Bridelia.] cxxii. euphorbiacej!: (hutchinson). 615 



5. B, angolensis, Welw. ex Midi. Arg. in Joum. 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 ; 

 branch lets pubescent. Leaves broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse' 

 somewhat truncate or rounded at the base, 2J-4 in. long, lA-2i 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 but finally reaching it and forming a 

 marginal nerve, prominent below, immersed above; tertiary nerves 

 close, prominent below ; veinlets 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 flowers subsessile : Sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Petals conspicuous, obovate, 3-5-toothed. Disk broad and flat, slightly 

 rugose. Rudimentary ovary subentire. Young female flowers not 

 seen. Disk lobed, glabrous. Fruit 2-celled, globose, 4 lin. in diam. 

 Seeds flattened on the inner side; testa shining. — Miill. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 496 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 953. B. ango- 

 lensis, vars. typica and Welwitschii, Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl 

 95, 31. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in woods on the gigsmtic rocks 

 above Catete, Welwitsch, 367 ! Malange district ; Kiambella, Oosstoeiler, 990 ! 



6. B. tenuifolia, Miill. Arg. in Joum. Bot. 1864, 328. A shrub or 

 small tree ; young branches pubescent, at length glabrescent. Leaves 

 nearly twice as long as broad, obovate, obovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate to an obtuse apex, cuneate or rounded at the base 

 1J-4J in. long, 1-2 J in. broad, slightly membranous, glabrous above, 

 slightly pubescent on the veins below ; lateral nerves slender, ascending, 

 slightly oblique, often branching but finally reaching the margin, 9-1 1 

 on each side; tertiary nerves lax and faint; veinlets rather close; 

 petiole 1 lin. long, wrinkled, sparingly pubescent ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, about 2J lin. long, pubescent. Bracts ovate, sub- 

 acute, strongly keeled, keel pubescent. Male flowers sessile: Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, glabrescent on the outside. Petals sub- 

 orbicular, clawed, undulate or slightly lobed at the apex. Disk flat and 

 broad, rugose. Rudimentary ovary bifid. Young female flowers not 

 seen. Fruits 2-celled, ovoid, about 3 lin. in diam. Seeds dull, flattened 

 on one side. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 495 ; Hiern in Cat. Atr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 953 ; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 32. B. stipn- 

 lams, Miill. Arg. I.e. 499, partly, as to Welwitsch's spec, not of Blume. 

 B. scandens, Hiern, I.e. 955, excl. syn., not of Willd. 



Kower Guli^ea. Loango : Chinchosho, on the Lagoon, iSoj/aux,SOl I.owor 

 Congo, Smith, 22! Angola: Zenza de Golungo; dry hills near Tandoraxiqiic. 

 Welwitsch, 374! Golungo Alto; thickets near the Amhaca road, WeltcHsrh, 

 370c ! 373 ! Anibriz to about 30 miles inland, Mr. Sf Mrs. Monteiro ! Luamlu, 

 Gosstveiler, 413! Huilla; near MumpuUa, Welwitsch, 363! near Lopollo and 

 around the great lake of Ivantala, Welwitsch, 362 ! 



Var. elegansy Hutchinson. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, cuneate at the baae 



