382 EUFIIOKBIACE.^ (Hutchinson). [Bridelia. 



ellipsoid, 2-3 lin. in diam., 1-celled, Mull, Arg, in DC, Frodr. xa^ 

 ii. 498 {excL var. ferruginea ivitJi -"^yn.) ; Be Wild, et Burandy Jieliq, 



Dewevr,, 200; Be Wild. Etnd. FL Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 275; 

 ii. 276; Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 317; Hutchinson in Byer, FL 

 Troj). Afr. vi. i. 620. B, gambecola, Baill, Adansonia, i. 79 ; 

 Gehrm. in Engl. Jalirh. xli. Beihl. 95, 40. B. stenoca)ya, Miill.-Arg^ 

 in Florciy 18G4, 515; Pax in Engl. Jalirb. viii. 61 ; Pax in Bolef, 

 Soc. BroL X. 157; Gelirm. I.e. B. ferruginea, var. gambecoloj 

 Hlern in Cat. Afr. PL Wehv. i. 954. Gandelahria micranfha, Hochst. 

 in Flora, 1843, 79. 



Kalahaki ^LEGIO^^ : Transvaal ; Relibokdraai, near Barbertoii, Burtt'Dart/, 

 1626! IWberton, Burtt-Banj, 8003! 8035! Shilovane, Junod, 682! near 

 Haenerttiburg, Zoutpansberg, Legat, 4031! Tzaneen Estate, Btirtt'I)ar]/j 2563? 

 Charter, 4213 1 Potatobo^^eh, Eastwood, 2432 ! 



Eastern Region: Natal; in woods near Durban, Kixiuss, 133! Plant, 43! 

 Gudnzinsl G er rar d, b27 \ Mount Edgecumbe, Wood., llJBnnan3a, Wood^ l%Zi\ 

 1702 ! Nolote River, Gcrrard, 25 ! and \vitliout precise locality, Gcrvard, 372 ! 



AVidely spread in Tropical Africa. 



VIII. CLEISTANTHUS5 Hook. f. 



Flowers monoecious or dicecious. Petals usually present. Male 

 flower: Calyx segments 5, valvate. Petals 5 or rarely absent, scale- 

 like, small. , Bisc entire or sinuately lobed. Stamens 5, as in 

 Bridelia ; anther-cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. Rudi- 

 mentary ovary in the middle of the staminal column, often divided. 

 Female flower: Calyx less deeply divided than that of the male. 

 BUc double, the inner part cupular, surrounding the ovary. Ovary 

 3-celled ; styles distinct, bifid ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule 

 globose or depressed-glubose, often 3-lobed, splitting into three 

 2-valved cocci. Seeds 2 in each cell (or 1 by abortion) ; albumen 

 scanty ; cotyledons thick and fleshy, rarely thin, often more or 

 less plicate. 



Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate, with reticulate tertiary nerves ; flowers small, 

 in axillary fascicles or very short racemes. 



DiSTPJB. About 50 species, mu^^tly Indian and Malayan, a few in New Caledonia, 

 Australia, Madagascar and Tropical Africa. 



1. C. Schlechteri (Hutchinson) ; branches slightly sulcate, glabrous, 

 greyish ; young branchlets shortly pubescent with brown hairs; leaves 

 oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded a£ both ends or almost subcordate 

 at the base, ^-1 in. long, 3-5 lin. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, distinct on both 

 surfaces, arcuate, prominent below; petiole i-l^ lin. long, shortly 

 pubescent ; stipules deciduous ; flowers moncecious ; racemes very 

 short and few-flowered, about half male and half female ; pedicels 



