Bridelia. «o 



Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: Tonking (Balansa n 4124' femer 

 4122, 4123 nach Tutcher). - ' * ,z *> ,erner 



Nota. »Arbre de 4-5 metres de hauteur. Fruits charnus, noirs, renferraant surtout 

 avant leur matuntc une mauere mucilagineuse tres abondante.« (Balansa in sched.) 



36. B. pubescens Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. XLII. (1873) 241" Forest Fl (1877) 

 367; Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. V. (1887) 270; Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. ' Jahrb. XLI. 1908 

 Beibl. 95, 37. — Cleistanthus oblongifolius a. scaber Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodi- XV j 

 (1866) 506. — Arbuscula circ. 6 — 15 m alta; ramuli ultimi pubescentes. Stipulae 

 lineari-lanceolatae vel angustissime trianguläres, pubescentes, 4 — 6 mm longae' petioli 

 villosi, 4-10 mm longi; limbus 5—15 cm longus, 2,5—7,5 cm latus, firme mein- 

 branaceus, elliptico-obovatus vel oblongus vel elliptico-lanceolalus, basi rotundatus vel 

 acutus, apice acutus vel acuminatus, supra nitidus, glaber, subtus pubescens, saepe 

 opacus; costae secundariae arcuatae, utroque latere 7—12, venae ± reticulatae. Glome- 

 ruli multiflori, axillares, androgyni; bracteae minutae, dense albo-puberulae. Flores rj 

 breviter (ad 3,5 mm) pedicellati, extus dense cano-tomentoso- pubescentes, circ. 5 mm 

 diametientes ; petala rotundata vel late ovata, 3— 5-dentata, circ. 1 mm longa, calvce 

 plus duplo breviora; ovarii rudimentum cylindricum. Flores Q subsessiles, extus albo- 

 tomentoso- pubescentes; calycis laciniae trianguläres, acutae, intus sericeo-pilosae; 

 petala Q calyce multo breviora, late rhombea, dorso sericea; discus exterior late patelli- 

 formis, interior cylindrico- vel conico-urceolatus, satis parvus, ovarium amplectens; 

 styli 2, ad basin connati, apice bifidi, non exserti. Fructus drupaceus, mesocarpio ± 

 carnoso, ellipsoideus, 9 — H mm longus, ± »apiculatus. Semina valde sulcata; embryo 

 membranaceus, conduplicatus. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaya: Sikkim (Hooker f.!), Kamamaung 

 (Meebold n. 17 188!), Mongpu Labdah (Meebold n. 16256!), Darjiling (Sammlername 

 unleserlich n. 1 1 823!). 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Manipur, Irong (Meebold n. 5964!), Mogok 

 (A. Rodger n. 302!), Ost-Bengalen (Griff ith n. 489l!); Yünnan (Henry n. 13027!), 

 Red River (Henry n. 10 129!). 



Formosa (R. Oldham n. 498!). 



Nota. Formae regionum magis orientalium (Yünnan et Formosa) foliis angusüoribus, subtus 

 sparse tantum puberulis et floribus saepe glomerato-spicatis insigncs sunt. 



37. B. affinis Craib in Kew Bull. (1911) 456. — »B. pubescenti Kurz habitu 

 similis, sed inflorescentia fere glabra facile distinguenda. — Arbuscula ad 6 m alta; 

 ramuli primo parce ferrugineo-pilosi, mox glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo, parce lenticellato 

 obtecti. Folia obovato-elliptica vel oblanceolata, apice l-otundata vel plerumque breviter 

 obtuse acuminata, basi obtusa, 5 — 15 cm longa, 2 — 6 cm lata, chartacea, supra costa 

 nervisque praecipue pilosula, subtus parce molliter pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 10 — 14, ad marginem excurrentibus, supra conspicuis, subtus cum nervis transvcrsis 

 prominentibus; petioli ad 7 mm longi, teretes, breviter pilosi; stipulae deciduae, circ. 

 5 mm longae, 1 mm latae. Inflorescentia axillaris, sessilis. Floris Q calycis segmenta 

 triangularia, acuta, 1,5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, quam petala circ. duplo longiora. 

 Ovarium glabrum, 0,75 mm altum; styli 2, 1 mm longi. Floris tf calyx calyci Q 

 similis. Stamina 5. Ovarii rudimentum parvum. 



Siam: Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 600 in, Kerr, 809.« — 

 Ex Craib. 



3 8. B. Gehrmannii Jabl. n. sp. — B. Moonii Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XL I. 

 (1908) Beibl. 95, 37 minore ex parte. — Ramuli ultimi tenues, ferrugineo-villosi. Petioli 

 6 — 8 mm longi, 1 — 1,4 mm crassi, ferrugineo-villosi; limbus papyraceus vel subcoria- 

 ceus, 8 — 15 cm longus, 3 — 7 cm latus, oblongus, acuminatus, basi rotundatus, supra 

 laevigatus, nitidulus, glaber vel ad costas dz ferrugineo-villosus, subtus opacus, db 

 papillosus, ad costas ± dense ferrugineo-villosus; costae secundariae 7 — 9, semirecte 

 patentes, arcuatae, venae reticulatae. Glomeruli axillares; flores q? circ. 4 mm diame- 

 tientes, circ. 2 mm longe pedicellati; laciniae calycis dz 2 mm longae; petala (J* cuneata, 



