TABULA 3037. 
BOSCHIA MANSONI, Gamble. 
BoMBACACEAE. 
B. Mansoni, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1908, p. 445; columna staminali 
a speciebus ceteris distincta. 
Arbor magna. Ramuli graciles, ut petioli, lamina subtus, inflores- 
centia, calyces extra et ovaria, squamis peltatis argenteo- fulvis dense 
obtecti. Folia elliptico-oblonga ad lanceolata, apice acuminata, 
basi rotundata vel subcordata, 8-20 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, supra 
viridia, glabra, costa impressa nervis lateralibus inconspicuis, subtus 
dense lepidota, costa valde prominente nervis lateralibus prominulis 
patulis intra marginem arcuato-connexis majoribus utrinsecus circiter 
10; petioli 1-2 cm. longi. Inflorescentiae in ramis fasciculatae, breves, 
-florae. Flores pro genere magni, 5-8 cm. longi, singuli in alabastro 
bracteis binis basi connatis inclusi. Calyx campanulatus, 2 cm 
longus, extra densissime lepidotus, intus glaber ; lobi deltoideo-ovati, 
ae ‘oe (inde Petala rubra, seep spathulata, ad 4:5 cm. longa, 
pubes scens, staminum phalanges superans ; stig parvum, capitatum ; 
vula pro loculo bina, inaequialte affixa. Fructus depresso-globosus, 
dens spinosus, cum spinis 6-7 cm. diametro. Semina pro loculo 1-2, 
late ellipsoidea, circiter 2 cm. longa. 
Inp1a: Burma; Amherst District, Manson ; Hewett in Herb. Lace ; 
Thaton. District, Dawna Range, Lace, 4633. 
According to Beccari, Malesia, vol. iii. p. 253, the only constant 
difference between Durio and Boschia is in the shape and dehiscence 
of the anthers ; these are reniform in Durio, dehiscing by a long curved 
