LXXXVII. SAPOTACE.E. 
27I 
Bassia .] 
pubescent. Corolla *4 in. long, mouth densely brown-hairy, lobes 
8 to 9, oblong, tip round, brown, hairy both sides. Stamens 18 
to 22, hairy. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this species, but it appears to be near Motley ana with 
larger flowers, ovary glabrous, and stamens more numerous. 
(18) B. Motleyana Clarke, F.B.I. iii. 546; King, l.c . 187. 
A tree about 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic rounded 
or shortly abrupt-acuminate, base cuneate; nerves fine, 12 to 
18 pairs not elevate, secondaries and reticulations nearly as con¬ 
spicuous; 4 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide, midrib elevate on 
both sides; petioles -8 to 1*2 in. long, rather thick. Flowers very 
numerous crowded in fascicles of 10 to 12; pedicels slender, -4 in. 
long. Calyx-lobes *15 to *2 in. long, ovate blunt or sub-acute, 
sparsely pubescent. Corolla as long, lobes 8, 4 outer enclosing 
4 inner, oblong spathulate, red-pubescent. Stamens 16. Ovary 
villous. Fruit obovoid, green, glabrous or oblong, narrowed at 
base with the remains of the style. Hab. Damp forests. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Mandai; Changi. Johor, Tebrau River, Sungei Bau. 
Malacca (Griffith). Negri Sembilan. Port Dickson (Foxworthy); 
Pasoh (Foxworthy). 
var. Scortechinii. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. wide. 
Hab. Perak, Port Weld (Scortechini). Distrib. Borneo. Native 
names : Maiang; Bengku. 
