Bridelia. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON). 613 
cordate at the base, 13-44 in. long, 14-34 in. broad, coriaceous, 
shortly and rather densely pubescent above, densely pubescent below ; 
lateral nerves 9-12 on each side, branched towards the margin but 
finally reaching it and forming a marginal nerve, slightly prominent on 
the lower surface; tertiary nerves close, slightly prominent. below ; 
veinlets not or scarcely prominent below ; petiole 2-24 lin. long, densely 
pubescent ; stipules lanceolate or subulate-lanceolate, 2-3 lin. long, 1 lin. 
broad, densely pubescent. Male flowers subsessile or shortly pedicellate : 
Sepals ovate-triangular, 14 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, densely pubescent out- 
side, Petals broadly obovate, slightly toothed in the upper half, 1 lin. 
long, ¢ lin. broad, glabrous, Disk broad and flat, glabrous. Staminal 
column $ lin. long; free part of the filaments 4 lin. long, very slender 
towards the apex; anthers 3 lin. long, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary 
2 lin. long, much swollen at the base, glabrous. Female flowers 
very shortly ;pedicellate: Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 14 lin. long, rusty- 
pubescent. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 3 the length of the sepals. 
Disk cupular, lobed, glabrous on both sides. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 
2-celled, transversely ellipsoid or subglobose, about 4 lin. in diam.— 
B. stipularis, Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 499, partly (as to Kirk’s 
and Burke’s specimens), not of Blume. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Rhodesia; Victoria, Monro, 684! 
790! Portuguese East Africa: Boruma, Menyharth, 858! Tete, Kirk ! 
Occurs also in the Transvaal. 
2. B. taitensis, Pax d: Vatke in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 531. A dense 
shrub ; branches longitudinally suleate, with a greyish-brown bark, glab- 
rescent ; young branchlets slender, rusty-puberulous. Leaves obovate 
or broadly elliptic, rounded or very shortly and obtusely pointed, slightly 
cuneate at the base, 141-24 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, thinly chartaceous, 
slightly pubescent on the upper surface, a little more densely so below ; 
lateral nerves 8-11 on each side, slender, often a little branched towards 
but finally reaching the margin and forming a faint marginal nerve ; 
tertiary nerves parallel, distinct below; veins rather close but not 
Prominent below ; petiole rather stout, wrinkled, 2 lin. long, shortly 
pubescent or tomentellous; stipules linear-lanceolate, acute, 2-2} lin. 
long, pubescent. Flowers diecious. Male bracts ovate, subacute, 
strongly keeled on the back, kee! pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, 
1 lin, long, slightly pubescent on the outside towards the base. Petals 
very broadly obovate or rhomboid, subentire. Disk fleshy, glabrous. 
Rudimentary ovary short and columnar, subentire, glabrous, Female 
wers: Sepals ovate, 1 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, slightly coriaceous, 
Sparingly puberulous outside. Petals rhomboid, keeled on the back, 
nearly as large as the sepals. Disk thin, toothed, glabrous outside. 
Ovary oblong-ellipsoid, contracted at the base, glabrous. Fruits 2-celled, 
ellipsoid-globose, about 8 lin. in diam., black and shining when dry. 
—Pax in Engl. Pal. Ost-Afr. C. 237 ; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb, xli, Beibl. 
95, 82. B. nigricans, Gehrm. l.c. 35. 
Ki Wile Land. British East Africa: Taita Hills, Hildebrandt, 2415! Grenfell! 
ibwesi, Scheffler, 100! 131! 
