Bridelia. S3 



4 — 6,5 cm latus, obovatus, vel oblongo-obovatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, apice mucronu- 

 latus, basi rotundatus, supra nitidulus, subtus pallidior, utrinque glaberrimus; costae 

 secundariae utroque latere 9 — 15, paulo arcuatae , in nervum marginalem abeuntes, 

 venae laxe reticulatae. Flores in axillis foliorum glomerati; bracteae acuminatae, dense 

 pubescentes. Flores Q 1 extus glabri, brevissime pedicellati vel subsessiles; laciniae calycis 

 ovato-triangulares, 1,5 mm longae; petala late spathulata, calyce duplo-triplove breviora, 

 tridentata; discus carnosus, pulvinatus; rudimentum ovarii cylindricum, bifidum. Flores 

 Q glaberrimi, circ. 4,5 mm longi, sessiles; laciniae calycis anguste triangulae, acutae; 

 petala calyce subduplo breviora vel eo paulo tantum breviora elliptico-lanceolata vel 

 obovato-lanceolata, apice hinc inde subtridentata; discus anterior conico-cylindricus, 

 glaber, ovarium perfecte includens; ovarium ovoideum. Fruclus (teste Hutcbinson) 

 1-locularis, oblongo-ellipsoideus, mucronatus, 10 — 11 mm longus, circ. 8 — 9 mm dia- 

 metiens. Semina ignota. 



Ober-Guinea: Kamerun Berg 1500 m (Mann n. 1215!). 



Zentral-Afrika: Ober-Ubangi (Chevalier n. 5937 nach Hutchinson). 



Nota. Valde affinis B. micranthae. 



Var. medinanensis Beule in Bull. Soc. bot. France LV. Mem. 8 (1908) 68. — 

 »Frutex (2 — 5 m). Bami juniores ferrugineo-pilosi, limbus membranaceus, ovato-ellip- 

 ticus vel obovatus, basi obtusus, apice passim subacuminatus, junior fulvus, pagina 

 superiore postea e ferrugineo nigrescente, inferiore ferruginea; costa nervisque utraque 

 pilosis, subtus atque nervulis; nervis 7 — 8-jugis, subflexuosis, sub angulo 45° a costa 

 divergentibus. Flores monoici. Floris q? androphorum brevissimum. Floris Q petala 

 angustissima; discus membranaceus, lobis apice truncatis. Fructus? Folia 6 — 7 X 4 cm. 

 Petioli 6 mm.« 



Ober-Nigeria: Medinani (Chevalier n. 510). 



Einheim. Name: Dafin sagoua (bambara). 



Nota. Varietatem non vidi. 



Sect. 5. Neogoetzea (Pax) Jabl. 



Neogoetzea Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1900) 419 pro gen. — subsect. 

 Micranthae Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLI. (1908) Beibl. 95, 12 ex parte. — 

 subsect. Dubiae Gehrm. 1. c. ex parte. — Limbus coriaceus; costae secundariae in 

 nervum marginalem abeuntes, subtus valde prominulae. Glomeruli in ramulis tenuibus 

 conferti, quasi paniculati. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Limbus ovatus vel elliptico-oblongus (Africa) 5 1 . B. brideliifolia. 



B. Limbus =b orbicularis (Spec. madagassicae). 



a. Fructus utrinque acutus, circ. 8 mm longus 52. B. Tulasneana. 



b. Fructus ellipsoideus, apiculatus, circ. 5 mm longus . . 53. B. coccolobae folia. 

 51. B. brideliifolia (Pax) Fedde in Botan. Jahresbericht XXXVI. 2. (1910) 413. — 



B. Neogoetzea Gehrm. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLI. (1908) Beibl. 95, 40; Hutchins. 

 in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1 (1912) 6191; Mildbraed, Ergebniss. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. II. 

 (1912) 451, t. 57. — Neogoetzea brideliifolia Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. 

 (1901) 419. — B. ramiflora Gehrm. in sched. — Arbor mediocris, 6 — 8 m alta, 

 ramis laevibus, horizontaliter patentibus, griseo-corticatis; ramuli bifarii, ultimi, praesertim 

 floriferi rufo-tomentoso-puberuli , adulti glabri. Stipulae trianguläres, dense villoso- 

 pubescentes, caducae; petioli 5 — 10 mm longi, ± dense villosi; limbus coriaceus, ovatus 

 vel elliptico-oblongus, basi rotundatus, apice obtusus vel subacutus, 7 — 16 cm longus, 

 3,5 — 8 cm latus, supra nitidus, glaber vel ad nervum medium pilosus, subtus ad nervös 

 ferrugineo-pubescens ; costae secundariae ± rectae, in nervum marginalem abeuntes, 

 utroque latere 15 — 18, venae reticulatae, subtus ± prominentes. Glomeruli ± dense 

 spicati; ramuli glomeruliferi ramosi et paniculam terminalem formantes. Flores q* 4 mm 

 diametientes, breviter pedicellati; sepala triangula, glabra; petala obovato-spathulata, 



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