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LXXXVII, SAPOTACE^. 
[. Bassia. 
(19) B. cuneata Bl. Bijdr. 675; King, l.c. 187. 
Big tree. Leaves coriaceous obovate rounded or abrupt 
short acuminate, base long, narrowed; nerves not prominent, 
20 pairs, very fine, midrib prominent, nervules and reticulations 
very fine but visible, parallel; 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles *6 to 1 in. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Fruit 
globose or oblong, -75 to 1 in. long. Seeds 1 to 3. Seed ovoid 
not compressed, pointed at both ends. Hab. Forests. Rare and 
very little known. Singapore, Bukit Timah (Ridley). Malacca 
(Maingay). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(20) B. erythrophylla King and Gamble, l.c. 188. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 1 ft. through. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, 
obovate-oblong short blunt acuminate, base unequal narrowed, 
drying orange red; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, somewhat elevate 
beneath, reticulations prominent on both sides; 6 to 8 in. long, 
1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 to 2 in. long. Flowers in fascicles 
of 5 to 6 below leaves; pedicels in fruit, thick, *5 to -6 in. long, 
golden-pubescent. Sepals ovate acute or round, golden-pubescent 
all over. Fruit globose, golden brown hairy, *5 to *6 in. through. 
Hab. Penang* Highlands (Curtis). Rare. 
(21) B. elongata Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 582. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous oblanceolate, narrowed gradually 
to the petiole, dark brown above, red beneath when dry; nerves 
20 pairs, depressed above, strongly elevate beneath; 13 in. long, 
2*5 in. wide; petioles thick, 1*5 in. long, base thickened rugose. 
Flowers fascicled below the leaves; pedicels -5 in. long, rather 
slender. Sepals ovate glabrous, outer two coriaceous, inner three 
thinner, -18 in. long. Ovary wrinkled; style slender, *12 in. long. 
Hab. Malacca, Panchur (Goodenough). Very rare. 
The specimen is imperfect, and Miquel's description only consists of 
that of the leaves, but I suppose this to be what he meant. The type came 
from Palembang in Sumatra. 
7 . PALAQUIUM, Blanco. 
Trees, big to vast, usually very laticiferous. Leaves usually 
coriaceous, obovate or oblong. Flowers fascicled usually below 
the leaves in the axils of the fallen ones, white, fragrant. Calyx 
6-lobed, outer 3 valvate, inner 3 imbricate. Corolla campanulate, 
tube short, lobes 6. Stamens 12 to 18; anthers ovate, connective 
produced, no staminodes. Ovary villous, 6-celled; st}de subulate. 
Fruit 1- to 2-seeded, a fleshy berry. Seeds large exalbuminous. 
Species 50 to 60, Indo-Malaya and Samoa. 
Pedicels 75 in. long or less on lower bare parts 
of branches, numerous. 
Leaves large obovate blunt; branchlets thick. 
Leaves nearly glabrous, glaucescent beneath (1) P. obovatum 
