14^ 



'genus v. bassia. 



nuderandria ]fIonof£ynln. Sex: Sysi; 



Deriv. Named in honor of Signot Eassi, Curator of the Botanic 

 gardens at Bologna. 



GiiN, Char. Milky trees : leaves alternate, entire : pedicels 

 axillarv, usually fascicled : seeds butyraceous or oily : calyx 6-8- 

 parted, in two rows : exterior lobes sub-viilvate, interior sub-im- 

 bricated, one before expansion with the margin not covered : corolla 

 tubuloso-campanulate, rtearly eqnallinw the cftlyx in length: lobes 

 "erect, 6-14 : stamens all fertile, about twice the nilmbe'r of the lobes 

 of the corolla, biserial, or (rarely) almost 1 or triserial, inserted 

 on the tube : filaments usually very short: anthers lahceolate-hus- 

 tate, 'c6rdate at the base, l-3-cuspi(late at the apex, 2-celled, de- 

 hisring lengthwise : ovary free, hirsute, 6-8-celled; Style exserted, 

 'coinpresiied, linear: stigma undivided: ovules solitary, hanging 

 from the apex of the inner angle, half-ahatropoiis : berry oblong 

 or globose, S-l~-seeded : seeds obovoid-oMong : testa shining, erns- 

 tsceous : albumen none : embryo erect, white : cotyledons fleshy, 

 oily, contrary to the failum : radicle inferior, short. 



(1) B. ioNGi»oLiA. (Linn.) 



Tdent. Uviti. Mint. p. 563.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 197.— Roxb. 

 9. Ind. II. p. 523. 



Engrav. Gaertn. fr. II. t. 104. f. 2.— Lam. 111. t. 398.— 

 ^'ight's 111. II. t. 147. 



SpKc. Char. Tree : feavfes lanceolate, acuminate at both ends : 

 petioles slightly villous : pedicels a half shorter than the leaf, sub- 

 erect : corolla 8-9-cTeft : stamens 16-20 in two rows: calyx ru- 

 fous-pubescent : berry oblong, villous, yellow, size of a large plum, 

 3-1-seeded : flowers *hiti'Sh. 



Southern parts of the Coromandel coast. Malabar. Common 

 in Canara. Flowering in May. The wood is hard and durable. 

 Almost every part of this valuable tree is applied to some use. 



(2) B. LATiFOLiA. (Roxb. J 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p.,526.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 198. 



Enffrav. Roxb. Cor. I. t. 19. 



Spec Char. Tree: leaves elliptic-oblong or oval: petioles 

 somewhat villous : pedicels subnmbellate at the apex of the branches, 

 reflexed, 5-6 times shorter than the leaf, rufoUs-tomentose : cdrolla 

 7-1-4-cleft; stamens 16-30, somewhat in three rows: calyx rufous- 



