Bridelia. ] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 269 
Beddome Forest. Man. 201. B. retusa, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 584. 
Cluytia retusa, Moon Cat. 71. 
CEYLON ; common up to 2000 ft., Thwaites. 
Branches stout. Leaves 5-10 by 2-4 in., not glaucous beneath ; petiole }—} in., 
stout. Bracts and flowers as in B. retusa, from which it differs in the fewer arched 
nerves, moncecious smaller flowers and ellipsoid fruit acute at both ends. 
3. B. montana, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 978; nearly glabrous, leaves mem- 
branous obovate-oblong or broadly obovate obtuse acute or abruptly mu- 
cronate shining above, nerves 8-15 pair slightly arched, flowers moncecious 
1n small dense axillary clusters sessile or shortly pedicelled glabrous, calyx- 
lobes triangular-ovate, petals broadly ovate entire, fruit globose seated on 
the unaltered calyx. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 500; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
m. 735; Wall. Cat. 7879 (in part); Beddome Foresters Man. 202; 
Brand. For. Fl. 450; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 357. Cluytia montana, 
Rozb. Cor. Pl. ii. 38, t. 171. 
Along the foot-hills of the HIMALAYA, ascending to 3000 ft. and to 6000 ft. in 
Sikkim, from the Panjab to Bhotan. KmnasiA Mr's., alt. 2-4000 ft. BEHAR, on 
Parusnath, J. D. H. CoROMANDEL (Roxburgh). 
A low tree; trunk short; branchlets often pustulate. Leaves 4-7 by 2-4 in., 
usually broadly obovate, rarely elliptic and acute, shining above, paler beneath, margin 
undulate, base almost always acute; nerves and cross-nervules rather strong; petiole 
3-4 in. Bracts many, very short, pubescent. Calyx 1—] in. diam. Ovary enclosed 
in the disk ; styles 2, 2-fid. Fruit the size of a pea.— There are two forms, one with 
leaves very shining above and narrowed base, nerves 8-12 pair slender; the other has 
eaves more like retusa, more oblong, nerves 10-15 pair stronger. 
4. B. burmanica, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches slender, leaves 
membranous broadly elliptic or obovate-oblong obtuse margins undulate 
ase obtuse or rounded shining and finely reticulate above paler beneath, 
nerves 12-20 pair slender nearly straight, flowers monccious in small 
axillary clusters shortly pedicelled glabrous, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
petals of male obovate retuse, of fem. larger oblong, fruit globose, B. 
eg Kurz For. Fl. ii. 368 (not of Wallich). Cluytia, Wall. Cat. 
í . 
BURMA (Hort. Bot. Calc.), Wallich; Ava, Kurz. . 
Branches smooth. Leaves 4-7 by 2-4 in., hardly glaucous beneath ; petiole very 
short, i in, glabrous. Bracts short, membranous. Calyx à in. diam. Fruit not 
Seen — "his is the plant referred by Kurz to Wallich's B. amena (see under B. 
retusa) ; he describes the male fl. as greenish, the fem. crimson, the petals rosy, and 
fruit globose as large as a pea, sappy, purplish black. 
5. B. assamica, Hook. f.; branches sparsely tomentose, leaves large 
membranous oblong obovate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate finely reticulate 
and glabrous except the midrib above, minutely puberulous beneath, nerves 
.9-20 pairs slightly arched and cross-nervules slender, flowers moncecious 
m minute axillary clusters sessile pubescent or glabrate, calyx-lobes ovate- 
anceolate, petals of male rounded crenate of fem. larger elliptic entire, fruit 
void acuminate seated on the unaltered calyx. B. chartacea, Kurz in 
Herb. Caleutt. (not of Wallich). Cleistanthus oblongifolius, Muell. Arg. 
n DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 506 (Griffith’s plant only). i 
„ ASSAM, Griffith, Masters ; Mishmi Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4890) ; Nowgong, 
‘mons, SILHET . 
Branches Agen ie pale, sparsely tomentose. Leaves 6-12 by 3-4 in., 
green on both surfaces, paler beneath, beautifully reticulated ; hairs beneath micro- 
Scopic, base subacute or rounded, margin subundulate; petiole j in.; stipules on 
