Bridelia. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). 615 
5. B. angolensis, Welw. ex Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 327. 
A small tree, 15-20 ft. high; trunk 4-8 in. in diam. at the base, bare 
_ to a height of 6-7 ft., then with crowded branches and foliage ; 
branchlets pubescent. Leaves broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 
somewhat truncate or rounded at the base, 24-4 in. long, 14-2} in. 
broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous and dull above, with the nerves and 
veins densely pubescent below; lateral nerves 14-16 on each side, 
branching towards the margin but finally reaching it and forming a 
marginal nerve, prominent below, immersed above; tertiary nerves 
close, prominent below; veinlets forming a deep network on the lower 
surface ; petiole very thick, wrinkled, 3-4 lin. long, pubescent ; stipules 
ovate-lanceolate. Bracts ovate-deltoid, strongly keeled, brown-villous 
on the outside. Male flowers subsessile: Sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous. 
Petals conspicuous, obovate, 3-5-toothed. Disk broad and flat, slightly 
rugose. Rudimentary ovary subentire. Young female flowers not 
seen. Disk lobed, glabrous. Fruit 2-celled, globose, 4 lin. in diam. 
Seeds flattened on the inner side; testa shining—Miill. Arg. in DC. 
Prodr, xv. ii. 496; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 953.  B. ango- 
lensis, vars. typica and Welwitschii, Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 
95, 31. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods on the gigantic rocks 
above Catete, Welwitsch, 367 ! Malange district ; Kiambella, Gossweiler, 990! 
6. B, tenuifolia, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 328. A shrub or 
small tree; young branches pubescent, at length glabrescent. Leaves 
nearly twice as long as broad, obovate, obovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 
shortly acuminate to an obtuse apex, cuneate or rounded at the base, 
13-43 in. long, 1-24 in. broad, slightly membranous, glabrous above, 
slightly pubescent on the veins below ; lateral nerves slender, ascending, 
slightly oblique, often branching but finally reaching the margin, 9-11 
on each side; tertiary nerves lax and faint; veinlets rather close ; 
petiole 1 lin. long, wrinkled, sparingly pubescent; stipules linear- 
lanceolate, acute, about 2 lin. long, pubescent. Bracts ovate, sub- 
acute, strongly keeled, keel pubescent. Male flowers sessile: Sepals 
ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, glabrescent on the outside. Petals sub- 
orbicular, clawed, undulate or slightly lobed at the apex. Disk flat and 
broad, rugose, Rudimentary ovary bifid. Young temale flowers not 
seen. Fruits 2-celled, ovoid, about 3 lin. in diam. Seeds dull, flattened 
on one side.— Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 495; Hiern in Vat. Afr. 
Pl. Welw. i. 953; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 32. B. stipu- 
laris, Mill. Arg. Le. 499, partly, as to Welwitsch’s spec., not of Blume. 
B. scandens, Hiern, l.c. 955, excl. syn., not of Willd. 
Lower Guinea. Loango: Chinchosho, on the Lagoon, Soyaux, 30! Lower 
Congo, Smith, 22! Angola: Zenza de Golungo; dry hills near Tanderaxique, 
Welwitsch, 374! Golungo Alto; thickets near the Ambaca road, Welwitsch, 
3700! 373! Ambriz to about 30 miles inland, Mr. &§ Mrs. Monteiro! Loanda, 
Gossweiler, 413! Huilla; near Mumpulla, Welwitsch, 363! near Lopollo and 
around the great lake of Ivantala, Welwitsch, 362! 
Var, elegans, Hutchinson. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, cuneate at the base 
