Bridelia,] euphorriace^: (Hutchinson). 379 



1. B. mollis (Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1912, 100) ; a small 

 tree, about 15 ft. high; branchlets brown-tomcntose when young, 

 at length becoming glabrous ; leaves broadly elliptic or obovate- 

 Totundate, rounded or truncate and sometimes slightly cordate at 

 the base, li-4J in. long, Ij—S^ in. broad, coriaceous, shortly and 

 rather densely pubescent below; lateral nerves 9-12 on each side, 

 branched towards the margin, but filially reachiug it and forming a 

 marginal ner^'e ; tertiary nerves close, slightly prominent below ; 

 i^einlets not or scarcely prominent below; petiole 2-2^ 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, 1^ lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad, pubescent outside ; petals broadly obovate, slightly toothed 

 in the upper half, 1 lin. long, f lin. broad, glabrous ; disc broad and 



flat, glabx^ous ; staminal column f lin. long, the free part of the 



filaments i- lin. long, very slender towards the apex ; anthers | lin. 



^^^Si glabi'ous; rudimentary ovary ^ lin. long, much swollen at the 

 base, glabrous ; female flowers very shortly pedicellate ; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, 1 h lin. long, rusty -pubescent ; petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, ? the length of the sepals ; disc cupular, lobedj glabrous ; 

 ovary glabrous ; fruits 2-celled, transversely ellipsoid or subglobose. 



about 4 lin.* in diam. Hnfch'mson in Byer^ FL Trap, Afr. vi, i. 612 

 H. stipularis, MiilL Arg. in DC, Prodr, xv. ii. 499, jpar% (as to KiiVs 

 Zambesi specimen) not of Blume. 



Kalahari Regio:^ : Transviuil ; Warm Bath, Waterberg district, Burtt-Danj, 

 -■I'M ! 5303! Makapans Berg, at StreyJpoort, Jiehmann, 5393! Macalisberg 

 Jiangej Burke I near Eustenbiirg, Miss Peeler in IJerb. Bolus, 1063 ! 



Occurs also in the Zambesi basin, Tropical Africa. 



2. B. angolensis (Wehv. 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, oblong- 

 •elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, somewhat truncate or rounded at 

 the base, 2^-4 in. long, lJ-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 

 ■and finally reaching it, and forming a marginal nerve, prominent 

 l^elow, impressed above ; tertiary nerves close, prominent below ; 

 "^einlets 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 tlowers subscssile : sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; petals con- 

 •spieuous, obovate, 3-5-toothed : disc broad and ilat, slightly rugose ; 

 rudimentary ovary subentire ; young female flowers not seen; disc 

 lobed, glabrous; fruit 2-ceIledj globose, 4 lin. in diam.; seeds 

 flattened on the inner side ; testa shining. MiiJL Arg. in BO. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 496 ; Hiern in Cat, Afr. PI Weltc. I 953 ; Hutcliinson 



