502 ACCOUNT OF BASSIA BUTYRACEA : 



Description by Doctor Klein, 



Calyx, Perianth: monophylluni, 4-partitum ; 

 laciniis ovatis, acutis, coriaceis, extus tomento 

 ferrugineo obductis, persistentibus. 



Corolla monophylla, campaiiulata ; tubo cylin- 

 draceo, inflate, carnoso, limbo 8-partito ; laciniis 

 lanceolatis, erectis. 



Stamina, filamenta 16, brevissima, in duos or- 

 dines divisa, quorum octo ad incisuras laciniarum, 

 octo in tubo corollae inserta. Antherse lineares, 

 setaceae, acutae, extus pilosas, limbo breviores. 



Pistil: Germen superum, ovatum. Stylus se- 

 taceus, corolla duplo longior. Stigma simplex. 



Pericarp : drupa oblonga, 1-3 sperm a, carnosa, 

 lactescens. Seminibus subtrigonis oblongis. 



Arbor magna ; ramis sparsis, erectis, horizonta- 

 libusque. 



Folia sparsa, petiolata, lanceolata, acuta, inte- 

 gerrima, glabra, venosa. 



Flores longe-pedunculati, axillares, solitarii, et 

 aggregati. 



