274 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Bridelia. 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. M 
B. ALNIFOLIA, Griff. Notul. iv. 481; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. n. 502 ; 
branches rusty pubescent, leaves oblong obovate obtuse base subcordate pubescent, 
flowers monccious in the same clusters, calyx green with blood-red spots, petals 
repand-sinuate.—Tenasserim, at Mergui, in wet places, Griffith.—Possibly B. stipularis 
(which the spotted flowers resemble), but Griffith does not say whether the calyx of 
alnifolia is glabrous or pubescent. 
B. OVATA, Dene. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. iii. 484; shoots and all parts glabrous, leaves 
petioled coriaceous oblong or elliptic-oblong obtuse mucronate or apiculate base acute 
or obtuse pale beneath, nerves 10-20 pairs, flowers minute in dense axillary clusters 
glabrous, males shortly pedicelled, fem. sessile, disk cup-shaped, fruit globose seated on 
the unaltered calyx. Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 364. B. ovata, B. acutifolia, and 
~y. genuina, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii, 495.—Burma, at Melloon, Wallich. 
Malacca, Herb. DC. Tenasserim and Andaman Islands, Helfer (No 4884), all accord- 
ing to Mueller. —I fail to identify this amongst Helfer's or Wallich's plants. Kurz's 
B. ovata is a different plant (B. Grifithii, p. 272). Dr. King has sent me a speci- 
men of B. ovata, Dcne., procured by Kurz from the Bintenzorg Botanical Gardens, 
which agrees with the above description, except in having only 6-9 pair of nerves. 
Dr. King further informs me that there is no Andaman specimen of it in the Calcutta 
herbarium, where Kurz has given that name (B. ovata, Dene.) to Griffith’s and 
Maingay’s specimens of B. pustulata. 
B. SINICA, Grah. Cat, Bomb. Pi.179, described as capsular, is probably Cleis- 
tanthus malabaricus. 
B. URTICOIDES, Griff. Notul. iv. 481; Muell. Arg. 1l. c.; branches warted, leaves 
lanceolate acuminate subentire dark green and shining above subglaucous and very 
shortly pubescent beneath, stipules linear membranous brown caducous, clasters axil- 
lary, or inflorescence naked, flowers numerous minute moncecious in the same cluster 
odour of Heliotrope, calyx pubescent outside, petals ovate entire or toothed.—Tenas- 
serim; shores of Madama Island, Grigfith_—Probably B. tomentosa. 
5. CLEISTANTHUS, Hook.f. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, bifarious, quite entire. Flowers 
small or minute, in axillary clusters and spikes, moncecious, sessile or the 
females pedicelled. Calyx 5(4-6)-cleft; lobes valvate. Petals as many: 
minute. Disk of the male flat or pulvinate; of the female conical or tur- 
binate, more or less enclosing the young ovary. Stamens 5, filaments 
united in a column in the centre of the disk, and bearing a pyramidal or 
3-lobed pistillode, free above and spreading; anther-cells parallel. Ovary 
3-celled, usually clothed with long hairs; styles 3, free, bifid; ovules 2 1n 
each cell. Capsule sessile or stipitate, subglobose or depressed, of 3 2 
valved cocci. Seeds without aril or caruncle; albumen copious or scanty; 
cotyledons thin or fleshy, often folded.— Species about 30, Tropical India, 
Malayan and African. 
* Ovary quite glabrous. 
1. C. collinus, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 268; leaves coriaceous 
orbicular broadly obovate or elliptic tip rounded or retuse glaucous beneath, 
nerves 5-8 pair spreading very slender, flowers in small axillary and shortly 
spicate clusters silkily villous, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, petals narrow) 
ovary glabrous, styles free clavellate, capsule large obscurely Sore. 
Bridelia collina, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 211; Wall. Cat. er 
Amanoa collina, Baill, Ktudes Gen. Euphorb. 582; Thwaites Enum. qe 
Lebidieropsis collina, Muell. Arg. in Linnaa xxxii. 80. L. orbicularis, 
