Bassia.~\ LXXXIX. SAPOTACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 547 



the branches, subobtuse, base rhomboid, tomentose when young, mature glabrous or 

 flocculose beneath, primary nerves 16 on each side; petiole l in.; stipules i in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, caducous. Pedicels 1 in., very many, crowded among the subterminal 

 leaves, tomentose. Calyx-lobes ^-^ in., ovate, subsimilar, rusty-villous. Corolla ^ in. ; 

 lobes 8-10, spreading. Anthers exserted, linear-lanceolate. Ovary 7-9-celled. 

 Berry 1 by in., 1-3-seeded. A. DC. says the calyx is 4-lobed, whence it must be 

 -very doubtful whether he had the true plant. 



7. FAYENA, yJ. 7)6'. 



As 'Bassia, but the seeds albuminous. Corolla deeply lobed, and flowers in 

 the axils of scattered leaves. DISTKIB. Species 8-10 ?, in the Malay Peninsula 

 .and islands. 



As the fruit is only known ^n the first described species> the four others may 

 prove to be Bassias. 



1. P. BXaing-ayi, Clarke -, leaves large oblong acuminate, flowers large, 

 filaments and anthers glabrous, connective produced narrow-lanceolate. Cera- 

 tophorus sp., Maingay ms. Chrysophyllum ? molle, Wall. Cat. 4161 ?. 



MALACCA ; Maingay. ? Penang ; Wallich. 



Branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves 9 by 2^ in., parallel-sided, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, base cuneate, shining brown-silky beneath, ultimately glabrescent, primary 

 nerves 24 on each side, not prominent nor very oblique ; petiole 1 in. Pedicels in., 

 2-6 together, clothing the branches and in the axils of persistent leaves, minutely 

 silky. Calyx-lobes ^ in., ovate, subacute, closely silky. Corolla \ in., divided nearly 

 to the base; segments 10, lanceolate, distinctly 2-seriate. Stamens 16-20. Ovary 

 6-8-celled. Berry 1 by f in., 1-seeded. Seed brown, shining, albuminous; hilum 

 very large. Wallich's C. molle consists of a branchlet with leaves only, from Penang. 

 Abounds in gutta-percha (Maingay). 



2. P. malaccensis, Clarke-, leaves large obovate or obovate-oblong 

 conspicuously nerved, filaments and anthers with long fulvous hairs, connective 

 produced linear-cuspidate. Keratophorus Wightii, Maingay mss., not of 

 Hassk. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3610), Maingay. 



Branchlets nearly glabrous. Leaves 12 by 6^ in., subobtuse, base cuneate, ulti- 

 mately glabrous, primary nerves 15-20 on each side, curving upwards; petiole 1-J- in. 

 Pedicels in., closely silky ; in numerous axillary fascicles. Calyx-lobes 2 outer fin., 

 eubquadrate, obscurely silky, much overlapping, 2 inner longer, subacute, densely 

 villous. Corolla % in., divided nearly to the base ; lobes 10, narrow-lanceolate, sub- 

 2-seriate. Stamens 16-20 ; filaments short. Fruit not seen. 



3. P. lucida, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 197; leaves elliptic acuminate primary 

 nerves somewhat oblique to the midrib, filaments and anthers glabrous, con- 

 nective excurrent tip glabrous. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 121, and in Journ. As. Soc. 

 1877, pt. ii. 230. Mimusops lucida, Wall. Cat. 4147 ; G. Dm Gen. Syst. iv, 

 35 (wrongly des&'ibed, not of Poir.). 



PENANG ; Wallich. SINGAPORE ; Lobb. 



Branchlets and shoots rusty-tomentose. Leaves 3| by l in., tapering at both ends, 

 glabrous and somewhat shiny beneath, nerves not prominent; petiole J in. Pedicels 

 clustered in the axils of persistent leaves, -1 in., slender, minutely silky. Calyx- 

 lobes i in., obtuse, obscurely silky. Corolla j- in., deeply divided ; lobes 8, oblong, 

 obtuse. Stamens 16 ; filaments short. Ovary 8-celled. Bassia sericea (Blume Bijd. 

 >674) is perhaps the same species, but has the primary nerves closer, the pedicels 

 rather shorter. Miquel admits Bassia sericea, Blume, as a species, and also Payena ? 



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