CXY. EUPHORBIACE^. 573 



paniculate spikes often exceeding the leaves. Calyx greenish, tinged 

 with red, ^ in. in diain,, glabrous ; segments fleshy, triangular-ovate, 

 acute, spreading. Petals greenish-white, those of the male flowers 

 obovate, pectinate, those of the female flowers subspathulate. Disk of 

 male flowers thick and pulpy, of the female flowers truncate, enclosing 

 the ovary. Style short. Drupe fleshy, seated on the persistent slightly 

 enlarged calyx, ^ in. in diam., purple-black, edible. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 268 ; 

 Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 260 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 10 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 298 ; A¥oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 927 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 536. Briedelia 

 spinosa, Willd. Sp. PL v. 4 (1805) p. 979 ; Grab. Cat. p. 184. B. mon- 

 tana, Grab. Cat. p. 184 {not of Willd.) ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 233.— Flowers : 

 May-Oct. Vern. Asdna ; Kntr/i. 



The earliest name of this plant under Bridelia is B. s2miosa, Willd. 



Tolerably common on the Konkan bills. Konkan : Law !, Stoc/cs !, Lamhert ! ; 

 Elephanta, Gra/«a;« ; Matheran, C'oo^'c ! Deccan : Kliandala, Cookel; Mahableshwar, 

 Cookc\ — DiSTRiB. Tln'uugbout India ; Ceylon. 



2. Bridelia stipularis, Blume, Bijdr. (1825) p. 597. A large 

 climbing shrub, sometimes with aerial roots {Tcdhot) •, bark dark-grey ; 

 stems 2-8 in. in diam. : branches sometimes with long deflexed spines ; 

 young branches long, slender, usually fulvous-tomentose. Leaves 1-4 

 by |-2 in., snbcoriaceous, elhptic-oblong or obovate, obtuse or subacute, 

 often with shallowly crenate margins, glabrous above, pale and pubescent 

 beneath ; main nerves 6-12 pairs, sliglitly arching, the transverse veins 

 at right angles, parallel ; petioles J-_| in. long. Flowers monoecious, 

 greenish-yellow, in small dense axillary clusters or long spikes, often 

 subtended by stipular hairy obliquely lanceolate acute bracts ^ in. long. 

 Calyx 1 in. long, hairy outside ; segments triangular-ovate, acute, con- 

 nate at the base. Petals j^^ in. long, broadly obovate or suborbicular, 

 shortly cuneate at base, crenulate at apex. Staminal-columu g in. long 

 to top of anthers. Styles with long slendcn* arms. Drupe § in. long or 

 more, ellipsoid-oblong, seated on the slightly enlarged calyx, black and 

 iuicy when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 270 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. 

 Sylvat. p. cci ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 298 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 927 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 536. Briedelia scandens, AVilld. Sp. PI. 

 (1805) p. 979; Grab. Cat. p. 184; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 233; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 4, p. 11. B. montana, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 369 (7iot of Willd.). Clutia stipidaris, Linn. Mantiss. p. 127. 

 — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. Vern. Pathaiyoda. 



The earliest name of this plant under Bridelia is B. scandens, Willd. 



Konkan: hilly parts, -DaL^e/^ ^- Gihson ; bills about Nagotna, Graham; Arabeghat, 

 Woodrow. Deccan : bills about Par, Graham. S. M. Country : Dbarwai-, Cooke ! ; 

 l&&\gc\nm, Cooke \ Kanaka: banks of the Gatpraba River, i«!/' ex Graham. — Distrib. 

 Througbout India ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, Philippines, Tropical Africa. 



3. Bridelia Hamiltoniana, Wall. Cat. (1828) 7882. A straggling 

 nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves ^h-^h by ^-^^ in., elongate-elliptic or 

 obovate-elliptic or rhomboid, obtuse, entire or slightly crenulate, glabrous, 

 base cuneate)}^ narrowed into the petiole : main nerves 5-9 pairs, 

 nearly straight, branched, with reticulate venation between ; petioles 

 g-| in. long; stipules lanceolate-subulate, j'^-g in. long. Flowers in 

 minute axillary and spicate sessile clusters. Calyx ^ in. long, glabrous ; 



