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oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate both at apex and at base ; glabrous 
abo.ve, minutely pubescent on the nerves or in the axils of the nerves 
beneath ; 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; midrib thick, impressed 
above ; main-nerves 14 to 18 pairs, regular, parallel, conspicuous, about 
•4 in. apart, starting at about 60° with the midrib, arching upwards to 
join near the margin ; reticulations oblique, slender but conspicuous, 
joining the main-nerves more or less horizontally ; petiole - 8 to 1-4 in. 
long, grooved above and bordered by the decurrent margins of the 
blade, thickened and somewhat curved below. Floivers fasciculate, 
usually 4 to 7 together, in the axils of the leaves, or above the scars of 
fallen leaves on the last year’s wood below ; pedicels -4 to ‘6 in. long, 
thickened above, otherwise slender, slightly pubescent. Calyx-lobes 4, 
■15 to "25 in. long; 2 outer opposite ovate rounded, enclosing the 2 
inner concave rounded; sometimes ciliate on the margins, sometimes 
slightly emarginate, all more or less golden-pubescent without, enlarged 
after flowering. Corolla cream-coloured ; tube cylindrical, short, about 
■1 in. long only ; lobes more or less spreading, 8 to 9, linear-oblong, -2 in. 
long, slightly twisted. Stamens 16 to 18, in 2 rows, inserted on the 
top of the tube inside above a thick ring of tawny hairs ; filaments very 
short ; anthers ovate-lanceolate, strigosely hirsute, the connective 
ending in a long dark acumen. Ovary globose, glabrous; style -15 in. 
long, stigmas very minute ; cells about 8. Fruit an oblong green fleshy 
berry, -8 to 1 in. long, crowned by the remains of the style ; seed 
usually 1 only. Seed ovoid, flattened, -8 in. long, ■ 5 in. broad, and 
•25 in. thick; testa chestnut-brown, shinihg, crustaceous; hilum elongate, 
pale, conspicuous ; albumen none ; cotyledons thick, -5 to -6 in. long, 
ovoid, somewhat acute ; radicle minute. 
Penang : Curtis 3063. Pebak : King’s Collector 1846, 3195, 3275, 
3740, 6447, 7584, 10412 ; Scortechini 314, 1483 ; Wray 1775, 2613, 
2694. 
Vae. lanceolata, King & Gamble. Leaves narrower, more lanceolate- 
acuminate ; main-nerves closer. Floivers more numerous in the 
fascicles and fascicles more numerous on the last year’s wood. 
Corolla-lobes often unequal in length, acute. Anthers with the 
acumen bifid. 
Pebak : Wray 189, 1248, up to 3,400 feet. 
13. Bassia longistyla, King & Gamble, n. sp. A large tree, 
reaching 80 to 100 feet in height ; branchlets thick, dark greyish- 
brown, innovations minutely pubescent. Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic, 
shortly and rather abruptly acuminate at both apex and base ; glabrous 
on both surfaces ; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad ; midrib 
slender ; main-nerves 12 to 14 pairs, leaving the midrib almost at right 
