272 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE-E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bridelia. 



coriaceous small rhombic-obovate or -oblong or lanceolate obtuse repand or 

 repaudly toothed glabrous or obscurely pubescent beneath, nerves 6-9 

 pair nearly straight, flowers in minute axillary and spicate clusters glabrous, 

 calyx-lobes ova'te-lanceolate, petals of male rounded angled, of fern, ovate, 

 fruit subglobose seated on the unaltered calyx. Muell. Arg. in Linnaa xxxiv. 

 77, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 500; Beddome Forester's Man. 202. 



BEHAR, at Monghir, Wallich ; Kymaor Hills, J. D. H. The CONCAN GHATS, 

 Latv, Stocks, &c. 



A stragerling shrub. -Leaves H-2^ in., finely reticulated on both surfaces, pale 

 yellowish when dry, base cuneate, tip often suddenly narrowed into an obtuse point ; 

 nerves distant, strong ; petiole in. Clusters of flowers | ^in. diam. ; bracts minute, 

 villous except the stipular. Calyx % in. diam. Fruit % in. diam. 



12. B. K.urzii, Hook.f. glabrous, leaves 4^5 in. oblong obtuse base 

 rounded glabrous and glaucous beneath, nerves 10-12 pair slender nearly 

 straight, fern. fl. minute sessile, calyx not accrescent, petals obovate, fruit 

 small globose. 



NICOBAR ISLANDS ; Kamorta, Kurz. 



Branches rather slender, black when dry. Leaves rather thin, blackish brown 

 above when dry, margin obscurely sinuate, cross-nervules slender; petiole in. 

 Calyx of fruit in. diam.; lobes triangular, acute. Fruit \-\ in. diam. I am in- 

 debted to Dr. King for a specimen of this very distinct species, which is named B. 

 glauca, Blume, by Kurz ; but that species is described as having rusty-pubescent 

 branches and elliptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves with pubescent nerves beneath. 



13. B. penansiana, Hook.f. ; quite glabrous, branches slender pus- 

 tular, leaves membranous broadly elliptic abruptly acuminate reticulated 

 pale beneath, nerves 6-9 pair slender spreading arched, petiole slender, 

 flowers minute in small axillary clusters sessile and pedicelled monoecious 

 pubescent, calyx-lobes ovate, petals broad crenate or lobulatp, disk of male 

 fl. saucer-shaped, of fern, annular, fruit small ellipsoid -apiculate. 



PENANQ- ; on Government Hill, Curtis. 



Branches pale. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2^ in., green above when, dry, prominently but 

 not closely reticulate, pubescent on the midrib beneath ; petiole ^ in. Clusters of 

 /lowers - in. diam. ; bracts very small, ovate, subacute, pubescent ; male fl. first 

 appearing, pedieelled. Calyx T ^ in. diam., densely pubescent. Petals scale-like, 

 variable. Pistillode notched at the tip. Styles 2, 2-fid. Fruit % in. long. Leaves 

 a good deal like B. burmanica, but with much fewer nerves. 



14. B. Griffith!!, Hook.f; nearly glabrous, scandent, leaves 3-4 in. 

 elliptic-oblong acuminate base rounded brown when dry minutely .puberu- 

 lous beneath, nerves 5-7 pair arched, transverse veins faint, bracts minute 

 tomentose, fern, flowers in small globose axillary clusters sessile, calyx-lobes 

 ovate acuminate glabrous tube villous, petals minute entire, ovary ovoid, 

 stvles 2-4 clavellate, fruit globose seated on the unaltered calyx. B. ovata, 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 368 (not of Dene.}. 



SOUTH AFDAMANS, Kurz; MALACCA, Griffith (Ketv Distrib. 4883). 



A scandent shrub with long brachiate branches (Griffith^), branchletfl puberulous. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, dark brown when dry, rather shining above, 

 opaque beneath, nerves very slender, cross-nervules faint; petiole -J ^ in. Clusters 

 of flotvers \-% in. diam. ; bracts mere rings round the bases of the flowers. Calyx of 

 fern, i in. diam. Petals elliptic. Disk conical with a torn mouth. Styles quite free. 

 This, which is referred by Kurz to Decaisne's Timor B. ovata, differs entirely from 

 that plant in the few nerves of the leaf. 



