616 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). [Bridelia. 



2-3 J in. long, f-lj in. broad.— J8, elegans. Mull. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 327, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 496; Hiein, I.e. 953. 



Ztower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in wooded thiekets around Huinpata, 

 Welwitsch, 361 ! 



7. B. N'iedenzuiy Gehrm, in Engl. Jahrh. xli. Beihl. 95, 36, partly. 

 A small bush about 6 ft. high ; branchlets somewhat elongated and 

 slender, glabrous or very sparingly pubescent when young. Leaves 

 elliptic, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, rounded or subacute, rounded or 

 cuneate at the base, l^-^ in. long, J-2 in. broad, slightly coriaceous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous below, revolute at the margin ; 

 lateral nerves 8-11 on each side, looped and reticulate, together with 

 the tertiary nerves and veins very prominent below ; petiole stout, 

 2-3 lin. long, wrinkled ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, acute, 2 lin. long, 

 slightly pubescent. Bracts ovate, slightly pubescent. Male flowers : 

 Sepals ovate, glabrous. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, toothed, nearly as 

 long as the sepals. Rudimentary ovary bipartite. Female flowers : 

 Sepals larger than in the male. Petals subentire. Disk cupular, 

 toothed, glabrous. Ovary ovoid ; styles bipartite, glabrous. Fruits 

 2-celled {Gehrmunn). — S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 191. 

 B. Niedenzui, vars. Njasscc and revolnta, Gehrm. I.e. 



XMCozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa; B-.igamoyo, Hildehrandt, 1295* 

 Province of Zanzibar, Kirk! Livingstone Mountains, Goe^ze, 845! Nyasaland* 

 without precise locality, Buchanan, 519! Rliodesia; Leshumo Valley, Holuh ! 

 Uuivumvunivu Kiver, 2000 ft., Swynnerton, 1736 ! 



GeLrmann quotes Buchanan, 51, but it is undoubtedly a mistake for 519. 



8. B. Fischeri, Pax in Emjl. Jahrh. xv. 531. A shrub or small 

 tree with rusty-pubescent branchlets. Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 

 subacute, rounded at the base, 1-4 in. long, |-2 in. broad, glabrous above, 

 pilose below, often with reddish hairs ; lateral nerves 6-10 on each side, 

 reticulate and prominent below ; tertiary nerves and veins conspicuous ; 

 petiole \\ lin. long, pubescent or rusty-tomentose ; stipules linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, pubescent. Bracts ovate, pubescent. Male flowers: 

 Sepals ovate, subacute, glabrous. Petals obovate, dentate, about § the 

 size of the sepals. Disk slightly wrinkled. Female flowers : Sepals 

 as in the male, slightly pubescent. Petals as in the male. Disk cupulai-, 

 toothed, glabrous. Ovary subglobose ; styles very short, bifid, glabrous. 

 Young fruits 2-celled, black, globose, tipped by the persistent base of the 

 style.— Pax in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 237 ; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xli. Beibl. 95, 35. B. Niedenzui, var. jnlosa, Gehrm. I.e. 37. 



Mozamb. Slstr. (Jerman East Africa: Unyamwezi; Usuri, Fischer, 17 1 

 Amboni, llolsf, 2568! Useguba Steppe, Scheffler, 236! Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., 

 Johnston! Likoma Islands (Lukomn), in Lake Nyassa, tToAn^ow, 53 ! Bellingham ! 



Var. Linqt'lsheimii, Hutchinson. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, acute. — 

 B. Liiii/elshcimii, Gebrui. I.e. 30. 



IVZozamb. Dlstr. (Icrniau Kast Africa ; Dar-es-Salaani, //o//r, 1124 I foot of 

 Kilmjriiari' I'vl/iirA-, .'.71. 



