Bridelia. 85 



orbicularis, circ. 8 — 14 cm longus, 6 — 9 cm latus, subacutus vel emarginatus, supra 

 laevis, subtus prominenter venosus et ferrugineo-puberulus; costae secundariae utroque 

 latere 15 — 18, in nervum marginalem abeuntes, nervi tertiarii- reticulati, subtus valde 

 prominentes, venae dense reticulatae. Glomeruli androgyni, in spicas compositas 

 paniculaeformes conferti, 10 — 16- vel multiflori, globosi; panicula saepe l'oliis parvulis 

 interrupta. Flores glabri; petala Q ovata, unguiculata, subintegra; discus exterior 

 crassiusculus, annularis, lobulatus, interior urceolatus, ovarium includens. Fructus uni- 

 locularis, ellipsoideus, utrinque acutatus, circ. 8 mm longus, ö mm latus, unilocularis; 

 »mesocarpium videtur carnosum, tenue secedens; endocarpium tenue, subpergamaceum, 

 intus nitidum« (ex Müll. Arg.). Semina ovoidea, glabra; embryo conduplicatus. 



Madagassisches Gebiet: St. Marie (ßoivin n. 1886!). 



Bei dieser Pflanze wurde von Tulasne llermaphroditismus als teratologischer Fall 

 beobachtet. Vgl. Bai Hon in Adans. 1. c. 41. 



53. B. coccolobaefolia Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXI. (1885/ 141; 

 Gehrm. in Fngler's Bot. Jahrb. XLl. (1908; Beibl. 95, 39. — Stipulae caducae; petioli 

 10 — 12 mm longi; limbus coriaceus, 9 — 4 1 cm longus, 6 — 7 cm latus, late eordatus 

 vel ovatus, basi eordatus, apice rotundatus vel subacutus, supra laevis, nitidulus, glaber, 

 subtus dense puberulus, valde venosus, papillosus, margine saepe revolutus ; costae 

 secundariae 14 — 16, in nervum marginalem abeuntes, sub margine ramosae, basin 

 versus approximatae, nervi tertiarii reticulati, venae dense reticulatae, subtus valde 

 prominulae. Rami glomeruliferi bifariam ramosi, validi, longitudinaliter sulcati, in statu 

 fruetigero defoliati. Fructus ellipsoideus, 5 — 6 mm longus, laevis, unilocularis, breviter 

 apiculatus. Embryo conduplicatus. Flores ignoti. 



Madagaskar Baron n. 2990 !;. 



Sect. 6. Dubiae Gehrm. 



Bridelia subsect. Dubiae Gehrm. in Fngler's Bot. Jahrb. XLI. 1908) Beibl. 95, 

 12. — Limbus chartaceus vel membranaceus; costae secundariae in nervum marginalem 

 abeuntes, subtus non vel vix prominentes. Stipulae subulatae. Flores in axillis foliorum 

 glomerati. Haec sectio valde dubia remanet et fortasse omittenda erit, si speeimina 

 completa aderint. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Flores sessiles. 



a. Folia elliptica vel lanceolato-elüpüca 54. B. assamica. 



b. Folia obovata vel lanceolato-obovata 55. B. montana. 



B. Flores pedicellati 56. B. sikkimensis. 



54. B. asaamica Hook. f. Fl. Bril. Ind. V. (1887 269; Gehrm. in Fngler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XLI. (1908) Beibl. 95, 38. — B. chartacea Kurz in Herb. Calc. (teste Hooker). — ■ 

 B. oblongifoUiis a. scaber Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2 (1866) 506 ex parte. — 

 Ramuli tenues, pallidi, parce tomentclli. Stipulae juniores subulatae, pubescentes; 

 petioli 7 — 12 nun longi, puberuli; limbus membranaceus, 15 — 30 cm longus, 8 — 10 cm 

 latus, ellipticus vel lanceolato-ellipticus vel ohlongo-obovalus, basi subacutus vel rotundatus, 

 breviter acuminatus, supra dense reticulatus, glaber, subtus pallidior, minute puberulus; 

 nervus medius subtus tantum proniinulus, costae secundariae subreetae, margine curvatae, 

 in nervum marginalem abeuntes, utroque latere 10 — 20, venae tenues, reticulatae. 

 Glomeruli axillares, satis parvi, bisexuales; bracteae ininulae, arete imbricatae, pubescentes; 

 flores extus puberuli vel glabrati, circ. 5 nun diametientes, flores O sessiles; petala q^ 

 rotundata, crenata, Q elliptica, integra, calyce duplo breviora vel eo paulo tantum bre- 

 viora; discus cj* pulvinatus, £_ exterior subrepandus, interior conicus, ovarium includens; 

 styli 2, bifidi. Drupa ellipsoidea , 9 — 10 min longa, unilocularis, laevis; pericarpium 

 crassum. Gotyledones conduplicato-involutae. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Mishmi Hills (Griffith n. 4890!), Uuphla Hills 

 (I. L. Lister n. 339a!); Nowyong (Simson nach Hooker f.), Silbel (Roxburgh 

 nach Hooker f.). 



