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angles and curving upwards to meet near the margin ; secondary- 
nerves somewhat prominent as are the reticulations; petiole - 6 to '8 in. 
long, slender, grooved above. Flowers fascicled, often up to 10 together, 
on tubercles above the scars of fallen leaves on the last year’s wood ; 
pedicels slender, glabrous, '5 to -7 in. long. Calyx-lobes 4, -15 to -2 in. 
long, ovate, somewhat acute, somewhat pubescent outside, the 2 outer 
enclosing the 2 inner. Corolla with very short (-05 in. long) cylindrical 
tube ; lobes 8 to 9, rather spreading, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 
emarginate, prominently nerved, glabrous. Stamens 16 to 18, -2 in. 
long, inserted in 2 rows on the top of the tube above a short ring of 
tawny hairs ; filaments -125 in. long, slender ; anthers ovate, -075 in. 
long, apiculate, extrorse. Ovary cylindrical, style -5 in. long, sur- 
mounted by a minute rounded stigma. Fruit unknown. 
Perak: King’s Collector 2680. Singapore: Ridley 6498 (?). 
This species comes very near to B. Braceana, but the anthers differ so much that 
we hesitate to join them. 
13, Bassia cupbea, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree reaching 60 to 
70 feet in height ; branchlets thick, brown, uppermost somewhat angular. 
Leaves coriaceous ; oblong, obtuse or emarginate at apex, attenuate at 
base and somewhat unequal; glabrous above, sparsely hairy on the 
nerves beneath, otherwise glabrous ; 4-5 to 6 in. long, 2'5 to 3 in. 
broad ; of a coppery-brown colour when dry ; midrib very thick and 
prominent ; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, starting at an angle of about 50° 
with the midrib, curving upwards to and along the margin ; reticulations 
visible but not strong ; petiole thick, -75 to 1 in. long, bordered above 
by the decurrent margin of the blade. Floivers fasciculate in the axils of 
the leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves, 2 to 5 or more in a fascicle, 
fragrant ; pedicels -5 in. long, pubescent ; buds conical, "3 in. long. 
Calyx-lobes 4, -25 in. long; 2 outer valvate, broadly ovate, shortly 
pubescent ; 2 inner rounded concave, shallowly emarginate, ciliate and 
scarious on the margins, pubescent without. Corolla - 4 in. long ; tube 
funnel-shaped, -1 in. long, mouth densely brown-hirsute; lobes 8-9, 
erect or spreading, -3 in. long, oblong, rounded at apex, long brown- 
silky-pubescent on back, strigosely hairy within. Stamens 18 to 22, 
inserted on the mouth of the tube ; filaments hairy, -05 in. long ; 
anthers ovate-acuminate, -15 in. long, the connective produced in a 
long usually curved acumen, strigosely hirsute. Ovary oblong, glabrous, 
8- 10-celled, ending in a style -5 in. long surmounted by a minutely 
9- 10-lobed flat stigma. Fruit not seen. 
Perak : Scortechini 1879. 
This species comes near to B. Motleyana, Clarke, but the flowers are much larger 
and different. 
