Bridelia.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 619 



13. B. Neogoetzea, Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrh. xli. Beibl. 95, 40. Young 

 branchlets densely pubescent, glabrescentr when older. Leaves elliptic 

 or oblong-elliptic, very shortly and obtusely pointed, rounded at the 

 base, 2-5J in. long, 1J-3J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrescent and 

 shining above, reddish- brown pubescent on the nerves and veins 

 beneath ; lateral nerves extending to the margin, nearly straight, very 

 prominent below, 15-18 on each side ; tertiary nerves close, more or less 

 prominent below ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, densely villous ; stipules 

 caducous. Flowers in terminal compound spikes ; bracts tomentose. 

 Male flowers : Sepals triangular-ovate, subacute, 1 lin. long, glabrous. 

 Petals obovate-spathulate, very minute. Disk conspicuous, verrucose. 

 Rudimentary ovary conical, acute, entire. Female flowers : Sepals lanceo- 

 late, ovate, glabrous. Petals lanceolate. Disk enclosing the ovary, with 

 several teeth at the apex, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; styles 2, 

 deeply bipartite, branches flattened. Fruit 1-celled, ovoid, acute, 4 lin. 

 long, 3 lin. in diam. — Neogcetzea brideliifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxviii. 419. 



Ifflle ]V»nd. Uganda : Toro district, 6000-8000 ft. ; Kivata, in forest, Scott- 

 Elliot, 7695 ! Wimi Valley, Scott-Elliot, 7909 ! 



Mozamb. I>istr. German East Africa: Uhehe; Uchuiigwe Mountain, 

 Pongolo, in the forest at 5600 ft., Goetze, 612 ! 



14. B. ferruginea, Benth. in Hook. Nig&i- Fl. h\\. A shrub or 

 small tree, 10-15 ft. high ; branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 

 elliptic or oblong-elliptic, very shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, 

 2-4 in. long, 1-2 J in. broad, coriaceous, glabious or almost so above, 

 pubescent on the nerves and veins below ; lateral nerves extending 

 to the margin but often branching, slightly oblique, 7-9 on each side ; 

 tertiary nerves wavy, somewhat lax ; petiole lJ-8 lin. long, tomentose ; 

 stipules lanceolate, acute, about 3 lin. long, pubescent. Bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, pubescent. Male flowers : Sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute 

 and very slightly hooded at the apex, pubescent outside with long- 

 adpressed hairs. Petals small, obovate, toothed. Disk thick, wrinkled. 

 Eudimentary ovary subentire. Female flowers : Sepals as in the male. 

 Petals lanceolate, acute. Disk bottle-shaped, enclosing the ovary, lobed, 

 long-pubescent outside. Ovary ovoi<l ; styles 2, bipartite. Fruit 

 1-celled, ovoid-oblong, 3-4 lin. long, 2 J lin. in diara. — Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 954, excl. var. ; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 

 95, 39. B, micrantha, var. ferrugin^a, MUll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 498 ; De Wild, k Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 46 ; De 

 Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 128, and Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo,ii.27G. 

 B.speciosa, var, kourousensis, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. Iv. Mem. viii. 

 68. Gentilia Chevalieri, Beille, I.e. 71. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Kouroussa, Chevalier, 1^14:1 \ Dahomey: 

 Cotonou, Chevalier, 4442 ! Togo: near Lome, Warnecke, 157 ! La^os, Foster, 39 ! 

 Rowland! Millen ! Dawodu,2Q\ Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 1685! 1686! 

 17H! Zungeru, Elliott, 6! Kontagora, Balziel, 511 Southern Nigeria: Attah 

 (Idda), Voff€l,62l Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker Sf Standi, 392! Zenker, TdZ\ 

 1409 ! French Soudan : Bambana Toumba, Chevalier, 559 ! 



