Cassia.] Lxxxix. SAPOTACB-B. (0. B. Clarke.) 547 



^ho branches, subobtuse, base rhomboid, tomentose when young, mature glabrous or 

 ftoceulose beneath, primary nerves 16 on each side; petiole Ij in.; stipules l in., 

 -orate-laneeolate, caducous. Pedicels 1 in., -very many, crowded among the subterminal 

 leaves, tomentose. Calyx-lobes J-J in., ovate, subsimilar, rusty-villoua. Corolla \ in. ; 

 tobes 8-10, spreading. Anthers exserted, lineax-laneeolate. Omry 7-9-celled. 

 ^^'^ 1 by fin., 1-3-seeded.— A. DC. says the calyx is 4-lobed, wheufte it must be 

 ■»ery doubtful whether he had the true plant. 



7. FAVEKA, A. DC. 



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

 •the axils of scattered leaves. — Distrib. Species 8-10 ?, in the Malay Peninsula 

 ^-and islands. 



As the fruit is only known in the first described species, the four others mp.y 

 ^rove to be Bassias, 



1. P. SKailigrayl, Clarke ; leaves large oblong acuminate, flowers large, 

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

 itophorus sp., Mainffay ms. Ohrysophyllum ? moUe, Wall. Cat. 4161 ?. 



Malacca ; Maingay. ? Penang ; Wallioh. 



BranchUts rusty-tomentose. Leams 9 by 2J 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 ^'m., 

 •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 

 -4o the base; segments 10, lanceolate, distinctly 2-seri ate. Stamens 16-20. Ovan/ 

 -fi-S-celled. Berry IJ by | in., 1-seeded. Seed bro-wn, shining, albuminous; hiluia 

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

 — -Abounds in gutta-percha (Maingay). 



3. P. malaccensis, Clarke; leaves large obovate or obovate-oblong 

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

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

 JSaesk. 



TilAi,AccA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3610), Maingay. 



BranchUts nearly glabrous. Leaves 12 by 6 J in., sxibobtuse, base cuneate, ulti- 

 -flnately glabrous, primary nerves 15-20 on each side, curving upwards; petiole IJ in. 

 Pedicels f in., closely silky ; in Numerous axillary fascicles. Catyx-lobes 2 outer J in., 

 -«iibquadrate, obscurely silky, much overlapping, 2 inner longer, subacute, densely 

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

 -3-«eriate. Stamens 16-20 ; filaments short. JVaji not seen. 



3. P. Incfda, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 197; leaves elliptic acuminate primaay 

 aierves somewhat oblique tp the midrib, filaments and anthers glabrous, con- 



laective excurrent tip glabrous. Kurz For. Ft. ii. 121, and in Joiirn. As. Soe. 

 1877, pt. ii. 230. Mimusops lucida, Wall. Cat. 4147 ; O. Don Gen. Syet. iv. 



35 (wrongly described, not of Poir.). 



Pebtano ; WaUioh. Sinqapoee ; Lobb. 



BranchUts and shoots rusty-tomentose. Leaves Z% by'l^ in., tapering at both ends, 

 jglabrous and somewhat shiny ■ beneath, nerves not prominent; petiole \ in. Pedicels 

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

 lobee I in., obtuse, obscurely silky. Corolla j-J in., deeply di-vided ; lobes 8, oblong, 

 4>btase. Stamens 16 ; filaments short. Ovary 8-celled. — Bassia sericea (Blume Bijd. 

 tf74) is perhaps the same species, but has the primary nerves closer, the pedicels 

 :9sther shorter. Miquel admits Bassia sericea, Blume, as a species, and also Payena ? 



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