Bridelia. öq 



Sansibarküste: Bagamojo (Hildebrandt n. 1295!). 



Usambara: Buiti (Holst n. 2387!). 



Einheim. Name: Kagihe (Kiseramo), muparramdengi. 



28. B. burmanica Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 2°G9; Gehrm. in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XL1. (1908) Beibl. 95, 29 ex parte. — B. amoena Kurz in Journ As Soc 

 (1873) 241, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 358 (non Wall.). — Arbuscula, 5-8 m alla; ramuli 

 laeves, glabri. Stipulae lineares, circ. 6— 8 mm longae, circ. I mm latae; petioli breves, 

 5—6 mm longi, nigricantes, glabri; limbus membranaceus, 1 — 17 cm longus, 4,5—8 cm 

 latus, obovato-oblongus, subacutus, basi late cuneatim angustatus, margine ± undulatus 

 utrinque glaber (supra cellulae epidermidis parietibus undulatis sunt praeditae), subtus 

 pallidior; costae secundariae semirecte patentes, subrectae, in nervum marginalem zt 

 transeuntes, utroque latere 15 — 20. Glomeruli androgyni, axillares, parvi; bracteae 

 minutae, membranaceae. Flores glabri, breviter pedicellati; laciniae calycis ovato-lanceo- 

 latae; petala qF obovata, retusa, £ oblonga, majora. Fructus globosus, drupaceus, pisi 

 magnitudine (teste Kurz). 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Burma (Wallich n. 166l!). 



Nota. Cum flores maturos nonnisi paucos viderim, eorum slructura adhuc incerta remanct. 

 Gehrmann specimina quaedam B. ovatae pro B. burmanica determinavit, sed B. burmanica 

 ab illa specie costis paucioribus et parietibus cellularum epidermidis undulatis valdc distat. 



29. B. retusa (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. III. (1826) 48; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 493; Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) t. 25, f. 25—34; Thwait. Enum. 

 pl. Zeyl. (1864) 279; Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 368; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 

 268; Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLI. (1908) Beibl. 95, 30. — B. retusa er. genuina 

 Müll. Arg. 1. c. — B. retusa ct. glabra et ß. pubeseens Gehrm. 1. c. — B. amoena 

 Wall, ex Baill. 1. c. 584. — B. spinosa Willd. Spec. pl. IV. 2. (1805) 979; Boxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. (1832) 735; Wall. Cat. n. 7883 B ex parte, ex Hook. f. 1. c; Graham, Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. (1839) 184. — B. fruticosa Pers. Syn. pl. II. (1807) 591. — Gluytia retusa 

 L. Spec. pl. ed. 1 (1753) 1042; Willd. Spec. pl. IV. 2. (1805) 883. — G. spinosa 

 Boxb. Corom. PI. II. (1798) 38, t. 172. — Frutex spinosus vel arbor ad 20 m alta; 

 ramuli crassi, florifeii tenues, molliter pubescentes. Stipulae angustae, rufo-tomentoso- 

 villosae, 3 — 5 mm longae, caducae; petioli 8 — 12 mm longi, crassi, vulgo villosi; limbus 

 10 — 20 cm longus, 4 — 8 cm latus, oblongo-ellipticus vel obovato-lanceolatus, basi rotun- 

 datus, apice subacutus, rotundatus, firme coriaceus, supra viridis, glaber, subtus opacus 

 vel opaco-glaucus, dense papillosus, ad nervös ± dense pubeseens vel glabrescens; nervus 

 medius et costae subtus valde prominentes, costae secundariae utrinque 15 — 20, 

 parallelae, ± reetae, in nervum marginalem abeuntes, nervi tertiarii reticulati, subtus 

 elevati. Glomeruli vulgo uni-, raro bisexuales, saepe secus rhachin disposili; rhachis 

 satis tenuis, ± flexuosa, dense rufo-villoso-puberula; bracteae acutae; flores breviter 

 pedicellati; pedicelli circ. 2 mm longi, glabri. Flores tf circ. 5 mm diametientes, exlus 

 glabri; laciniae calycis trianguläres, acutae, extus glabrae vel sparse puberulae, circ. 

 2 — 2,5 mm longae; petala late obovata, margine denticulata, calyce ± duplo breviora; 

 discus patelliformis vel leviter cupuliformis. Flores Q breviter pedicellati vel subsessiles, 

 extus plerumque glabri vel sparse puberuli; discus exterior patelliformis, interior late 

 urceolatus, ovarium perfecte includens; calycis laciniae anguste trianguläres, 2 — 2,2 mm 

 longae; petala lanceolata vel anguste ovata vel elliptica, apice acuta vel rotundata, 

 1,2 — 1,4 mm longa, glabra; styli 2, liberi, apice bifidi. Drupa globosa, bilocularis, 

 7 — 9 mm diametiens, carnosa; embryo 5 mm latus, apice leviter emarginatus. — 

 Fig. \F, et Fig. 12C— E. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Canara, 

 Merkara (Hohenacker n. 808!), Gundiar (Meebold n. 6997!); Travancore, Munda- 

 kayam (Meebold n. 12680!); ohne Standort (Wight n. 2602!). 



Hindostanische Provinz: Behar (J. D. Hooker!). 



Provinz Ceylon: (Thwaites n. 2161!). 



