54)2 LXXXIX. SAPOTACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Dichopsis. 



** Species of Malabar. 



8. D. elliptic a, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 658; leaves elliptic or somewhat 

 obovate subobtuse glabrous, pedicels 1 in. minutely tomentose, stamens 12-18 

 (usually 14-17). Bassia elliptica, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 36 ; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 139: Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 43. Bassia sp., Miq. PL Hohenack. n. 

 597. Isonandra acuminata, Drury Useful PL Ind. 260, not of Gardner. 



BOMBAY and CANARA ; Dalzdl. MANGALORE ; Hohenacker. CANABA ; Stocks. 

 WESTERN GHATS, up to 4000 ft, ; common, Beddome. 



A tree, 100 ft., trunk often straight, unbranched to a great height; branchlets 

 and shoots minutely adpressedly pilose. Leaves 4 by 2 in., obtuse or with a short 

 obtuse triangular point, base cuneate ; petiole f in. Pedicels 4-8 together, axillary or 

 terminal. Calyx-lobes in., ovate, subacute, minutely adpressed-pilose. Corolla % in., 

 segments fulvous-silky on the back. Filaments short, hairy ; anthers narrow-lanceo- 

 late, acute, sometimes tips hairy. Ovary 6-celled. Berry l in., ellipsoid. Indian 

 Gutta-percha. 



*** Species of East Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. 



9. D. polyantha, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 658 ; leaves obovate-oblong 

 subobtuse closely silky-tomentose beneath or mature nearly glabrous, pedicels 

 1^ in., filaments hairy hardly as long as the anthers. Bassia polyantha, Wall. 

 Cat. 4166; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 198. Sideroxylon regium, Wall. Cat. 4156, 

 partly. Isonandra polyantha, Kurz For. FL ii. 119, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 230. 



SILHET ; Wattich, H. /. $ T. CACHAE ; Keenan. CHITTAGONG ; H. f. $ T. 

 PEGU ; Wallich. ABRACAN ; Kurz. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 5| by 2 in., base cuneate, silvery or rich brown glossy 

 beneath ; petiole -1$ in. Pedicels in lax clusters towards the ends of the branches, 

 tomentose. Calyx-lobes - in., ovate, hardly acute. Corolla nearly \ in., cream- 

 coloured. Stamens 12, sometimes more. Berry 1 in., obovoid, scaly brown, 1- 

 seeded. Yields good gutta-percha in large quantity (Kurz'). Flowers eaten (Keenan). 



10. D. obovata, Clarke ; leaves obovate-oblong glaucescent glabrous 

 beneath secondary nerves obscure, pedicels ^ in. densely clustered, filaments 

 glabrous at least as long as the anthers. Isonandra obovata, Griff. Notul. iv. 

 293 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 120, and in Journ. As. Soc. ii. 230. Bassia ? hypoleuca, 

 Miq. FL Ind. Bat. Suppl. 582 (Jide Kurz). 



MALACCA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3606), Maingay (n. 985, 996). SINGAPORE; 

 T. Anderson. 



A tree ; branches thick, leaves clustered towards their extremities ; shoots rusty - 

 tomentose. Leaves 8^ by 3-4 in., obtuse or very shortly acute, base cuneate, primary 

 nerves 12 on each side, much raised beneath ; petiole f in. Clusters densely covering 

 the branches below the terminal leaves. Calyx-lobes ^- in., ovate, subobtuse. 

 Corolla \ in., nearly glabrous without, segments narrow acute. Stamens 12. Berries 

 f in. diam.. globose. Kurz says that there is another species collected in Martaban 

 by Falconer closely allied to this. The imperfect specimen collected by Falconer at 

 Moulmein appears identical. 



11. D. Helferi, Clarke ; leaves obovate-lanceolate obtuse glabrous secon- 

 dary nerves distinct, pedicels in. densely clustered. 



TENASSERIM ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3616). TAVOT ; Packman. 



Closely allied to D. obovata ; and is perhaps Heifer's Tenasserim plant referred to 

 D. obovata by Kurz ; but the nervation of the leaves is different. Leaves 8^ by 3 in., 

 base cuneate, primary nerves 8-9 on each side, f-1 in. apart, inarching not con- 

 spicuously parallel. Corolla not seen. 



