MALLOTUS. EUPH. ACALYPHE/E (aucr. MULLER). 961 
latus, ovatus, acuminatus, basi epeltata rotundato-obtusus v. leviter cordatus, 
integer, coriaceus, subfuscus. Flores dioici. Racemi foem. axillares, longe 
pedunculati, pauciflori, masculi opposiüfolii, subsimplices, fere macranthi. 
Bractezx rigide. Pedicelli masc. caLycem vix superantes , feminei eo breviores. 
Calyx masc. aperiens globosus, 4 mm. latus, foeminei laciniz 5-6, subulato- 
lanceolate, elongata, fructigeri lacinite 8 mm. longe. Ovarium 2-3-loculare. 
Styli ovarium equantes, cum stigmatibus elongatis angustis stellato-puberuli, 
usque 21 cm. longi. Capsuloe 12 mm. latze, 9 mm. longa, cornutz, parce 
pulveraceo-subtomentelle. Cornua 4 mm. longa, quibus inferne in quoque 
carpidio sepe adjectus est tuberculus conico-hemisphericus. Semina 7 mm. 
longa, 51 mm. lata, globoso-ellipsoidea, lavvia. — Habitu similis Macarangz 
Mauritiana et speciebus sectionis Pachystemonis ejusdem generis. (v. s.) 
b. Folia opposita. 
13. M. BAILLONIATUS (Müll Arg. in Linnea, v. 34. p. 186), foliis breviter 
petiolatis apice longe et acutissime cuspidalo-acuminatis, staminibus numero- 
sissimis perexiguis, coccis muricatis hirtellis. 5 In insula Madagascaria 
(Thouars! Chapelier! in hb. Mus. paris.). Boutonia acuminata Baill. Etud. 
gén. Euphorb. p. 401 (non Croton acuminatus Lam., qui etiam hujus generis). 
Cordemoya acuminata Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 1. p. 255. Rami teretes, 
glabri, cicatricosi. Ramuli teretes, pube densa sicca fuscata obsiti. Stipule 
petiolos aequanles, subulate, 1-11 cm. longe, basi 1 mm. late. Petioli oppo- 
siti v. suboppositi. Limbus foliorum 12-25 cm. longus, tantum 2-5 om. latus, 
anguste lanceolatus, basi acutus, apice longe subcaudato-acuminatus, integer, 
coriaceo-membranaceus, supra glabriusculus, subtus in costa costulisque 
pubescens et in axillis costularum glanduliger; glandule pube obsite. Pedi- 
celli foem. hirti. Calyces masc. aperientes globosi, aperti 3-partiti, foeminei 
6-partiti, hujus laciniz lineares. Ovarium 3-loculare. — Flores tantum juve- 
niles Parisiis vidi, diametro vix 1 mm. cequantes, qui hujus sectionis esse 
videntur, sed habitus totus speciminum tamen melius cum sect. Kumalloto 
quadrat. Species caeterum summopere distincta est. (v. s.) 
14. M. PENANGENSIS (Müll. Arg. l. c.), foliis breviuscule petiolatis obtuse et 
breviter cuspidato-acuminatis, bracteis ovatis, staminibus circ. 50. 5 In Pulo 
Penang Indic orientalis (Wall. n. 8576!). Rami ramulique teretes, glabri, 
priores validi, omnes ad nodos tumiduli v. incrassati. Stipule circ. 9 mm. 
longe, recte, lanceolato-lineares, demum decidusz. Petioli 1-14 cm. longi, 
basi apiceque tumidi et infuscati, oppositi. Limbus foliorum 7-12 cm. longus, 
2 1-4 1 cm. latus, lanceolato-ellipticus, penninervius, integer, tenuiter coria- 
ceus, fuscus, non glanduloso-punctatus, vix distincte reticulato-venosus, supra 
fusco-nigricans, nitidus, subtus subferrugineus et magis opacus, glaber. 
Costz;» secundaria utroque latere 6-8, oblique. Spice masc. 2-4 cm. longe. 
a basi florigerc, densiflore. Bractec concava, patule. Calyx masc. subglo- 
bosus, aperiens 21 mm. latus, leviter depresso-globosus, extus puberulus. 
Connectivum crassum, late truncatum, loculos subequans eosque non supe- 
rans, quasi bullato-multiglandulosum. — Habitus fere ut in Sphragidia et in 
Chizetocarpo. (v. s.) | 
Sect. V. EumALLoTUS Müll. Arg. in Linnaa, v. 35. p. 186. — Rottlera: 
sect. Eurottlera Zolling. Over Soort. van Rottlera p. 10, et in Linnza, 
vol, 28. p. 316; Hassk. Hort. bogor. ed. nov. p. 29. — Rottlerz sect. 
Stylanthus Reichenb. f. et Zolling. Over Soort. van Rottlera p. 11, et in 
Linnza, vol. 98. p. 312; Hassk. Hort. bogor. ed. nov. p. 29; Baill. 
Etud. gén. Euphorb. p. 425. — Mallotus Lour. Flor. cochinch. p. 781. 
— Echinus Lour. Flor. cochinch. ed. Willd. 2. p. 117. — Trewia Willd. 
Spec. pl. vol. &. p. 834. — Rottlera Bocb. Coromand. vol. 2. t. 168.— 
Adisca Bl. Bijdr. p. 609. — Plagianthera Reichenb. f. et Zolling. Over 
Soort. van Rottlera p. 19. — Echinocroton Ferd. Mueller Fragm. Phyt. 
Austral. 1. p. 31. — Hancea Seem. Bot. of Herald, p. 409. t. 96. — 
Axenfeldia Baill. Etud, gén. Euphorb. p. 419. — Crotonis sp. L., Lam., 
