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long. Inflorescence large, distichously branched and spreading, 

 peduncles 1|~3 in., flowers with the ovary just clear of the point of 

 the spathe ; perianth- segments 14 lines long by 3-6 lines broad, 

 staminal tube 5 lines long, free portion of filament 1 line, anthers 

 2 lines ; bifid stigmas with their thread-like segments 5 lines long. 

 Ovary ^ in. long. Capsule 5 lines each way, with a round slightly 

 flattened apical area. 



Hab. Bulawayo, Jan. 1898, R. Frank Rand. 



Near M. glutbwsa Baker, found by Welwitsch in Huilla, with the 

 plants of which district those obtained by Mr. Eand show consider- 

 able afiinity. The new species is, however, a larger plant, with 

 wider branching, more floriferous, inflorescence, and slightly larger 

 flowers with broader perianth-segments. — A. B. R. 



BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH 



BOTANISTS. 



By James Britten, F.L.S., and Gr. S. Boulger, F.L.S,, F.G.S. 



First Supplement (1893-97). 



(Continued from p. 103.) 



Bobart, Tilleman (fl. 1650-1720). Son of Jacob Bobart the 

 elder. Friend of W. Sherard. Found Mentha sativa, R. Syn. 

 ii. 124; Clarke, 57. Pult. i. 313; Nich. Illustr. i. 357, 366. 

 369 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 285 ; Druce, Fl. Berks, cxxv. 



Bohun, Edmund (fl. 1700-2). Collected in South Carolina, 

 1700-2. Sent plants, &c., to Petiver. Mus. Pet. 79, 94. 



Bonavert (or Bonivert), Gideon (fl. 1696). " Plants gathered in 

 Flanders at Breda and at the several camps wherein he was a 

 Lieutenant in the Enghsh army, amongst which are mosses, 

 grasses, fungi, &c.," H. S. Ixxxv. " Plants gathered in the fields 

 and gardens of England, at Chelsea, &c.," many named by him 

 in Latin, French, and English. H. S. Ixxxvi-^S Sent pi. from Ire- 

 land to Plukenet, Aim. 284, 312, 344. H. S. xcvii., 74, 143; and 

 from Deal to Petiver, Mus. Pet. no. 405. 



Bond, George (fl. 1826-80). Kew gardener. Drew 1700 plants 

 for W. T. Alton, 1826-35. Gardener to Lord Powis at Walcot, 

 1835-80. Garden, 24 Jan. 1880, 75. 



Bosanquet, Rev. Edwin (1800 ?-72) : b. London, 1800 ? ; d. 

 30 Aug. 1872. M.A., Oxon, 1826. Rector of Forscote, 

 Somerset, 1848-70. 'Plain and easy account of Brit. Ferns,' 

 1854; ed. 2, 1855. Jacks. 240; Alumn. Oxon. i. 134. 



Bossey, Francis (fl. 1820-60). M.D. Of Woolwich. 'Fungi 

 which attack cereals,' Proc. Bot. Soc. Lond. 50. ' Kent Plants,' 

 Ann. & Mag. ii. (1839), 272. Contributed to Gibson's Fl. of 

 Essex. 



Bostock, John (1773-1846) : b. Liverpool, 1741 ; d. London, 

 Aug. 1846. M.D., Edinb., 1798. Pres.G.S., 1826. V.-P.R.S., 

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