Bridelia. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). 619 
13. B. Neogeetzea, Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. Beibl. 95,40. Young 
branchlets densely pubescent, glabrescent when older. Leaves elliptic 
or oblong-elliptic, very shortly and obtusely pointed, rounded at the 
base, 2-54 in. long, 14-34 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrescent and 
shining above, reddish-brown pubescent on the nerves and veins 
beneath ; lateral nerves extending to the margin, nearly straight, very 
prominent below, 15-18 on each side ; tertiary nerves close, more or less 
prominent below; petiole 4-5 lin. long, densely villous; stipules 
caducous. Flowers in terminal compound spikes; bracts tomentose. 
Male flowers: Sepals triangular-ovate, subacute, 1 lin. long, glabrous. 
Petals obovate-spathulate, very minute. Disk conspicuous, verrucose. 
Rudimentary ovary conical,acute,entire. Female flowers : Sepals lanceo- 
late, ovate, glabrous. Petals lanceolate. Disk enclosing the ovary, with 
several teeth at the apex, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; styles 2, 
deeply bipartite, branches flattened. Fruit 1-celled, ovoid, acute, 4 lin. 
long, 3 lin. in diam.—Neogetzea brideliifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 
XXvili. 419, 
Nile Land. Uganda: Toro district, 6000-8000 ft.; Kivata, in forest, Scott- 
Elliot, 7695! = Wimi Valley, Scott-Elliot, 7909! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe; Uchungwe Mountain, 
Pongolo, in the forest at 5600 ft., Goetze, 612! 
14. B. ferruginea, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 511, A shrub or 
small tree, 10-15 ft. high; branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 
elliptic or oblong-elliptic, very shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, 
2-4 in. long, 1-23 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous or almost so above, 
pubescent on the nerves and veins below; lateral nerves extending 
to the margin but often branching, slightly oblique, 7-9 on each side ; 
tertiary nerves wavy, somewhat lax ; petiole 14-3 lin. long, tomentose ; 
Stipules lanceolate, acute, about 3 lin. long, pubescent. Bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, pubescent. Male flowers : Sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute 
and very slightly hooded at the apex, pubescent outside with long- 
adpressed hairs. “Petals small, obovate, toothed. Disk thick, wrinkled. 
Rudimentary ovary subentire. Female flowers : Sepals as in the male. 
Petals lanceolate, acute. Disk bottle-shaped, enclosing the ovary, lobed, 
ong-pubescent outside. Ovary ovoid; styles 2, bipartite, Fruit 
l-celled, ovoid-oblong, 3-4 lin. long, 24 lin. in diam.—Hiern in Cat. 
Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 954, excl. var.; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 
95, 39. B. micrantha, var. ferruginea, Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. ii, 498; De Wild. & Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. i,46 ; De 
Wild. Miss. £, Laurent, 128, and Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii, 276. 
3. 8peciosa, var. kowrousensis, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. lv. Mém. viti. 
68.  Gentilia Chevalieri, Beille, l.c. 71. 
_, Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Kouroussa, Chevalier, 15747! Dahomey : 
Cotonou, Chevalier, 4442 ! Togo: near Lome, Warnecke, 157! Lagos, Foster, 39! 
Rowland ! Millen! Dawodu, 26! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 1685! 1686! 
Hii! Zungeru, Elliott, 6! Kontagora, Dalziel, 51! Southern Nigeria: Attah 
(Idda), Vogel, 62! Pamorssnn: Yaunde, Zenker & Staudt, 392! Zenker, 793! 
1409 ! French Soudan: Bambana Toumba, Chevalier, 559! 
