958 DICOTYL. sev EXOGEN.E. MALLOTUS. 
Ramuli crassi, late medullosi, cum costis foliorum et capsulis indumento 
composito stellari densissime tecti. Pili setuliformes, cellulosi sed molles, 
densíssime stellato-piligeri. Petioli limbo paulo breviores, crassi. Limbus 
20-30 cm. longus, vix longior quam latus, basi late rotundato-obtusus ; lobi 
breviter triangulares, acuti; pagina superior stellatim pubescens, inferior stel- 
latim tomentosa, in costis subfloccosa, margine prominenter glanduloso-denti- 
culata. Flores fcem. simpliciter racemosi. Racemi elongati, fructigeri ferru- 
ineo-floccosi. Calyx foem. 4-fidus. Discus hypogynus nanus, in lacinulas 1-8, 
lamentiformes, rigidas, apice sepe incrassatas, abiens. Capsulz pedicellum 
:equantes, 3-4-coccae, subglobose, diametro cum indumento circ. 10-12 mm. 
?equantes, absque indumento tantum 7-9 mm. crassa, i. e. pro amplitudine 
foliorum in genere subparvz. Indumentum capsularum densissimum, stratum 
continuum quasi tonsum pallide ferrugineum 2 mm. crassum formans, ex 
aculeis setiformibus densissime approximatis floccoso-tomentellis constitutum. 
Semina 4 $ mm. longa. Flores masc. ignoti. — Decus generis. (v. s.) 
2* Limbus foliorum obiter peltatus v. non peltatus, sinuato-dentatus, plus 
minusve lobatus, basi pluriglandulosus. 
4.M. Moruccawvus (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 34. p. 185), foliis longe 
petiolatis basi non peltatis elobatis v. subtrilobis, floribus dioicis, urceolo 
hypogyno crasso stellato-puberulo, staminibus circ. 200, capsulis dense sub- 
pulveraceo-stellato-tomentellis, seminibus foveolatis. 
w, genuinus (Müll. Arg. l. c.), foliis amplis subtus stellato-tomentellis 
2, 6v. j In insula Java (Bl.! in hb. lugd. bat., Zolling. n. 2466!), in 
Borneo (Motley n. 406! in hb. Hook.), in Timor (hb. DC.!), in Philippinis 
(Cuming n. 409! 499! Llanos! in hb. DC.) et dein in India orientali ad 
Pondichéry (Perrott. n. 487!). Croton Moluccanus Linn. Spec. pl. ed. 1. 
p- 1005 (fide specim. hb. Linn.!). Croton multiglandulosus Reinw. Cat. 105 
ex Hassk. (et specim. Reinw. in hb. holm.!). Rottlera multiglandulosa Bl. 
Bijdr. p. 609; Decaisne Flor. hb. Timor. in Nouv. Annal. du Mus. vol. 3. 
p. 486. Melanolepis multiglandulosa Reichenb. f. et Zolling. in Linnza 
1856, vol. 28. p. 324; Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. vol. 4. part. 2. p. 399. Adelia 
monoica Blanco Flor. Filip. ed. 2. p. 561. Ricinus dicocens Roxb. Flor. 
ind. vol. 3. p. 390 (exclus. syn. Rumph.). Ramuli juveniles cum foliis 
juvenilibus et inflorescentiis tomento subfloccoso brevi fulvo dens» tecti, 
dein glabrati. Petioli vulgo quam limbus paulo breviores. Limbus folio- 
rum 6-15 cm. longus, paulo longior quam latus, late rhombeo-ovatus, 
acuminatus, basi breviter contractus v. subcordatus, supra mox glabratus 
Sepeque in costis v. etiam in parenchymate violaceo-purpurascens. 
Dentes marginales mucronati. Racemi paniculato-ramosi, rami pauci, 
elongati, dense stellato tomentelli. Bractez utriusque sexus 3-5-flors. 
Pedicelli utriusque sexus calycem superantes. Calyx masc. aperiens 
35-4 mm. latus, intus purpurascens. Receptaculum  staminigerum 
stellato-pubescens. Discus hypogynus crenatus. Ovarium 2-loculare. 
Capsule circ. 1 cm. late. Semina globosa, diametro 4 mm. cquantia ; 
arillus spurius violaceo-purpureus. (v. s.) 
B, glabratus (Müll. Arg. 1. c. p. 186), foliis subduplo minoribus demum 
utraque pazina glaberrimis v. in nervis parce stellato-puberulis. ó In 
horto caleuttensi? (Wall. n. 7808! 7826. B! in hb. DC.), in insulis 
Marianis (Gaudich. n. 181!). Ricinus dioicus Wall. Cat. n. 7808 (nomen). 
(v. &) 
5. M. ANGULATUS, limbo petiolis szepe breviore irregulariter rotundato-dentato 
superne acute angulato vulgo utroque margine acute producto basi supra 
petiolum multiglanduloso j In prov. Priaman Sumatrze occidentalis (Diepen- 
horst). Melanolepis angulata Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. Suppl. 1. Sumatra p. 455. 
Ramuli cum petiolis et limbo presertim in costis et inflorescentia pube 
stellata pulverulenti. Racemi basi ramulosi. Flores pedicellati. — A proxime 
affini przecedente differt foliorum forma constanter angulata et floribus paulo 
majoribus (ex cl. Miq. l. c.). 
6. M. CcALCosUs, folis scpe lobatis novellis subfarinosis basi fasciculato- 
