272 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) (Bridelia. 
coriaceous small rhombic-obovate or -oblong or lanceolate obtuse repand or 
repandly toothed glabrous or obscurely pubescent beneath, nerves 6-9 
` pair nearly straight, flowers in minute axillary and spicate clusters glabrous, 
calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, petals of male rounded angled, of fem. ovate, 
fruit subglobose seated on the unaltered calyx. Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxi. 
77, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 500; Beddome Forester’ s Man. 202. 
BERAR, at Monghir, Wallich; Kymaor Hills, J. D. H. The Concan GHATS, 
Law, Stocks, &c. 
A straggling shrub. Leaves 1}-2} in., finely reticulated on both surfaces, pale 
yellowish when dry, base cuneate, tip often suddenly narrowed into an obtuse point ; 
nerves distant, strong; petiole } in. Clusters of flowers }—} in. diam. ; bracts minute, 
villous except the stipular. Calyx jin. diam. Fruit $ in. diam. 
12. B. Kurzii, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves 4—5 in. oblong obtuse base 
rounded glabrous and glaucous beneath, nerves 10-12 pair slender nearly 
straight, fem. fl. minute sessile, calyx not accrescent, petals obovate, fruit 
small globose. 
NrcoBAR IsrAND8 ; Kamorta, Kurz. 
Branches rather slender, black when dry. Leaves rather thin, blackish brown 
above when dry, margin obscurely sinuate, cross-nervules slender; petiole j m- 
Calyx of fruit 4 in. diam. ; lobes triangular, acute. Fruit ]-À in. diam.—I am m- 
debted to Dr. King for a specimen of this very distinct species, which is named B. 
glauca, Blume, by Kurz ; but that species is described as having rusty-pubescent 
branches and elliptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves with pubescent nerves beneath. 
13. B. penangiana, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches slender pus- 
tular, leaves membranous broadly elliptic abruptly acuminate reticulate 
pale beneath, nerves 6-9 pair slender spreading arched, petiole slender, 
flowers minute in small axillary clusters sessile and pedicelled moncecious 
pubescent, calyx-lcbes ovate, petals broad crenate or lobulate, disk of male 
fl. saucer-shaped, of fem. annular, fruit small ellipsoid apiculate. 
PENANG; on Government Hill, Curtis. 
Branches pale. Leaves 3-5 by 13-23 in., green above when dry, prominently but 
not closely reticulate, pubescent on the midrib beneath; petiole 1-}in. Clusters @ 
Jlowers 4-4 in. diam. ; bracts very small, ovate, subacute, pubescent ; male fl. first 
appearing, pedicelled. Calyx 5 in. diam., densely pubescent. Petals scale-like, 
variable. Pistillode notched at the tip. Styles 2, 2-fid. Fruit X in. long.—Leaves 
a good deal like B. burmanica, but with much fewer nerves. 
14. B. Griffithii, Hook. f.; nearly glabrous, scandent, leaves 3-4 1n. 
elliptic-oblong acuminate base rounded brown when dry minutely puberu- 
lous beneath, nerves 5-7 pair arched, transverse veins faint, bracts minute 
tomentose, fem. flowers in small globose axillary clusters sessile, calyx-lobes 
ovate acuminate glabrous tube villous, petals minute entire, ovary 0VOlC» 
styles 2—4 clavellate, fruit globose seated on the unaltered calyx. B. ovata, 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 368 (not of Dene.). 
SOUTH ANDAMANS, Kurz; Maracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4883). 
A scandent shrub with long brachiate branches (Griffith), branchlets puberulous. 
Leaves 1-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, dark brown when dry, rather shining above, 
opaque beneath, nerves very slender, cross-nervules faint; petiole 4—} in. Clusters, 
of flowers 1—À in. diam. ; bracts mere rings round the bases of the flowers. Calyx 9 
fem. Lin. diam. Petals elliptic. Disk conical with a torn mouth. Styles quite free. 
—This, which is referred by Kurz to Decaisne’s Timor B. ‘ovata, differs entirely from 
that plant in the few nerves of the leaf. 
