BASSIA GRANDIS. (Nat. order Sapotaceee.) 



-C or Gen. Char, see letter-press to PI. xli. 



IjASSIA GRANDIS. (Thw.) A very large tree, leaves glabrous (the young ones cano-sericeous) obovate or bnadly ovate 

 abruptly and shortly pointed or rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, prominently venose on the underside, 2-10 inees long by 

 1-6 inches broad, petioles |-1 inch long flat on the upper side, fascicles crowded at the apex of the branches adpressedly ulvo-pilose 

 4-6 flowered, pedicels about as long as the petioles, calyx 3-4 lines long 6-parted pilose on the outside and on the upper talf of the 

 segments inside, corol white nearly double as long as the calyx, 6 lobed, stamens 12 in a single series, anthers apiculate filaments 

 slender and flexuose alternately shorter, style glabrous, stigma minute, ovary hairy 6-celled, ovules attached to the centre i the axis, 

 fruit ovoid black-purple 1| inch long. — Isonandra grandis, Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 176. 



This fine tree is found in Ceylon, Central Provinces and Saffragram district at an elevation of 3-6000 feel, called JHeeria, thseeds yield 

 an oil similar to that of Bassia longifolia. 



Analysis. 



1. A flower. 



2. Calyx opened and corol removed to show ovary and style, calyciae segments hairy inside on the upper half. 



3. Corol opened, 12 stamens alternately shorter. 

 4, 5, Anthers, front and back view. 



6. Ovary and style. 



7. Ovary cut vertically, ovules attached to centre of axis. 



8. Ovary cut transversely, 6 cells. (Drawn from dried specimens.) 



Analysis. 



Bassia petiolakis. (Vidt Manual, page cxl.) 



1, 2, Full flowers. 



3. The calyx 6-lobed in 2 series, the inner lobes the longer. 



4. Calyx opened, lobes hairy on the upper half inside. 



5. Corol opened, 12 stamens in a single row slightly imbricate or sub 2 rowed, alternately shorter. 

 6, 7. ■ The longer stamens, front and back view, anthers bluntly 2-lobed at the apex. 



8. The shorter stamen front view, anthers sharply 2-lobed, one of the lobes long and recurved. 



9. Apex of style and the hollow stigma. 



10. Ovary cut vertically, ovules erect from near the base of the axis. 



11. Ovary cut transversely, 6 cells. 



12. Fruit. (Drawn from dried specimens.) 



Bassia neriipolia. ( Vide Manual, page cxl.) 



1. Calyx and style. 



2. Corol open showing the 12 stamens in 1 row, or sub 2-rowed. 



3. Anthers, front and back view. 



4. Transverse section of ovary, 6 cells. 



5. Fruit. 



6. Seed. (Drawn from dried specimens.) 



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