1873.] S. KvLYz^JVew Burmese Plants. 211 



3 — 3i poll, longa, eleganter reticulata, glabra ; flores majusculi, pedi cello 

 minute apprcsse-hirsuto 1 — 11 lin. longo sufFulti, solitarii v. bini, axillares : 

 cal3^x appresse puberulus, lobis concavo-rotundatis, 2 interioribus tenuioribus 

 c. 2 lin. longis ; stamina numerosa ; drupaa pedunculo vulgo dellexo crasso 

 2 — 3 lin. longo, obverse ovoide£G, plus quam semipoUicem longae, teretes, 

 lyoves, putamine semiterete, tenui-coriaceo. — Andamans. (Heifer 4962, mas). 



207. Briedelia amcena. Wall. ap. Voigt. Hort. Calc. 157. 



Arbuscula 15 — 25-pedalis, glabra ; folia elliptica ad obovato-elliptica, 

 petiolo Isevi 2 lin. longo, basi obtusa, 2| — 1 poll, longa, obtusa v. rotund ata 

 tenui-chartacea, glabra, subtus subglaucescentia, nervis lateralibus et reticu- 

 latione exiguis ; flores glabri, masculi flavescentes, multo minores, feminei 

 brevi-pedicellati, dense glomerati, rubri, axillares ; calyx fern, glaber, lobis 

 lanceolatis subulato-acuminatis, lin. fere longis : petala minuta, obovato — 

 oblonga, rosea ; discus orbicularis, sublobatus ; drupoe globosae, pisi magnitu- 

 dine, succulentse, atropurpureae, Iseves. — Burma. Genus Briedelia a Lehi- 

 dleropside differt coccis inter se non connatis et seminum testa membra- 

 nacea sicca. Drupa in Lehidleropside epicarpio carnoso gaudet, cocci lignosi 

 connati et semina tegumento exteriori succoso-carnoso circumdata sunt. 



2 68. Briedelia pubescens, nov. sp. 



Arbuscula 20 — 30-pedalis, novellis pubescentibus ; folia elliptico-ad 

 obovato-oblonga, basi rotundata v. obtusa, petiolo c. 2 lin longo piibescente, 

 breviter et abrupte acuminata v. apiculata, tenui-cbartacea, integra, supra gla- 

 bra V. subglabra, subtus fulvescenti-pubescentia ; flores parvi, albi, pedicello 

 brevi pubescente sufl'ulti, glomerati, axillares ; calyx dense puberulus, lobis 

 lanceolatis c. 1 lin. longis, petala obovata, truncata et 3-dehticulata, discus 

 magnus, orbicularis, aureus ; drupjje desunt. — Pegu. — Habitus omnino B. 

 Iloonii, Thw. 



269. Briedelia dastcaltx, nov. sp. 



Frutex magnus scandens, novellis fulvo-pubescentibus ; folia obovata ad 

 obovato-oblonga, basi obtusa, petiolo crassiusculo c. 2 lin. longo suff'ulta, 

 breviter acuminata apiculata v. obtusiuscula, 2 — 6 poll, longa, obsolete 

 repanda, cbartacea, supra glabrescentia, subtus subglaucescentia et parce 

 pubescentia, nervis venisque valde prominentibus ; flores parvi, fulvo-tomen- 

 tella, sessiles, numerosi, in glomeros densos tomentosos axillares coUecti et 

 scepius in racemum terminalem reducto-foliatum transformati ; calyx extus 

 dense fulvo-pubescens, c. 2 lin. in diametro, lobis sub fructu lin. longis lan- 

 ceolatis acutis ; discus orbicularis, Isevis, in centro annulo setoso drupse basin 

 cingente auctus ; petala obovato-linearia ; drupae ovoideo-ellipticae, pisi mag- 

 nitudine, lajves, atropurpurese, succulentae, calyce non accrescente suftultae. 

 Var. a. genuina, frutex scandens, folia multo majora et textura3 tenuioris, 

 acuminata. Var. /?. aridicola, frutex minor et erect us, folia minora, us(^ue 



