614 OXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). | Bridelia. 
3. B. scleroneuroides, Pax in Hngl. Jahrb. xv. 532. A shrub 
10 ft. high, with drooping branches; branchlets clothed with yellowish 
hairs. Leaves oblong, oblong-elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or 
subacute, deltoid or rounded at the base, 1-5 in. long, }-23 in. 
broad, rigidly coriaceous, pubescent above when young, softly and 
densely pubescent beneath ; lateral nerves continued to the margin, 
9-15 on each side, prominent below ; tertiary nerves wavy, more or less 
prominent below; veinlets forming a very close, prominent network 
beneath ; petiole 2-4 lin. long, tomentose, at length glabrescent ; stipules 
linear-lanceolate, about 24 lin. long, pubescent. Bracts broadly ovate, 
pubescent on the outside. Male flowers subsessile : Sepals ovate, sub- 
acute, obtuse, # lin. long, $ lin. broad, glabrous. Petals broadly ovate, 
toothed at the apex. Disk conspicuous. Rudimentary ovary bilobed. 
Female flowers: Sepals as in the male. Petals elliptic-ovate, thick, 
slightly bifid. Disk enclosing the ovary. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; styles 2, 
bifid, thick at the apex, glabrous. Fruits 2-celled, globose, 34 lin. in 
diam.— Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C, 237. B. scleroneuroides, var. typica, 
Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 32. B. Paati, Gehrm. le. 
31. B. angolensis, var. nitida, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xl. Mem. 
vili. 70. 
North Central. Upper Ubangi Region: Bagas Country; by the Tomi River, 
Chevalier, 5596! 
Nile Land. Sudan: near Jebel Elira, Broun, 1368! Jur: Jur Ghattas, 
Schweinfurth, 1496! 1536! 1844! Kich: Ador Village, Petherick! Uganda: Madi, 
Speke & Grant! Nyamwamba valley, Ruwenzori, 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8035 + 
Usoga district, Scott-Elliot, 7250! and without precise locality, Dawe, 442! 12 days 
march from Mumias, Whyte / 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ukerewe Island, Lake Victoria, 
Conrad, 172! 
4. B. scleroneura, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 515. A tree up to 
40 ft. high ; branchlets sparingly pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, slightly rounded at the base, 
2-4} in. long, 1-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or slightly pubes- 
cent above, glabrescent or very sparingly pilose on the lateral und tertiary 
nerves beneath; lateral nerves extending to the margin, slightly oblique, 
11-14 on each side ; tertiary nerves somewhat lax, often wavy ; veinlets 
slightly prominent ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, slightly wrinkled, very shortly 
pubescent ; stipules caducous. Male buds nearly glabrous. Female 
flowers : Sepals ovate, slightly acuminate, 1 lin. long, glabrous or pubes- 
cent towards the base. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, subacute at both ends, 
3 lin. long, slightly toothed in the upper half. Disk bottle-shaped, 
wholly enveloping the ovary, slightly lobed at the apex, glabrous outside. 
Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; styles 2, bifid. Fruit 2-celled, globose, shortly 
stipitate and contracted at the base, 3-4 lin. in diam. Seeds flatten 
or very slightly concave on the inner side. 
Upper Guinea, Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 908! Lokoja, Dalziel, 1624! 
Yola Province, Dalziel, 162! Shaw, 61! Southern Nigeria: Onitsa, Barter, 577! 
Mr. Shaw states that the roots are used in medicine by the natives of Yola. 
