216 CXXIIIc. MORACE (Hutchinson): [Bosquezopsis. 
with peltate scales. Perianth-segments 2-4, small. Stamens 2; 
filaments sometimes connate at the base; anthers ovoid, with 
oblong cells dehiscing extrorsely. Rudimentary sterile female 
flower sunk in the middle of the receptacle. Fertile female flower 
similarly placed ; ovule pendulous; style exserted, mostly 2-lobed. 
Fruit inferior, adnate to the receptacle, oblique, crowned at the 
apex by the remains of the bracts and stamens. Seeds with fleshy 
endosperm.—Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, 
penninerved ; stipules intrapetiolar, amplexicaul, caducous. Re- 
ceptacles axillary, shortly pedunculate, solitary. 
Species 4, endemic. 
Receptacles unisexual, sometimes with the rudiments 
of a female in the middle. 
Leaves 2-3} in. long ; stamens exserted ... 1. B. carvalhoana. 
Leaves 1-14 in. long; stamens hidden by the 
overtopping peltate scales... Soe ... 2. B. parvifoha. 
Receptacles bisexual. 
Leaves usually less than 3 in. long; peduncle 
4-14 in. long s Ge 3. B. Gilletai. 
Leaves usually over 3 in. long; peduncle 1-2 lin. 
long a 4¢ soe one 4. B. Luje, 
1. B. carvalhoana, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. li. 436, fig.3. A shrub (2); 
branchlets slender, covered with brown bark; internodes }-1} im. 
long. Leaves oblong, subacute at the base, shortly acutely acuminate 
at the apex, 2-3} in. long, 3-1} in. broad, subcoriaceous, shining 
above, dull below, glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side of the 
midrib, the basal pair extending within the margin to above the 
middle of the blade, the upper ones spreading and distant from 
the lower; petiole 24-34 lin. long. Receptacles unisexual, shortly 
pedunculate, disc-like, 2} lin. in diam.; outer bracts ovate, those 
of the disc peltate and shortly stipitate ; peduncle 3 lin. long. Male 
flowers with very small obovate or ovate perianth-segments. Sta- 
mens 2-3 times as long as the bracts, often two connate at the base ; 
anthers ovate. Bisexual or female receptacles not known. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: coastland, Carvalho. 
2. B. parvifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. li.437. A densely branched 
shrub ; young branchlets slender, minutely puberulous when young, 
at length glabrous; internodes often shorter than the petioles. 
Leaves oblong-ovate, acute or shortly acuminate at the apex, 1-1} m. 
long, } in. broad, subcoriaceous, slightly shining above, dull below ; 
lateral nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, looped towards 
the margin and arcuate, prominent below ; veins strikingly reticulate, 
slightly prominent ; petiole slightly channelled above, about 2 hn. 
long ; stipules soon falling off, ovate, acute, 1} lin. long. Receptacles 
mostly solitary in the leaf-axils, nearly sessile, about 1} lin. in diam., 
