216 cxxiiic. MORACEiE (Hutchinson). [Bosqiteiopsis. 



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. 

 Spoeies 4, endemic. 



Receptacles unisexual, sometimes with the rudiments 

 of a female in the middle. 

 Tx'avcs 2-3^ in. long ; stamens exserted ... 1. B. cnrvnlhoann. 



Leaves 1-1 J in. long ; stamens hidden by the 



overtopping peltate scales 2. B. jMirvlfolia. 



Receptacles bisexual. 



Leaves usually less than 3 in. lonar ; peduncle 



^- 1 ^ in. long 3. «. fUllefil. 



Leaves usually over 3 in. long ; peduncle 1-2 lin. 



long ^ 4. B. Lfijfc. 



1. B. carvalhoana, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. li. i2>^,fig. 3. A shrub (?) ; 

 branchlets slender, covered with brown bark ; internodes J-IJ in. 

 long. Leaves oblong, subacute at the base, shortly acutely acuminate 

 at the apex, 2-3 J in. long, f-lj 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 2J-3J lin. long. Receptacles unisexual, shortly 

 pedunculate, disc-like, 2J lin. in diam. ; outer bracts ovate, those 

 of the disc peltate and shortly stipitate ; peduncle J 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. Jahrh. li. 437. A densely brauched 

 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 J in. 

 long, J 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 lin. 

 long ; stipules soon falling off, ovate, acute, 1 J lin. long. Receptacles 

 mostly solitary in the leaf-axils, nearly sessile, about IJ lin. in diam., 



