546 



LXXXIX. SAPOTACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 



[Bassia. 



diagnosis. In the absence of fruit it is uncertain whether either may not be a 

 Payena. 



9. B. Lobbii, Clarke; leaves elliptic acutely cuneate at both ends glabrous 

 distinctly reticulated, pedicels 1^ in. with the calyx-lobes closely cinereous- 

 tomentose. 



MOULMEIN ; banks of the Attran, Lobb. 



Shoots grey-tomentose. Leaves l l\ by \\ in., submembranous, primary and 

 secondary nerves distinct ; petiole in. Pedicels from the terminal tufts of leaves. 

 Calyx-lobes \ in., elliptic-oblong. Corolla 10-12-lobed. Stamens about 18; filaments 

 short ; anthers lanceolate, mucronate. Ovary 8-celled. Possibly a Payena, but the 

 long calyx-lobes and habit suggest Bassia. 



10. B. Blottleyana, De Vriese in Miq. Journ. 1861, 257 ; leaves long- 

 petioled broadly elliptic abruptly shortly acuminate at both ends glabrous, 

 fascicles very numerous axillary dense-fld. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3608). DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Leaves 5 by 2f in., coriaceous, primary nerves numerous not prominent nor very 

 oblique ; petiole f-l in. Pedicels -f in. ; fascicles in the axils of persistent leaves 

 and clothing the branches below the leaves. Calyx-lobes -~ in., ovate, scarcely acute, 

 sparingly tomentose, Corolla 8-10-lobed. Stamens 16-18; anthers subsessile, lan- 

 ceolate, acute. Ovary 6-8-celled. Fruit not seen. 



11. B. cuneata, Blume JBijd. 675 ; leaves obovate obtuse or emarginate 

 coriaceous glabrous, seeds exalbuminous. Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. ii. 1041. 



MALACCA ; Maingay. DISTRIB. Java. 



Leaves 4 by 2f in., attenuated at the base, primary nerves slender, not very 

 oblique; petiole f in. Flowers not seen. Berry f-1 in. diam., globose, 1-3-seeded. 

 Seeds -f in., ovoid, shining-chestnut ; hilum elliptic, oblique, covering one-third the 

 surface ; radicle exceedingly small, cotytedons hemi-ellipsoidal fleshy. Maingay's 

 examples (in ripe fruit) are here referred to Blume's B. cuneata merely from his 

 short description of that plant in flower. Whether B. obovata, Forst., from Tanna, 

 differs is doubtful. Maingay's cuneate-emarginate leaved plant has been supposed to 

 be the fruiting state of B. Mottleyana ; the two appear closely allied. 



12. B. caloneura, Kurz Andaman Rep. 141 : leaves large elliptic-oblong 

 base rounded or obtuse, fruit 1 by.l in. rusty 2-seeded. Isonandra ? caloneura, 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 119, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 229. I. calophylla, 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871 pt. 69, and 1873 pt. ii. 88, not of Teysm. fy 

 Sinn. Dichopsis ? caloneura, Hook.f, in Gen. PI. ii. 658. 



SOUTH ANDAMAN ; frequent, Kurz. 



A tree, 60 ft. ; shoots minutely rusty-silky. Leaves 8 by 2f in., acute, mature 

 glabrous ; petiole in. A very obscure plant. Kurz describes the calyx (Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1873, and For. Ilor.) as 6-lobed, and the seed (Journ. As. Soc. 1877) as ex- 

 albuminous ; but he never saw the flower. He elsewhere describes the calyx as 

 4-lobed, and he has finally put the plant into an albuminous genus. Our specimen 

 has no flower, and the solitary fruit has no calyx and is unfit for analysis ; as, however, 

 it altogether resembles that of a Bassia, and is quite unlike that of an Isonandra, we 

 retain the plant in the former genus. 



** Calyx-lobes 5, much imbricated, not or obscurely 2-seriate. 



13. B. butyracea, Roxb. in As. Research, viii. 499-502, with fig., andJ^7. 

 Ind. ii. 527 ; leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, stamens 30-40, filaments glabrous 

 as long as the anthers. Wall. Cat. 4164; Don Prodr. 146; A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 198 ? ; Brand. For. Fl. 290, t. 35. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; alt. 1-5000 ft. ; from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent. 



A tree, attaining 70 ft. Leaves 13 by 6 in. (or smaller), crowded near the ends of 



