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LXVIII. SAPOTACB.E 



[Jlimitsojjs 



Banda dibtrict (Edge\\ .). Sandstone of Paclimaiiii and adjoining hill ranges. Clianda 

 district. Gujarat. Kliandesh. Deccan. Sriliarikota (D. B. Xov. 1881). Fl. Nov- 

 Peb. Pr. eaten. Ceylon, dry region. 4. M. Kauld, Lmn. Amherst (Wall.). Malay 

 Penins. and Arcliip. L. ol^ovate, denhelj^ silky--\vliitp beneatli, Llade 3-5, i^et. 1^-2 in. 



lonff. 



Berry globose, l~-l in. diani., seeds 3-4. 



Fig. 1<38. — Minmsops liexandra, Eoxb. 



5. M. littoralis, Knrz P. PL ii. 123. Andaman Bullet ivoocL Vern. 

 Katpaliy Bixrm. 



A tall tree, quite glabrous, 1. approximate at the ends of thick branchlets, 

 oboyate-oblong, blade 5-8, pet. |-1 in. long. PI. small, solitary, pedicels l-f in., 

 fr. 1-2 in. long, calyx-lobes usually 6, corolla-lobes 18, stamens twice the 

 number of calyx-lobes, alternating with small scale-like staminodes. Berry 

 depressed-globose, 1-1 1 in. diam., seeds 5-6. 



Andamans, Oocos and Nicobar islands, forming nearly pure forests. Upper Tenasserim 

 (Kurz). PL June, July. 



6. BASSIA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. iii. 543. 

 (lUipej Koenig, Engler in Engler u. Prantl iv. 1. 133.) 



Leaves silky or tomentose beneath when young, stipules cadu.Gous. Calyx- 

 segments 4 or 5,* imbricate, eox^oUa-tube ovoid or campanulate, lobes 6-12, 

 contorted in bud, stamens usually twice the number of corolla-lobes, anthers 

 lanceolate acute. Ovary villous, ^12-celled, style long exserted. Pr. a berry, 

 seeds 1-4. Albumen 0, cotyledons large, fleshy, radicle very small. Species 

 30, India, Malaya, Polynesia. 



1. B. latifolia, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 19 ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 41. Includes B, 

 villosa^ Wall. ; Kurz P. PL ii. 122. Vern. Mohica, Malma^ Hind, j Madkum^ 

 Kol J Ippi^ Sanna Ippa, Tel. ; Kat Illipi^ Tarn. 



A large tree, usually with a short trunk and a rounded crown, young shoots, 

 young l.j stipules and pedicels tawny tomentose. L. firm, clustered near ends 

 of branches, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, blade 5-8, pet. 1~1| in. long. PL 

 in dense clusters at the ends of branches, pedicels 1-2 in. long, calyx coria- 

 ceous, segments 4 or 5, densely tomentose outside. Corolla | in. long, cream- 



