Bosqueiopsis.] cxxiiir. morace^e (Hutchinson). 217 



some male with a' rudiment of a female immersed in the middle, 

 others bisexual, with an inferior central female flower and a single 

 undivided style (from Engler's figures) ; peltate bracts orbicular, 

 very minutely ciliolate. 



Hozamb. Distr. Ocrmaii East Africa : Ainani. Kocrripr iti Ihrh. Amnyii, 

 2250. 



3. B. Gilletii, De Wild. & Dnrand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2mc 

 ser. i. 840. A tree or shrub ; branches terete, sparingly pilose when 

 young, at length glabrous, shining, brown, with peeling bark. Leaves 

 elliptic, rounded-cuneate at the base, shortly obtusely acuminate at 

 the apex, lJ-3 in. long, |— IJ in. broad, mostly unequal-sided, 

 brown above in the dried state, paler below ; lateral nerves about 

 5 on each side of the midrib, the basal pair distant from the upper 

 ones and anastomosing towards the margin, with the veins prominent 

 below ; petiole 3-4 lin. long, sparingly pilose. Receptacles axillary, 

 shortly pedunculate, shortly pubescent outside; peduncle J-IJ^ in. 

 long, pubescent. Bracts peltate, shortly ciliate. Stamens longer 

 than the bracts ; filaments free (according to De Wilde7na7i), or 

 (according to Engler) connate at the base, about 1 lin. long ; anthers 

 very small. Ovary subcentral, inferior ; style erect, about IJ lin. 

 long, 2-lobed at the apex. Fruit adnate to the receptacle, oblique, 

 about I in. long and J in. thick. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. li. 436. 



Lower Ouinea. Lower Congo : Kimuenza, 6)'e7^^ 1742 ; Mildhraed. 



4. B. LuJ8B, De Wild. PI Herb. Hort. Then. i. 239, t. Ivi. A tree ; 

 branches terete, densely but shortly pilose when young, at length 

 glabrous with sulcate bark. Leaves elliptic or ovate, rounded at 

 the base, acuminate at the apex, acumen obtuse or apicalate, 2^-5 in. 

 long, 1-2 in. broad, slightly unequal-sided, dull brown above when 

 dry, paler below ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side of the midrib, 

 tlie basal pair long distant from the upper ones, extending within 

 the margin to well above the middle of the blade ; veins slightly 

 prominent below. Receptacles axillary, shortly pedunculate, shortly 

 pubescent outside ; peduncle 1-2 lin. long. Flowers and fruit as in 

 B. Gilletii. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : forest of the Sankmu River, Luja. 7S. 



10. BOSQUEIA, Thenars ex Baill. ; Benth. .1- Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. iii. 370 (Bosquiea). 



Flowers monoecious, inserted in a campanulate or obconic andro- 

 gynous receptacle. Male flowers covering the inner face of the 

 receptacle. Perianth 0. Stamens intermixed with bracts ; fila- 

 ments slender ; anthers erect, oblong or ellipsoid, obtuse or 



