618 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). [Bridelia. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Farmar, 430 ! Southern Nigeria: Ego, Benin 

 District, Foster, 189 ! Benin ('ity, Dennett', 14 ! 43! between Ibadan and Abeokuta, 

 Schlechter, 12356 ! Cameroons : Hipinde, Zenker, 833 ! 1919 ! 2223 ! 2223a ! 



Jtovrer Guinea. Spanish Gaboon: Makouiinan, Tessmann, 263! Akam, 

 Tessmann, 309 ! Angola : Golungo Alto ; between Sange and Camilungo, Welwitsch, 

 370 ! Cazengo ; forests of Mata de Cabondo, Welwitsch, 370b I 



Soutli Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Laurent, 1252. Pynaert, 1376, 

 1677. Gumbari, Seret. 



Kfozamb. Dlstr. Rhodesia: Chipete forest patch, ^S'w^nn^r^on, 535 ! 



11. B. speciosa^ Mull. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 327, excl. var. 

 tricoclada. A tree 25-30 ft. high ; branchlets glabrous, with scattered 

 lenticels. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, long-acuminate, 

 acumen mucronate, very slightly rounded at the base, 3-5^ in. long, 

 1^-2 J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral 

 nerves extending to the margin, slightly oblique, 10-15 on each side; 

 tertiary nerves very lax, often reticulate ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, wrinkled, 

 glabrescent ; stipules caducous. Bracts conspicuous, acutely acuminate, 

 densely pubescent. Male flowers : Sepals ovate- triangular, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Petals small, spathulate, toothed. Disk thick, coarsely 

 wrinkled. Rudimentary ovary subentire. Female flowers : Sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad at the base, coriaceous, 

 glabrous on both sides. Petals obovate-oblanceolate, trifid in the upper 

 part, about half the length of the sepals. Disk nearly enveloping the 

 ovary, toothed, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit 1 -celled, 

 oblong-ellipsoid, mucronate, 4 lin. long, 3 lin. in diam. Mature seeds 

 not seen. — B. speciosa, v&v.psilocladu, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 498 ; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 40. B. Perrotii, Beille in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. Iv. Mem. viii. 69. 



X7pper Guinea. Cameroon Mountain, Mann, 1215! 



irortb Central. Upper Ubangi region : between Fort Possel and Krebedje, 

 Chevalier, 5437 ! 



12. B. zanzibarensiSy Vatke d: Fax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 530. A 

 small tree about 15 ft. high ; young bianchlets pubescent, soon becoming 

 glabrous, with scattered lenticels. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, very 

 shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, 2J-3^ in. long, 1^-2 J in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, very minutely puberulous on the veins 

 below; lateral nerves extending to the margin, slightly oblique, 8-11 

 on each side ; tertiary nerves lax, wavy ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, tomentose 

 or densely pubescent ; stipules lanceolate, acute. Bracts inconspicuous. 

 Male flowers : Sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous outside, | lin. long. Petals 

 small, orbicular-spathulate, truncate. Disk annular, thick. Rudimen- 

 tary ovary subentire. Female flowers : Sepals triangular, subacute, 

 J lin. long, glabrous outside. Petals lanceolate, acute. Disk enclosing 

 the ovary, slightly lobed, glabrous outside. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; 

 styles 2, connate, bilobed, branches thick. Fruits l-celled. — Pax in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 237 ; Gehrm. in Kngl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 40. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Zanzibar, 7/i7rfeJrawrf^, 1182 ' 



