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Pedicels and flower-buds thinly rusty-pubescent ; connective 
of anthers produced in a short ciliate point . . . . 8. B. rupicola. 
Pedicels -5 in. long or longer : — 
Flowers fascicled in the axils of upper leaves generally, 
rarely on old wood below them : — ■ 
Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, main-nerves indistinct . . 9. B. peraltemis. 
Leaves grey-silky-pubeseent beneath, almost coriaceous, 
main-nerves distinct but not prominent . . . . 10. B. argentea. 
Leaves only slightly pubescent beneath, chartaceous, 
main-nerves very prominent .. .. .. 11. B. Braceana. 
Flowers fascicled chiefly in the axils of the scars of fallen 
leaves, on old wood : — 
Leaves chartaceous, elliptic ; main-nerves prominent .. 12. B. longistyla. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong ; main-nerves not prominent : — 
Main-nerves of leaves (under 6 in. long) curved up- 
wards, but no intramarginal nerve ; anther-connective 
long-apiculate .. .. .. ..13. B. cuprea. 
Main-nerves of leaves (over 6 in. long) meeting in an 
intramarginal nerve ; anther-connective shortly apicu- 
late . . . . . . . . . . 14. B. Motleyana. 
Species op which Flowers are Imperfectly Known. 
Leaves under 5 in. long, obovate, obtuse, greenish-brown when 
dry .. .. •’ .. ..15. B. cuneata. 
Leaves 5 to 7 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, greyish-green when 
dry .. .. .. -. •• ..16. B. penangiana. 
Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, obovate-oblong, orange-red when dry . . 17. B. erythrophylla . 
1. Bassia aeistulata, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree ; branchlets 
stout, brown, lenticellate. Leaves coriaceous ; oblong, shortly and 
rather suddenly acute at apex, somewhat rounded unequally and then 
decurrent at base ; glabrous on both surfaces except on the midrib 
beneath; margins slightly recurved; 6 to 10 in. long, 3 to 4 in. 
broad ; midrib thick, prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves 
24 to 28 pairs, conspicuous, parallel, - 3 to '4 in. apart, starting at about 
75° with the midrib, scarcely curved, meeting in a conspicuous intra- 
marginal looped nerve ; reticulations oblique, not prominent ; petiole 
1-5 to 2 in. long, grooved above, much thickened below. Flowers 
fascicled, about 2 to 6 together, in the axils of the leaves or of the scars 
of fallen leaves, on very short tubercles ; pedicels thick, 1'5 to 2 in. long, 
densely golden-pubescent, flattened under the flower ; buds elongate, 
conical, nearly ’75 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4, - 5 to '7 in. long ; the 2 outer 
valvate, triangular-ovate, pubescent ; the 2 inner imbricate, concave, 
ovate, pubescent. Corolla-tube short, "2 to '3 in. long, funnel-shaped, 
densely pubescent inside ; lobes 8 to 9, oblong-lanceolate, - 4 in. long, 
pubescent without. Stamens many, up to 36, in 2 or 3 rows, lowest 
row about 8 to 9, second row 16 to 18, third row 8 to 9, inserted on the 
top of the corolla-tube ; filaments very short, pubescent ; anthers 
