Bridelia.] EUPHORBIACES. 927 
Shoots and leaves pike onenens: ; branches with stoutish, more or 
less persistent sp spin sa 
Shoots and eae hea tomentose ; branches with a few "iii 
spines which disappear with age ............ retusa var. Roxburghiana. 
*Flowers moneecious ; leaves persistent ; nerves more or less arching :— 
. 926 
Leaves glabrous beneath or only very slightly tomentose, not glaucous, 
margins repand or sinuate ; calyx in fruit unaltered ; drupe fusiform ; 
erect shrubs or small trees, with short trunk and spreading branches :— 
Leaves 2-3 in. long; es 6-10 pairs montana 
Leaves 4-7 in. pee nerves 10-15 pairs...... montana var. communis. 
Leaves pubescent or tomentose beneath, or if at length Liga then 
glaucous beneath :— 
Subscandent shrubs; calyx in fruit distinctly enlarged; spikes and 
§ entire or undulate or repand, 2-8 in. long; nerves 6-9 
pairs, slender ; drupe oblong stipularis 
Erect trees or shrubs; lea thin; nerves 8-12 pairs; stipular 
bracts, if present, small ; ‘alys't in fruit unaltered :— 
Leaves elliptic, obovate or oblong, acute or acuminate, 
pube: ben in. long; flowers pubescent; ca eden 
lanceolate ; petals of male 3-lobed, of female obovate ; drupe ra 
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Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, aE 
retuse, of female rounded or crenate; drupe globose..... tomentosa, 
1830. BRipe1a reTUsA Spreng.; F. B. L. v. 268; E. D. B. 868. 
B. spinosa F. I. iii. 735. 
In all the western provin 
A considerable tree. Hind, Kaj, kaja; Kol. Karika; 
Santal, Kadrupala. 
1830/2. ig Roxpureuiana F. B. I. v. 268. B. crenulata F. 1. 
i. 734. 
In most of the provinces, except the Sundribuns and 
Chittagong. 
A considerable tr 
1831. Brrperia MonTANA Willd. ; ; F. L. iii. 735. B. Hamiltoniana 
F. B. I. v. 271, 
Behar. 
A shrub 
