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apice rotundata vel truncata, _—. leviter ssa hi ann basi 
rotundata vel subcordata, 4-12 cm. longa, 3-9 cm. lata, coriacea, 
supra breviter et dense pabonsontia, subtus ‘ase pubescentia, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 9-12 ad marginem prolongatis subtus 
paullo prominentibus, nervis tertiariis arctis subtus leviter promi- 
nentibus; petioli 4-5 mm. longi, dense ee ; stipulae 
lanceolatae vel subulato-lanceolatae, 4-6 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, 
dense pubescentes. lores S subsessiles vel Medic pedicellati. 
Sepala_ ovato-triangularia, 3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, extra 
pubescentia, Petala late obovata, superne * paulo dentata, 2 mm. 
longa, 1°5 mm. lata, glabra. Discus latus, planus, glaber. Columna 
staminalis 1°5 mm. longa, parte filamentorum libera 0°75 mm. longa 
apicem versus gracili; antherae glabrae. Ovarii rudimentum 1 mm. 
longum, basi dilatatum, glabrum. lores Q brevissime pedicellati. 
~ Sepala ovato-lanceolata, 3 mm. longa, rufo-pubescentia. Petala 
oblongo-lanceolata, sepalis breviora, Discus -cupularis, lobatus, 
utrinque glaber. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus 2-locularis, trans- 
verse ellipsoideus vel subglobosus, circiter 8 mm. diametro.—B. 
stipularis, Muell.~Arg. in DC. Prodr, vol. xv. pt. ii. p. 499, reed 
( rk’s and Burke’s Magaliesberg specimens), not 0 Blum 
Tropicat Arrica. Mozambique Dist.: Rhodesia ; Victoria, 
Monro, 684 ; < me Portuguese East Africa: Boruma, Menyharth, 
ete, 
SouTH ree. Transvaal: Magaliesberg range, Burke. 
Streydpoort, Rehmann, 5393. Near ee Pegler, 1063. 
Warm Baths, Waterberg, Burti-Davy, 5 
‘This species may be readily distingsished from the Indian and 
Malayan B. stipularis, Blume, with which it was erroneously 
associated by Miiller, among other characters by the absence of the 
sense, ring of s0n8 eirs wit we the base of the female dis 
rami patuli, “saa robustis ete ne minusve dyaaanicaie 
Folia sessilia, ad ramulorum apices conferta, obovato-cuneata vel 
elongato-obovata, apice rotundata vel truncata, basi attenuata, 
10-27 em. longa, 5-15 em. lata, rigide coriacea, supra viridia sub- 
scabrida, subtus furfuraceo-pubescentia, demum fere glabra, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 12-17 patulis indivisis subtus prominentibus, 
nervis tertiariis pluribus parallelis ; stipulae filiformes, circiter 1:2 
em. longae, dense pilosae. Capitula ramulorum apices versus 
conferta ; pedunculi 1:2 cm. longi, profunde sulcati. Involucri 
bracteae ‘oblongo-ellipticae, obtusae, circiter 1 cm. longae et 0°5 cm 
latae, extra leviter pubescentes. Calyx irregulariter lobatus ; lob 
apice parce pilosi. Filamenta glabra. vari rudimentum late 
obconieum, superne dense pilosum. lores Q juniores non ae 
Fructus, 4-locularis, subglobosus, paullo ultra 2:5 cm. diametro, 
lenticellis numerosis instructus, glaber, Pyrenae dorso bisulcatae,— 
U. benguelensis, Muell.-Arg, in Journ. Bot. 1864, 332, as to specimen 
with sessile leaves ; Hiern; in Cat. Afr. Pl. ‘Welw: i. 963, partly, 
TROPICAL Arrica. Lower Guinea : Angola ; near the River 
Kutoto, Gossweiler, 3206; near Kaconda, Gossweiler, 3364 ; 
