Bridelia. 



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10—4 5, indivisae vel marginem versus bifurcatae, in nervum marginalem abeuntes. 

 Glomeruli densiflori, axillares; bracteae ovatae, dense pubescentes. Flores extus glabres- 

 centes: (f breviter pedicellati; petala obovata, sepalis subduplo vel paulo tantum breviora. 

 Flores Q circ. 3 — 3,5 mm longi; sepala triangula, circ. 2 mm longa; petala ovata, circ! 

 1,2 mm longa; receptaculum cupuliforme; discus interior conicus, ovarium includens. 

 Fructus drupaceus, globosus, circ. 6 — 7 mm diametiens; putamina 2. 



Ein Charakterbaum der kurzgrasigen Hügelsteppen in dem zentral- 

 afrikanischen und Zwischenseenlande. 



Zentralafrikanische Unterprovinz: Seriba Ghattas (Schweinfurth n. 1496! 

 1536?, 1844!), Uganda (Scott Elliot n. 7250!, Nägele n. 49!). 



Unterprovinz des zentralafrikanischen Zwischenseenlandes: Bukoba- 

 Bezirk, kurzgrasige Hügelsteppe bei Itara (Mildbraed n. 200 !), Ukerewe (Conrads 

 n. 172!), Muanza (Holtz n. 1605!), Kimoani-Plateau (Stuhlmann n. 3403'.), Kagehi 

 (Stuhlmann n. 3480!), Tabora (Trotha n. 126!). 



Einheim. Name: ntunga mwaussole (Ukerewe). 



24. B. mollis Hutchins. in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 612. — B. stipularis 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 499 pr. p. (non Blume). — Arbor parva, circ. 

 5 m alta; ramuli juniores tomentosi, demum glabri. Stipulae lanceolatae vel subulato- 

 lanceolatae, pubescentes; petioli 2 — 5 mm longi, dense pubescentes; limbus coriaceus, 

 4 — 12 cm longus, 3 — 9 cm latus, late ellipticus vel obovato-rotundatus, basi rotundatus 

 vel subcordatus, apice rotundatus vel truncatus vel leviter emarginatus, supra dense 

 puberulus, subtus dense pubescens; costae secundariae subtus i prominulae, utroque 

 latere 9 — 12, marginem versus ramulosae, apice plerumque in nervum marginalem 

 abeuntes, nervi tertiari paulo prominuli. Flores q? subsessiles vel breviter pedicellati; 

 sepala ovato-triangula, circ. 3 — 3,5 mm longa, extus dense pubescentia; petala 1,6 mm 

 longa, denticulata. Flores Q brevissime pedicellati; sepala ovato-lanceolata, circ. 4 mm 

 longa, rufo-pubescentia : petala oblongo-lanceolata, calyce breviora; discus cupuliformis, 

 glaber; ovarium glabrum. Fructus bilocularis, transverse ellipsoideus vel subglobosus, 

 circ. 8 mm diametiens. 



Unterprovinz des oberen und mittleren Sambesi: Bhodesia, Victoria, 

 (Monro n. 684, 790), Portug. Ost-Afr. Boruma (Menyharth n. 858), Tete (Kirk); 

 Transvaal (teste Hutchinson 1. c). 



Nota. Speciem non vidi. 



25. B. melanthesoides Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mozamb. Bot. (1862) 103. — 

 Var. typica Gehrm., var. ovata Gehrm., var. laneeolata Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 XLI. (1908) Beibl. 95, 34. — B. cathartica Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 502 ex parte; Pax in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. C. (1895) 237; Hutchins. in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 617 ex parte. — Pentameria melanthesoides Klotzsch ex Baill. 

 Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 584. — Frutex 2—6 m altus; ramuli ultimi rufo-puberuli vel 

 glabri. Stipulae lineares, pubescentes, circ. 3—4 mm longae; petioli 3 — 5 mm longi; 

 limbus ovalis, oblongo-ellipticus vel oblanceolatus, apice rotundatus vel subrotundatus, 

 papyraceus, 6 — 10 cm longus, 2 — 7 cm latus, supra nitidus, utrinque glaber vel sub- 

 tus ± glaucescens; costae secundariae subtus paulo tantum prominulae, sub margine 

 ramosae et inter se anastomosantes, utroque latere 5 — 9, nervi tertiarii reticulati, vix 

 vel non prominentes. Bracteae pubescentes; flores rj* subsessiles, circ. 3,5 mm longi; 

 sepala ovato-triangularia, glabra, circ. 1,6— 2 mm longa; petala suborbicularia, 5-lobata, 

 1,2 — 1,4 mm longa; rudimentum ovarii cylindricum, bilobatum. Flores Q circ. 2,5 mm 

 longi; sepala anguste triangularia; petala ovata; discus ovarium includens, glaber. Drupa 

 globosa vel ellipsoidea, 6 — 7 mm diametiens. 



Unterprovinz der Mosambikküste: Inhambane, Quirimba (Peters n. 42!), 

 Lindi, Creekformation (Busse n. 2453!), Ressano Garcia, 300 m ü.M. (Schlechter 

 n. 11890!). 



Sansibarküste: Dar-es-Salaam (Holtz n. 519!, 2067!, Stuhlmann n. 108!, 

 Schlechter!, Stuhlmann n. 7823!, 846 l!, 8185!, 854Ü), Amboni (Holst n. 25681). 



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