56 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
SAPOTACEAE 
BASS I A Koenig 
There appears to be no reason whatever for substituting the generic 
designation Illipe for Bassia, as Baillon and Engler have done. This 
conclusion has been reached by Trimen, Cooke, and Gamble,' and at my 
request Mr. F. V. Coville has examined the original publication of the 
two names, expressing the opinion that Illipe, as published in Linn. 
Mantissa 2 (1771) 563, has no standing whatever as a published generic 
name. It is manifest that Koenig merely intended Illipe to represent one 
of the native names of the original species, Bassia longifolia Linn. This 
status of the names Bassia and Illipe is confirmed by Richter.’ 
Following Engler and Prantl several Philippine species have been 
referred to the genus Illipe, but are now transferred to the genus Bassia. 
It is possible that more complete material will necessitate the transfer 
of some to the genus Payena. 
BASSIA BET IS (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Azaola betis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 402. 
Payena betis F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 125. 
Illipe betis Merr. in Bull. Bureau of Forestry (Philip.) 1 (1903) 46. 
A large tree of wide distribution in the Philippines, yielding a valuable 
timber commercially known as betis. 
BASSIA CORIACEA (Merr.) comb. nov. 
Illipe coriacea Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 41. 
BASSIA MULTI FLORA (Merr.) comb. nov. 
Illipe multiflora Merr. 1. c. 
BASSIA RAM I FLORA (Merr.) comb. nov. 
Illipe ramiflora Merr. 1. c. 42. 
BASSIA MONTICOLA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 8 m alta, glabra vel subglabra; foliis crasse 
coriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-oblanceolatis, pallidis, nitidis, 
usque ad 14 cm longis, obtusis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 15; fructibus fasciculatis, e ramis defoliatis, ovoideis 
ad oblongo-ovoideis, in siccitate brunneis, glabris; sepalis late 
ovatis, extus parce pubescentibus glabrescentibus, circiter 6 mm 
longis. 
A tree up to 8 m in height, nearly glabrous. Branches stout, 
terete, brownish, brown-pubescent at the attachment of the 
pedicels, otherwise glabrous, the branchlets with numerous peti- 
olar scars. Leaves crowded near the apices of the branchlets, 
oblong to somewhat oblong-oblanceolate, thickly coriaceous, 
when dry pale and shining on both surfaces, 9 to 14 cm long, 
' Trimen FI. Ceyl. 2:79; Cooke Bombay Flora (cited by Gamble); 
Gamble in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 72 2 (1905) 176. 
’ Codex Botanicus Linnaeanus (1840) 455. 
