616 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (HUTCHINSON). | Bridehia. 
2-3} in. long, 3-14 in. broad.—B. elegans, Mill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 327, 
and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 496; Hiern, l.c. 953. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in wooded thickets around Humpata, 
Welwitsch, 361! 
7. B. Niedenzui, Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 36, partly. 
A small bush about 6 ft. high; branchlets somewhat elongated and 
slender, glabrous or very sparingly pubescent when young. Leaves 
elliptic, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, rounded or subacute, rounded or 
cuneate at the base, 14-4 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, slightly coriaceous, 
glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous below, revolute at the margin ; 
lateral nerves 8-11 on each side, looped and reticulate, together with 
the tertiary nerves and veins very prominent below; petiole stout, 
2-3 lin. long, wrinkled ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, acute, 2 lin. long, 
slightly pubescent. Bracts ovate, slightly pubescent. Male flowers: 
Sepals ovate, glabrous. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, toothed, nearly as 
long as the sepals. Rudimentary ovary bipartite. Female flowers: 
Sepals larger than in the male. Petals subentire. Disk cupular, 
toothed, glabrous. Ovary ovoid; styles bipartite, glabrous. Fruits 
2-celled (Gehrmann)—S8. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 191. 
B. Niedenzui, vars. Njasse and revoluta, Gehrm, l.c. 
! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa; Bagamoyo, Hildebrandt, 1296 . 
Province of Zanzibar, Kirk! Livingstone Mountains, Goetze, 845! heen 
without precise locality, Buchanan, 519! Rhodesia; Leshumo Valley, Holub: 
Umvumvumvu River, 2000 ft., Swynnerton, 1736 ! 
Gehrmann quotes Buchanan, 51, but it is undoubtedly a mistake for 519. 
8. B. Pischeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 531. A shrub or small 
tree with rusty-pubescent branchlets. Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 
subacute, rounded at the base, 1-4 in. long, 3-2 in. broad, glabrous cont 
pilose below, often with reddish hairs; lateral nerves 6—10 on each sl Ce 
reticulate and prominent below ; tertiary nerves and veins cons princes 
petiole 1} lin. long, pubescent or rusty-tomentose ; stipules linear- nef 
ceolate, acute, pubescent. Bracts ovate, pubescent. Male poet 
Sepals ovate, subacute, glabrous. Petals obovate, dentate, abo nd 
size of the sepals. Disk slightly wrinkled. Female flowers : pi 
as in the male, slightly pubescent. Petals as in the male. Disk pea om 
toothed, glabrous. Ovary subglobose; styles very short, bifid, gia the 
Young fruits 2-celled, black, globose, tipped by the persistent erat brb 
style.—Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 237; Gehrm. in Boe ee 
xli, Beibl. 95, 35. B. Niedenzui, var. pilosa, Gehrm. 1.e. 87. ws 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Usuri, gigpeoers ie 
Amboni, Holst, 2568! Useguha Steppe, Scheffler, 236 ! Kilimenjaro, © ham 
Johnston! Wikoma Islands (Lukoma), in Lake Nyassa, Johnson, 53! Belling 
te.— 
Var. Lingelsheimii, Hutchinson. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, "cu 
B. Lingelsheimii, Gehrm. 1.c. 36. 
24! foot of 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa; Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 1124 
Kilansnéaro, Volkeus, 571, 
