Payena.] lxxxvii. sapotace^e. 265 
•6 in. long. Sepals -3 in. long, triangular round, inner -35 in. long, 
strongly keeled. Corolla -3 in. wide, lobes oblong obtuse. Stamens 
16. Berry ovoid pubescent, 75 in. long. Seeds elliptic acute. 
Hab. Rather rare in forests. Perak, top of Thaiping Hills 3500 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). 
var. glabrata King and Gamble, l.c. Leaves nearly glabrous, 
tip abrupt long acuminate; pedicels 1 in. long. Berry nearly 
spherical. Hab. Singapore, Selitar. Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. 
Java, Sumatra. Use : Gutta said to be fairly good. 
(11) P. sessilis King and Gamble, l.c. 174. 
Big tree. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate rounded, base 
narrowed, glabrous; nerves and reticulations slightly raised 
beneath; 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide. Flowers in fascicles 
of 2 or 3 in axils; pedicels slender, -5 in. long. Sepals -2 in. long, 
acute (in fruit) glabrous, inner ones keeled. Berry globose, black, 
about *5 in. long, crowned with style. Hab. Singapore, Toas 
(Ridley), very rare. 
(12) P. utilis Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. 5. Br. 79, p. 94. 
A very large tree. Leaves oblanceolate, tip round or bluntly 
pointed, base long, narrowed, thinly coriaceous, shining above, 
pale beneath; nerves 8 pairs, faintly visible above, midrib elevate 
beneath, broad flat above; 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
slender, 1 in. long with some red hairs or glabrous. Flowers 
numerous in terminal axils forming a sub-terminal tuft; pedicels 
slender, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Sepals lanceolate blunt, 
narrow, -25 in. long, pubescent inner ones oblong, narrower. 
Corolla’ cylindric, -25 in. long, lobes linear narrow, shorter than 
tube. Stamens filaments long, slender, 16; anther appendage 
very short. Seed very large, 1-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, -5 in. 
through, elliptic, base round, tip sub-acute, yellow brown, hilum 
half the width of seed. Hab. Selangor, Ulu Selangor (Stephens, 
Burn-Murdoch). Native name: Betis or Bilian (not the Bilian 
of Borneo). Use: A very valuable timber. See Agric. Bull. 
vol. 5, p. 39* 
6. BASSIA, Linn. 
Trees, often very large. Leaves usually coriaceous. Flowers 
fascicled, axillary or below the leaves. Sepals 4. Corolla cam- 
panulate, tube broad, lobes 6 to 12, contort in bud. Stamens 
twice as many or more. Ovary 4- to i2-(usually 6- to 8-)celled; 
style elongate. Berry globose or oblong. Seeds few, ellipsoid. 
No albumen. Cotyledons fleshy. Species 40, Indo-Malayan. 
Some of these species may belong to Payena, as their fruit is not known 
and practically the only difference is in the presence or absence of albumen. 
Flowers large, 75 in. long. 
Leaves coriaceous glabrous. Inflorescence hairy . (1) B. hirtiflora 
Leaves coriaceous, glabrous; flowers pubescent . (2) B. aristulata 
Leaves thin, red-tomentose . . . ■ ■ (3) B* caudata 
Flowers about *4 in. long; buds globose. 
