ee eee 
Your. thoota and nndareide of the Jeaves t 
the specimens seen.— B. ovata var. 
Briedelia,| CVIII. EUPHORBIACEX, 119 
22. BRIEDELIA, Willd. 
s monccious, in axillary iUc or d: Male 
Flow 
‘Calyx deni divided into 5 segments, valva the bud, spreding 
n in flower, Petals 5, scale-like, ober dé "spathülato, "s sm 
lamina usually broad and dentate. Disk bro ad, with a entire 
or slightly lobed margin. Stamens 5, inserted on a central T oliin 
riz 
2 ovules in each valk Pros distinct or connate at the ase, more or 
less 2-lobed or nearly en Fruit a small berry or drupe, with a 
succulent indehiscent Fa the deeem rather hard or crustaceous, 
separating into 2 indehiscent cocci or pyrenes. Seeds usually solitary 
in eac yrene, with a longitudinal furrow on the inner face; 
tire, wi sa 
veinlets prominent on bot th. sides. Stipules small. Flowers small, 
or drupes ee red or "ead 
The genus ree over the warmer regions of Asia and Africa. Of the four Aus- 
tralian species, two are also Asiatic, the two others appear to be endemic. 
Whole plant edis 
Flowers few together. Male calyx-segments 1 line Ini Staminal 
column not half so long as the filaments. Styles very short. . 1. B. exaltata. 
owers in dense clusters, Male UD rS ents 4 line erm Sta- : 
rus column nearly as long as the filaments. Styles rather pea 
2. B. ovata. 
escent 
owers in dense clusters. Female ey Seen zi ne long . 3. B. tomentosa. 
Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together. Female ca y at least 1 line ^ 
NEC C20 s 4. B. faginea. 
tata, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 39. A tree of 60 to 70 ft. 
Dora 
pert aboot Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acute or 
tuse, with much more numerous primary veins than in 
thin and spreading. Disk nolo Staminal column very kori 
filaments at least twice as long. Berries black, globular, much on 
than in B. ovata. Styles ilecdiaghy e but Hl is n in BO. Po 
Xv. ii. 495; Amanoa ovata, Baill. rp ere vi. nx 
