waLLorus. | EUPH. ACALYPHELE (aucr. MULLER). 963 
Ramuli graciles, glabri. Petioli limbo circiter triente breviores. Limbus folio- 
rum 8-15 em. longus, 65-12 cm. latus, orbiculari-ovatus, acutus, basi peltata, 
late rotundatus, membranaceus, subtus glaucus, glaber, juvenilis parce stel- 
lato-puberulus, mox glaber, subtus sparse lutescenti-resinoso-punctatus et in 
axillis costarum majorum more Tiliarum fasciculato-pilosus. Spies foem. tei- 
minales, elongate, pauciflore, cum racemis masc. parce stellato-puberulz. 
Calyx masc. aperiens 2-25 mm. latus, subglaber, membranaceus. Stamina 
circ. 45; anthere cum filamentis longiusculis parce et minutissime puberule. 
Styli pro 1- £ longitudinis in columnam connati. Capsule 15 mm. late, 8 mm. 
longe, tridymze, carpophoro circ. 4 mm. longo stipitatze. Semina 5 mm. longa, 
subglobosa. (v. s.) 
B. Folia epeltata v. anguste peltata, alterna. 
a. Petioli Vimbum subaquantes. Limbus ambitu latus, suborbiculari-ovatus, 
v. orbiculari-rhombeus, sepe lobatus, longe palmatinervius. 
1^ Capsularum aculei molles stratum continuum densissimum quasi tonsurmn 
formantes. 
18. M. MACROSTACHYUS, racemis foem. axillaribus longissimis, floribus fasci- 
culatis, calyce foem. subcylindrico breviter 5-fido hinc longius fisso, capsulis 
confertissime echinatis, aculeis tenellis stellato-hirtellis aequilongis, /) In 
insula sumatrana Bangka prope Djebus et Plangas (Teysmann! commun. 
Teysm. et Miq., Zolling. n. 1817 Z! in hb. Hassk.). Rotilera macrostachya 
Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. Suppl. 1. p. 454. Petioli alterni v. pasaim oppositi, bre- 
vissime tomentelli. Limbus foliorum inzequalium majorum 15-18 cm. longus, 
«dilatato-v. orbiculari-ovatus, acutus v. breviter acuminatus, bosi leviter pel- 
tata rotundato-obtusus, minute denticulatus, passim plus minusve distincte 
v. obsolete subtricuspidatus, juvenilis indumento stellari rufo dense vestitus, 
adultus supra glabratus, fusco-viridis, subtus pilis floccosis brevibus tomen- 
tum ochraceo-cinnamomeum formantibus vestitus. Costule utrinque 6-7, 
infimae altius productz. Racemi fructigeri 1-14-pedales; flores (asciculati. 
Calyx deciduus. Capsule cum slrato aculeorum setuliformium subglobose, 
ambitu vix distincte obtuse trigonz, 10 mm. latze, 8 mm. longa, ferruginec;, 
similes iis M. barbati, sed paulo minores. (v. s.) 
2* Capsularum aculei molles densi, non stratum continuum formantes, discreti. 
Stamina circ. 50-100. 
19. M. APELTA (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 34. p. 189), limbo foliorum mem- 
branaceo, spicis simplicibus elongat/s densifloris albido-tomentellis, bracteis 
brevibus late ovatis acutis, calyce foem. 4-5-fido, staminibus circ. 100, stig- 
maübus abbreviatis, capsulis 3-4-coccis dense molliter echinatis, aculeis 
tenuibus stellato-floccosis. 5 In China (Lour.! in hb. Mus. paris., hb. Linn.!), 
prope Cantonem (Park n. 31! in hb. DC., Calléry n. 129! Furet n. 123!), in 
Hongkong (Hance, Wright n. A436!). Ricinus Apelta Lour. Flor. cochinch. 
p. 718 (1790). Croton Chinensis Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 24 (1807). Rotlera 
Cantoniensis Spreng. Syst. veg. vol. 3. p. 878. Rottlera Chinensis Adr. Juss. 
Tent. Euphorb. p. 33; Spreng. Syst. veg. vol. 3. p.878; Hook. et Arn. Bot. 
Beech. p. 212; Benth. Flor. hongkong. p. 306. Partes juveniles tomento brevi 
stellari albido dense tectee. Ramuli ultimi incano-subpulverulento-tomentelli , 
dein glabrati, graciles. Stipulze exigua, subulate. Petioli limbum squantes 
v. superantes. Limbus foliorum 6-9 cm. longus, paulo longior quam latus, 
orbiculari-ovatus, acuminatus, basi haud peltata subcordatus v. obtusus v. 
breviter contracto-cuneatus, repando-denticulatus, subtus albido-tomentellus, 
ut et facies interna calycis masculi subtus aureo-glandulosus, sed glandulce 
indumento omnino tecta ; pagina superior mox glabrata. Spica unisexuales. 
Braetec masc. 3-florz, feemineze 1-florz. Calyx masc. aperiens 24 mm. latus, 
apice subdepressus. Loculi antherarum inferne mox divergentes. Capsule 
subsessiles, in spica fructigera cylindrum continuum formantes, absque 
aculeis fere 7 mm. latze, leptodermex. Semina subtuberculata, nitida. (v. s.) 
20. M. RICINOIDES (Müll. Arg. 1. c. P. 187), spicis longissimis subsimplicibus, 
