Flora (cited by Gamble); 

 Gamble in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 72' (1906) 176. 



• Codex Botanicus Linnaeanus (1840) 455. 



