BASSIA

(named after Ferdinando Ba i, Curator of the Botanic Garden at Bologna). O RD. Sapotaceæ. Handsome lofty-growing lactescent stove trees, with axillary, solitary, or aggregate flowers, and quite entire, smooth, coriaceous leaves. They require stove heat, and a compost of peat and loam. Cuttings, taken from ripened wood, strike readily in sand, under a hand gla , in a strong moist heat.