184 CXXVIII, euphorbiace.e. [ Bridelia. 
I do not remember ever to have seen this plant scandent, as Hooker 
says it is. 
{2) B. retusa Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 48; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 
268. 
Large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, tip and base round glabrous 
sub-coriaceous; nerves 13 to 15 pairs with numerous transverse 
parallel nervules and fine not elevate reticulations; sub-glaucous 
beneath, 4 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. 
Flower-heads -12 in. wide. Flowers as large as in B. stipularis 
on short silky pedicels. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, tube and back 
of lobes silky. Petals in males orbicular crenate; in females 
oblong-sub-spathulate toothed. Fruit globose purple black the 
size of a pea. Hab. Lankawi, Dayong Bunting (Robinson). 
Disirib. India, Siam. 
I have only a spray in female flower, and it differs slightly from the 
Indian ones in being more glabrous with silky bracts and pedicels. 
(3) B. tomentosa Bl. Bijdr. 597; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 271. 
A small tree. Branches slender shortly rough-hairy. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate blunt, base shortly 
narrowed blunt, above glabrous except midrib, beneath grey hairy 
on the 10 pairs of nerves, midrib and reticulations, 4 in. long, 
i-2 in. wide; upper leaves on shoots 1-5 in. long, -5 in. wide; 
petioles -i in. long hairy. Heads of flowers axillary on ends of 
shoots *15 in. through. Bracts glabrous, edges ciliate. Flowers 
very small. Calyx-lobes triangular acute. Petals much smaller, 
sub-flabelliform. Disc circular. Female flowers slightly larger. 
Petals minute. Disc glabrous. Fruit sub-globose black, *1 in. 
through. Hab. Damp open spots; common. Singapore, Tanglin; 
Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle. Johor, Bukit Muar (Feilding)! 
Malacca, Bukit Panchur (Cantley); Sungei Hudang (Goodenough); 
Chabau (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, Batu 
Caves; Kwala Lumpur. Bindings, Pangkor, Perak, Thaiping 
Waterfall, and Kampar (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Tasek 
Gelugur. Penang Hill (Curtis). Kelantan, Chaning Woods 
(Ridley). Lanka wi, Kwah (Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
Native name : Kenidei jantan. 
(4) B. ovata Beene. Now. Ann. Mus. Par. iii. 484. B. 
Curtisii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 273. B. pedicellata Ridl. Journ. Roy. 
As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 167. 
Small tree, glabrous. Leaves elliptic round at tip and base; 
nerves 10 pairs slender, reticulations close and conspicuous; 3*5 in! 
long, *2 in. wide; petioles *i in. long. Heads of few flowers. 
Bracts small triangular acute. Calyx-lobes deltoid-lanceolate 
acute glabrous. Petals ovate or obovate. Disc saucer-shaped. 
Female flowers as in male, but calyx more shortly divided. Disc 
edge crenulate. Fruit pulpy black, -2 in. long; pyrenes hemi¬ 
spherical. Hab. Open country in the north. Penang, Batu 
