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LXXXVII. SAPOTACEAJ. 
[Bassia. 
glabrous, shining above except the red-tomentose midrib, beneath 
with the 8 pairs of nerves elevate and with the midrib red-hairy, 
4-5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles densely red-tomentose, *5 in. 
long. Flowers in fascicles of 4 or fewer crowded at the apex of 
the branch about 30; pedicels 75 in. long, densely red-tomentose. 
Sepals outer 3 broad, blunt ovate, inner narrower, hairy, -25 in. 
long. Petals *3 in. long, tip broad, round, tube shorter than calyx. 
Stamens 15, filaments long, stout; anthers large, lanceolate, 
dorsifixed. Style stout, longer, all glabrous. Hab. Pahang, 
Baloh Reserve, Kuantan (Foxworthy and Watson). Native names : 
Nyatoh Bukit; Putat Bukit (Watson). 
(7) B. penicillata King and Gamble, Lc. 179. 
Tree 60 ft. tall, girth 4 ft. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or obovate- 
oblong short abrupt, acute, base unequally round, golden silky 
pubescent beneath when young; nerves 24 to 28 pairs, parallel 
conspicuous; 6 to 10 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 1*2 to 
1*5 in. long, thick. Flowers axillary, 1 to 4 on a tubercle; pedicels 
slender, 1 to 1-2 in. long, pubescent. Sepals 4 or 5, -4 in. long, 
ovate-acuminate, pubescent. Corolla -4 in. wide, densely red- 
hairy within in upper half, lobes 10, lanceolate acuminate. Stamens 
20 in 1 row; filaments hairy, appendage penicillate. Ovary and 
style, base hairy. Hab. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur 
(Curtis), rare. Native name: Minyato. 
(8) B. malaccensis King and Gamble, lx. 180. Payena malac- 
censis Clarke, F.B.I. iii. 547. 
Tree about 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, obovate or 
obovate-oblong blunt or shortly acute, glabrous when adult; 
nerves elevate beneath, parallel, 14 to 16 pairs; 6 to 12 in. long, 
4 to 6-5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long, base swollen. Flowers 
fascicled, 4 to 8 on thick pubescent tubercles; pedicels -4 to 6 in. 
long, pubescent. Sepals ovate acute, -25 in. long, pubescent. 
Corolla campanulate, tube *1 in. long, lobes 10 to 12, lanceolate, 
blunt, -25 to -3 in. long. Stamens 20 to 24 in 2 rows. Berry 
obovate-oblong, nearly 1 in. long. Seed 1, oblong, tip acute. 
Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore Gardens; Changi; Bukit Timah 
(Ridley). Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
(9) B. Curtisii King and Gamble, l.c. 181. 
Tree 40 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, obovate-blunt 
emarginate, glabrous, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide; nerves 
14 to 15 pairs, slender conspicuous little elevate, midrib prominent; 
petioles 7 to 1 in. long, rather thick. Flowers in numerous fascicles 
of 10 to 12 on tubercles below leaves. Pedicels *5 in. long, pubes¬ 
cent. Sepals rounded pubescent, *2 in. long, outer thick, inner 
keeled. Corolla campanulate, rather longer, lobes 8, oblong 
spathulate, hairy at tip. Stamens 16. Berry oblong, golden- 
pubescent, *3 to 7 in. long. Seed oblong, pointed at both ends. 
Hab. Hill woods, Penang Hill at 1500 to 1800 ft. altitude and 
Waterfall (Curtis). Perak, Thaiping Waterfall (Wray), leaves 
sometimes lanceolate acuminate. 
