Bridelia. ßo 



longi, circ. 3 mm diametientes, glabri; petala q< flabelliformia, laciniis calvcis lanceolatis 

 subduplo breviora, glabra; ovarii rudimentum cylindricum, vix 1 mm longum. Flores Q 

 circ. 3 — 3, 5 mm longi, 4,5 — 5,5 mm diametientes, extus glabri; laciniae calvcis circ. 2 mm 

 longae, trianguläres, acutae; petala Q elliptica calyce subduplo breviora vefsubaequilonga; 

 discus interior urceolatus, ovarium includens. Drnpa globoso-ellipsoidea, circ. 7 mm longa! 



Provinz der Gangesebene: Behar (J. D. Hooker n. 16!), Mungger (Wallicta 

 n. 7882 teste Müller Arg.) 



Var. glabra Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865—1866) 77; in DC. Prodi-. XV. 

 2. (1866) 501. — Limbus etiam juvenilis subtus perfecte glaber, firmior. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Concan (Stocks 

 und Law n. 16!), Trombay (Meebold n. 16 511 !). — »Asia. Raum aus Saluta« (Bügel 

 n. 2133!). 



11. B. rhomboidalis Baill. Adans. II. (1861 — 1862) 37; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 499. — Frutex circ. 3-metralis; rami teretes, glabri: ramuli 

 longitudinaliter substriali. Stipulae lineari-subulatae, circ. 2 — 3 mm longae; petioli 

 crassiusculi, 2 — 3 mm longi; limbus submembranaceus, rhomboideus vel obovatus basi 

 cuneato-angustatus, apice triangulari-acuminatus , 3 — 7 cm longus, 1,25—4 cm latus, 

 supra laevis, nitidulus, glaberrimus, subtus pallidior, tenuiter reticulato-venosus; costae 

 secundariae utroque latere 5 — 6, valde obliquae. Flores Q pauci in axillis foliorum; sepala 

 acuta; petala obovato-spathulata. Fructus pisiformis, circ. 5 mm longus, 4 mm diam., 

 putamina 2. Flores tf ignoti. 



Madagassisches Gebiet: Bourbon (Pervillen. 944). 



Nota. Species a me non visa, forsitan B. Hamiltonianae est affinis. 



1 2. B. pedicellata Ridley in Journ. Straits Branch Roy. As. Soc. LIX. (l 91 I) 1 67. — 

 Arbor parva; ramuli griseo-corticati, Ultimi tenues, glabri vel sparse puberuli. Stipulae 

 lineares vel setaceae, circ. 3 — 4 mm longae; petioli 3 — 4 mm longi; limbus (junior 

 tenuiter membranaceus, ellipticus, ovalis, utrinque rotundatus, 5 — 6 mm longus, 3 — 3,5 cm 

 latus, subtus pallidus, junior dense pubescens, adultus coriaceus, glaber; costae 6 — 8, 

 non vel vix prominulae, in nervum marginalem abeuntes vel sub margine ramosae, 

 communicantes ; venae reticulatae. Bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, pilosulae. Flores qP 

 circ. 2,5 mm longi, breviter pedicellati; calycis laciniae triangulae. Fructus ruber, glo- 

 bosus, bilocularis, circ. 5 mm diametiens, mesocarpio paulo carnoso, dehiscens; calyx 

 persistens, fructiger glaber, circ. 4 mm diametiens; pedicelli fructigeri brevissimi. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malakka, Perlis (Ridley n. 14 889), Langkawi, 

 Kwah (Curtis n. 3688, Ridley n. 8326), Penang (Curtis n. 1736). 



13. B. insulana Hance in Journ. Bot. (1877) 337. — Ramuli glaberrimi, nigri- 

 cantes. Folia membranacea, glaberrima, ovalia, acuminata, supra lucida, reticulata, 

 subtus pallida, opaca, circ. 5 — 8 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata; costae secundariae utrinque 

 6 — 9, tenues, prominulae, venis transversis vix conspicuis; petioli circ. 6 mm longi. 

 Flores glomerati, sessiles. Fructus ellipsoideus, acutus, circ. 8 mm longus, calyci 

 minimo, haud acerescenti insidens. — Ex Hance 1. c. 



Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: Phu-kok, Insel des Siamgolfes. 

 Nota. Species a me non visa, sec. cl. auctorem B. tomcntosac affinis esse videtur. 



14. B. parvifolia 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 594. — »Frutex 1—2 m altus, 

 intricatus, glaberrimus. Folia alternantia, ovata, obtusa, retusa, basi acuta, 5-parinervia, 

 \ — 3 cm longa, membranacea, siccitate nigricantia, brevipetiolata. Flores sessiles, glome- 

 rulati. Flos rf: calyx 5-partitus, valvatus, lobis latis, acutis, vix 2 mm magnus; petala 

 triplo minora, euneata, apice denticulata; columna apice staminibus 5 liberis arcuato 

 ascendentibus. Turong in Anam.« — Ex 0. Kuntze 1. c. 



Nota. Speciem non vidi. E descriptione data affinitas proxima vix elucet; fortasse B. 

 insulanae est proxima. 



15. B. euneata Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLI. (1908) Beibl. 95, 3*. — 

 Frutex vel arbor. Folia 5—9 cm longa, 4—6 cm lata, euneata, saepius subtus palli- 

 diora, nervis seeundariis brochidodromis percursa, petiolo ad 0,5 cm longo, glaberrimo, 



