612 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON), | Bridelia. 
About 40 species, mostly from Tropical Asia, ranging through the Malay 
Archipelago to New Caledonia and Australia; a few in Madagascar and South Africa. 
Fruits 2-celled. 
Lateral nerves of the leaves continued to the 
margin and forming a marginal nerve. 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous, hairy above, at least 
when young; tertiary nerves and veins 
forming a very prominent network below. 
Sepals of the male flowers densely pubescent 
outside . : 1. B. mollis. 
Sepals of the male flowers nearly glabrous 
outside . s 3. B. scleroneuroides. 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous, gi: abrous above "when. 
young ; tertiary nerves and veins forming 
avery prominent network below : . 5. B. angolensis. 
Leaves membranous or thinly coriaceous, glab- 
rous or slightly hairy above when young ; 
tertiary nerves and veins not prominent 
below. 
Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, about 
thrice as long as broad : 4. B. scleroneura. 
Leaves vbovate, obovate- -elliptic or br oadly 
elliptic, mostly less than twice as long as 
broad. 
Leaves pubescent above, especially when : 
young. = i g 2, B. taitensis. 
Leaves quite glabrous oe i A 6. B. tenuifolia. 
Lateral nerves reticulate and looped, rarely a few 
extending to the margin. 
Veins raised and very prominent below. 
Leaves glabrous beneath . . . - 7 B. id a tests - 
Leaves pubescent beneath . : . 8. B. Fischers. 
Veins scarcely raised and inconspicuous clan . 9. B. cathartica. 
Fruits 1-celled. 
Lateral nerves not continued to the margin to cone 
form a marginal nerve . ; . 10. B. atroviridis. 
Lateral nerves continued to the margin to form 
a marginal nerve. 
Acumen of the leaves conspicuously mucronate. 11. B. speciosa. 
Acumen of the leaves obtuse or only very 
slightly mueronate. 
Disk of the female flowers glibrous outside. ; i 
Flowers in the axils of the leaves. . 12. B. zanzibarensis. 
Flowers in leafless spicate clusters. . 18. B. Neogetzea. 
Disk of the female flowers pubescent outside. 
Leaves rusty-pubescent below; veins pro- 3 
minent on the lower surface é - 14. B, ferrageee- 
Leaves glabrous or minutely puberulous 
below ; veins scarcely prominent . . 15. B. micrantha. 
1. B. mollis, Hutchinson. A small tree about 19 ft. woe 
branchlets brown-tomentose when young, becoming padi d o 
older. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate-rotundate, Toun iiebtl ay 
truncate and sometimes slightly emarginate, rounded or sig 
