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least doubt; this, too, must have been Willdenow’s belief, when he 
separated three of them under the name of Bridelia; and as Cluytia is 
exclusively an African genus, the rest actually to this day remain with- 
out a name.  Endlicher has included all Roxburgh's Cluytias under 
Bridelia, which is certainly an error. The true Bridelias have bac- 
cate, indehiscent, two-celled fruit, seeds with an osseous testa, and 
an embryo within albumen, with flat foliaceous cotyledons. The 
texture and venation of the leaves is also peculiar, the costal veins 
being numerous, prominent, parallel, and reaching the margin of the 
leaf undivided. The tree under consideration, which is closely allied 
to Cluytia collina and patula of Roxb., has leaves like a Croton, the 
veins hidden within the substance of the leaf, and forming anastomos- 
ing ares at a good distance from the margin; besides, the capsular, 
trilocular, dehiscent fruit, seeds without albumen (singular to relate), 
and folded fleshy cotyledons, remove it far from Bridelia. Cluytia 
collina and patula, Roxb., have not been discovered on this side of 
India, and therefore I have no opportunity of examining the seeds of 
those species; but it is highly probable that they are also exalbu- 
minous, and, if so, they will be referred to the genus now described, 
as well as the other three Cluytias described in the’‘ Flora Indica.’ _ 
ROTTLERA. 
R. urandra ; ramulis glabris, foliis anguste oblongis obtuse acuminatis, 
basi in petiolum subpollicarem cuneatim attenuatis calloso-serrulatis 
coriaceis nitidis, floribus masculis racemosis glabris, racemis axillari- 
bus solitariis folio brevioribus, staminibus in receptaculo nudo liberis 
connectivo ultra antheram caudatim producto, floribus fœmineis axil- 
laribus solitariis longissime pedunculatis, pedunculis 3-pollicaribus 
nudis glabris, stylis 2 profunde bifidis ramis longis filiformibus velu- 
tinis, capsulis bilocularibus glabris. 
Folia cum petiolo subpollicari 5-6 poll. longa, 14-2 lata. Racemi 
graciles, simplices, 3-37 poll longi; pedicelli 2-3-ni, bractea — 
squamæformi suffulti.—Crescit in jugo Syhadrensi, prope Phonda- 
‘phat; fl. et fr. Nov. 
This is well distinguished by the unusually long peduncles of the 
solitary female flowers. In habit allied to R. aureo-punctata, mihi, 
the leaves being also somewhat like those of that species. 
ECPHORBIA. 
E. strobilifera; floribus in ramis ramulisque terminalibus racemosis 
