608 cxxii. liVi'iionmACEA-: (ukown). [Anthostema. 



rather dense, with glabrous or very minutely puberulous branches. 

 Bracts §-| lin. long, |-1 Hn. broad, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 very minutely ciliate, deciduous. Lobes of the common involucre about 

 I lin. long, ovate or broadly rounded, obtuse, very minutely or somewhat 

 powdery-puberulous. Involucre of male flowers about 1 lin. long, with 

 free oblong segments, obtuse, acute or more or less toothed at the apex 

 and with incurved margins, powdery-puberulous on the back. Perianth 

 of male flowers i lin. long, cup-like, irregularly 4-toothed, ciliate. Female 

 flower on a very stout pedicel |-1 lin. long; calyx |-I lin. long, 3-lobed 

 nearly to half-way down, with broad deltoid-ovate acute lobes or truncate 

 with 8 acute teeth, glabrous and minutely ciliate or minutely puberulous ; 

 ovary glabrous. Fruit about | in. in diam., deeply 8-lobed ; lobes nearly 

 circular in outline as seen from above, very obtusely rounded. — A. Juss. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1824, i. 105 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 188; 8tapf 

 in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 048. 



Upper Guinea. Sonpg;iml)ia, Hemlelof, 592 ! Liberia : (J rand Bass:i, 

 Binklage, 1769 !• Sierra Leouc : Saimi country ne;ir Daragbe, Scott-Elliot, 4301 ! 



2. A. aubryanum, Ba'dl. Adany.onia, v. ;>00. A tree i^O-40 ft. high. 

 Branches glabrous. Leives alternate, thinly coriaceous, shining above ; 

 petiole \-\ in. long; blade :5-0 in. long, |-1| in. broad, oblong, with 

 nearly parallel sides to about | of the way up, obtusely acuminate, 

 rounded at the base; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath; 

 veins numerous, nearly horizontally spreading, slightly prominent 

 beneath. Cymes axillary, sessile, \~l in. in diam., rather dense, glabrous 

 or excessively tinely puV)erulous on parts of the branches. Bracts 1 lin. 

 or less long and as broad or broader, broadly ovate or rounded, subacute 

 or obtuse, concave, minutely ciliate. Lobes of the common involucre 

 J-1 lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Involucre of male flowers about ^^ in. 

 long, with free oblong obtuse segments, incurved at the margins, very 

 minutely puberulous. Periantli of male flowers J lin. long, cupdike, 

 irregularly toothed, ciliate. Female flower on a very stout pedicel 

 ■i-f lin. long ; perianth about J lin. long, V>- (rarely 4-) lobed to below the 

 middle, minutely puberulous to nearly glabrous ; ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 1-1 i in. in diam., deeply o-lobed ; lobes ovate in outline as seen from 

 above, obtuse. 



Upper Guinea. Lairos: in a swanij) bt'twecn Ajitete aiul Addo, Milieu, 178! 



Iiower Guinea. Princes Islaml, Maim, 1122! (xaboon, Ditparquet, 165 ; 

 Auhrif-Lecomte. 



8. BUXUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. (Jen. PI. iii. 200. 



Flowers monoecious. Disc 0. Male flower: Perianth-segments 4, 

 imbricate, in 2 series. Stamens 4, opposite the sepals ; filaments absent 

 or present, free, fleshy ; anthers dorsifixed near the base, oblong, at length 

 recurved; cells parallel, introrse, dehiscing longitudinally. Rudimen- 

 tary ovary globose (obtusely 3-lobed in some extra- African species) or 

 absent. Female flower : Perianth-segments 4-0, strongly imbricate, the 

 outer smaller. Ovary 3-celled; styles short, thick, usually distant from one 



