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of Bombay ii. 92 (1904). “ In his description of Bassia longifolia, 
Linnaeus (Mantiss. p. 563) mentions that Koenig (MS.) had given 
Illipe as a name of the plant. This name (Illipe) is the Tamil name 
of the tree and Koenig evidently intended to explain that it was 
the Iilipe of the inhabitants of the Malabar coast (Illipe mala- 
barorum). F. von Mueller (Select Extra-Trop. pl. ed. 5, p. 181) 
under the mistaken notion that Koenig, notwithstanding his having 
already established the genus Bassia, had changed the name of that 
genus to Illipe, called Bassia latifolia by the name [Ilipe latifolia. 
Engler (Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, part 1, p. 133) follows 
Mueller in his mistake and gives the name Iilipe, Koenig, to the 
genus. Koenig has nowhere published the genus as I llipe, and the 
only name possible to recognize for it is Bassia.” Trimen in his 
Flora of Ceylon iii. 79 (1895) also calls attention to Engler’s mis- 
take. “This [Illipe malabarorum] has been recently published by 
Engler as if a generic and specific appellation, to which it has no 
sort of claim.” Kuntze, l. c., makes the same point as do also 
King and Gamble, Flora Malayan Pen. xvii. 176 (1905). But we 
do not need to depend upon recent authors to explain the signif- 
icance of the phrase “ Illipe malabarorum” for Gras in 1864, Bull. 
Soc. Bot. France, xi. 71-85 showed its meaning in his highly 
interesting paper “ L’histoire du genre Bassia.” Engler makes no 
reference to Mueller’s publication, 1. c., of Illipe latifolia which he 
probably overlooked since he makes the combination as his own, 
Bot. Jahrb. xii. 509 (1890). He is correct, however, in his state- 
ment that Bassia Koenig must be replaced because of the presence 
_of the earlier and valid Bassia Allioni, 1. ce. This is in accord with 
the International Rules, Art. 51.2. And there is no question as to 
the validity of the publication (accord. to Int. Rules, Art. 37, 38) 
of Allioni’s genus since there is not only an excellent description 
but also a good plate showing the plant and the floral parts. Since, 
as shown above, Jilipe was not published until by F. von Mueller, 
l.c., the first available name for the group of plants known as 
Bassia Koenig is Madhuca Hamilton ex J. F. Gmel., l.c. About 
thirty species are known, the following being represented in the 
Gray Herbarium or in the herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum. 
Madhuca longifolia (L.), comb. nov. Bassia ifolia L. Mant. 
563 (1771). M-indiea J. Gane ee, tees Aa: 
brorum Koenig ex Engler, Bot. Jahrb. xii. 
