Bridelia.] cxxvm. euphorbiace^. 185 
Feringhi and Telok Bahang (Curtis). Lankawi (Ridley). Perlis, 
Bukit Lagi. Distrib. Timor, Australia. 
(5) B. pustulata Bl. Bijdr. 597; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 271. 
Tree about 60 ft. tall. BrancWets thick pustular. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic-oblong to ovate sub-acute, base round or cuneate 
above glabrous beneath the midrib and 8 pairs of nerves sparsely 
hairy; young leaves with reticulations also hairy beneath and 
midrib above; 5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles *25 in. 
long, glabrous. Heads *2 in. wide. Bracts ovate acute ciliate. 
Flowers yellow. Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate acute. Petals scale¬ 
like emarginate, very small in females. Styles 2-forked at tip. 
Drupe globose stalked black, -12 in. long. Hab. Forests, Singapore 
Garden Jungle; Sungei Jurong. Johor, Kota Tinggi; Castle- 
wood. Malacca (Maingay, Griffith); Selandor (Cantley). Selan¬ 
gor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Penang, Penara 
Bukit; Waterfall (Curtis). Native names : Kenidei Gaj ah; Kenidei 
hutan. 
(6) B. cinnamomea Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 273. 
A thorny shrubby climber 10 to 15 ft. long with pale bark 
and short stout thorns on the lower part of the stem. Branchlets 
hairy. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic blunt or sub-acute, base 
slightly narrowed above, glabrous except base of midrib, beneath 
covered with coppery hairs; nerves 8 pairs; 3*5 in. long, 1-5 in. 
wide; petioles -2 in. long, woolly. Heads of flowers -2 in. through. 
Bracts woolly. Calyx *12 in. long, glabrous dark red on a pedicel 
as long, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Petals obovate. Disc thick flat. 
Drupes unknown. Hab. Open jungle, Perak, Ulu Bubong, Batang 
Padang district and near Gunong Mesan in Kinta (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
A very distinct plant reduced by Jablonsky in Pflanzenreich, p, 74, to 
B. Griffithii, from which it is very different. 
(7) B. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 272. 
Scandent shrub with long branches; branchlets hairy or 
glabrous pustulate. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic-oblong 
acuminate, base shortly narrowed; nerves 8 pairs elevate beneath, 
puberulous, midrib above often hairy at the base; 3 to 4 in. long, 
1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles hairy, -i in. long. Heads of flowers 
•2 in. wide. Bracts minute. Calyx-lobes ovate pubescent or 
glabrous yellow, tube villous. Petals minute entire in female, 
sometimes lobulate in males. Male flowers, stamens 5, tube short. 
Pistillode of 2 carpels glabrous. Disc large pulvinate entire. 
Female flowers, disc crenulate. Ovary ovoid glabrous. Styles 
short. Fruit unknown. Hab. Johor, Kota Tinggi (Ridley). 
Malacca, Alor Gajah (Griffith). 
(8) B. penangiana Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 272. B. minutiflora 
Hook. fil. l.c. 273. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceoua elliptic 
