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glabrous, margins slightly recurved ; 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; 
midrib stout, prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves not prominent, 
about 20 pairs, nearly at right angles to the midrib, anastomosing near 
the margin with the secondary nerves ; reticulations transverse ; petiole 
•6 to 1 in. long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. 
Flowers in axillary fascicles as long as the petiole, not seen. Fruit a 
globose berry -75 to 1 in. in diam., 1-3-seeded. Seeds - 5 to '7 in. long, 
•5 in. broad and thick, ovoid, not compressed, pointed at both ends ; 
testa orustaceous, chestnut-brown, shining ; hilum very broad (-4 in.) ; 
albumen none ; cotyledons fleshy, semi-ellipsoidal. Miq. El. Ind. Bat. 
II. 1041 ; A. DC. Prod. VIII. 199 ; Clarke in Hook. f. El. Br. Ind. III. 
546 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. I. 154. 
Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 986. Singapore : Bidley 6502.— 
Distrib. Java. 
16. Bassia penangiana, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree (?) ; 
branchlets dark grey. Leaves chartaceous ; oblong-lanceolate, acutely 
attenuate at both ends ; glabrous, greyish-green when dry ; 5 to 
7 in. long, 1'5 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib broad, conspicuous, impressed 
above and then keeled ; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, starting at an 
angle of about 50° with the midrib and curved upwards to and along 
the margin ; reticulations transverse, raised above ; petiole 1 to 1-2 in. 
long, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade, swollen at base ; 
stipules very small, ovate, pubescent, caducous. Floivers in fascicles of 
about 5 to 6 in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels slender, -4 to - 5 in. 
long, appressed rusty-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 4, ovate, obtusely 
acuminate, recurved, ‘2 in. long, lower half thick, wrinkled, upper 
half thinner, somewhat searious, sparsely appressed golden-pubescent. 
Corolla tubular-eampanulate, "25 in. long ; lobes 8 (?), oblong-spathulate, 
glabrous within, golden-pubescent without ; tube rather shorter than 
lobes. Stamens 16 (?), inserted in a ring of hairs on the top of the 
tube ; filaments slender ; anthers linear-oblong, hirsute, the connective 
produced in a rather long, somewhat blunt, penicillate mucro. Ovary 
conical, glabrous ; style slender, - 3 in. long ; cells 8. 
Penang : Curtis 1450. 
17. Bassia erythrophylla, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree, 40 to 
50 feet in height and 1 foot in diam. ; branchlets thick, grey, marked 
with the scars of fallen leaves and the tubercles of fallen flowers. 
Leaves coriaceous : obovate-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate at 
apex, unequally attenuate at base ; glabrous, orange-red when dry, 
margins slightly recurved; 6 to 8 in. long, l - 5 to 2-5 in. broad; 
midrib thick, prominent below, impressed above ; main-nerves 10 to 12 
pairs, rather irregular, starting at an angle of 60° from the midrib and 
