MALLOTUS. EUPH. ACALYPHE/E (aucr. MULLER). 965 
s, 10-15 cm. latus, late triangulari-ovatus, elobatus, acuminatus, basi 
epeltata subcordatus v. contracto-acutiusculus, margine integer, supra mox 
glabratus, subtus demum laxius tomentoso-pubescens. Racemi utriusque 
sexus terminales, dense ferrugineo-tomentosi. Flores masc. preter numerum 
staminum ut in M. albo. Capsule fere ut in M. paniculato, sed indumento 
multo longiore, aculeis mollibus autem multo brevioribus, longioribus tamen 
quam in M. albo, diverse. — Species ab his ambabus et a M. oreophilo ceete- 
rum numero staminum differt. Habitus nonnihil ad M. barbatum accedit. 
(v. s.) 
23. M. ALBUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnea l. c.), inflorescentiis terminalibus pani- 
culato-spicitormibus ferrugineo-tomentellis, bracteis triangulari-ovatis parvis, 
calyce foem. incaqualiter 4-5-partito laciniis ovatis et lanceolatis basi altius 
connatis, staminibus circ. 80, ovario 4-loculari dense ferrugineo-stellato- 
tomentello demum molliter echinato-tuberculato, tuberculis stellato-floccosis, 
stigmatibus circiter triplo longioribus quam latis valide papillosis, capsulis 
breviter et sparse tuberculato-echinatis, seminibus ellipsoideis levissime 
tuberculatis. PEE Indie orientalis prov. Silhet (Roxb., Wall. n. 7812 A-F'!, 
1818 B! C! E!, 7820 pr. p.!), in montibus Khasiz (Griffith! Hook et Thoms.!), 
in Maysor et Cornatic (G. Thoms.! Metz edit. Hohenack. n. 638!), in Shya- 
dree (Dalz.! in hb. Hook.), in Fulo-Penang (ex hort. calcutt.), deinque in 1n- 
sulà Ceylonia (Walker! Thwaites n. 2118!), in Sumatra (Jack) et in Borneo 
(Motley n. 5301 in hb. Hook.). Rottlera alba Roxb. Flor. ind. vol. 3. p. 829; 
Jack Mal. Miscell. vol. 1. part. 1. p. 26; Hook. Bot. Misc. 1l. p. 290; Miq. 
Flor. Ind. bat. Suppl. 1. p. 453. R. tetracocca Roxb. Flor. ind. vol. 3. p. 826; 
Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. p. 272. R. mappoides Dalz. in Hook Journ. of Bot. 
1851. p. 122 et in Bombay Flora p. 230. HR. paniculata "Wall. Cat. n. 7812 
(nomen). Ramuli juniores cum petiolis utraque pagina foliorum et inflores- 
centiis pilis stellatis abbreviatis ferrugineis densissime tecti, demum cum 
agina superiore foliorum glabrati. Limbus foliorum longe petiolatus, 7-20 cm. 
ongus et fere totidem latus, late triangulari-ovatus, breviter acuminatus, 
basi brevissime contracto-acutatus, leviuscule peltatus v. epeltatus et supra 
ibidem biglandulosus, subinteger v. repando-denticulatus v. simul superne 
utrinque unilobatus, subtus dense et breviter stellato-tomentellus et ferrugi- 
neo-albicans, supra opacu$; pars basilaris retrorsum infra petioli insertionem 
peltato-producta $-5 mm. lata v. etiam indistincta. Inflorescentie ampla. 
Bractez basi incrassatze, mascule 3-5-florcze, foeminece 1-florcze. Capsule 9 mm. 
late, subsessiles, tetracocca, tuberculis oblongatis densissime ferrugineo- 
stellato-tomentosis breviter armatce. Semina 5 mm. longa, nitidula. (v. s.) 
O 24. M. PANICULATUS (Müll. Arg. I. c. p. 189), spicis paniculato-ramosis am- 
plis micranthis, bracteis triangularibus acutis brevibus, calyce pilis stellatis 
ferrugineo-tomentello, calycis fcem. irregulariter 3-4-partiti laciniis ovatis et 
lanceolatis, staminibus circ. 50, ovario pilis stellatis dense ferrugineo-tomen- 
tello et molliter echinulato-tuberculato, stigmatibus circiter 3-4-plo longiori- 
bus quam latis, capsulis parciuscule et longiuscule molliter echinatis, semi- 
nibus globosis. 4 In insula Java (Bl.! in hb. lugd. bat., Zolling. n. 831! 963! 
Reinw.! in hb. holm.), in Borneo (Motley n. 529! in hb. Hook.), in Sumatra 
(Korth.! in hb. lugd. bat), Singapore (Wall. n. 7818 A! Dl, Unit. St. 
explor. exped.) Tavoy (Wall), Tenasserim (Griff. n. 4756, in China 
(Champion), in Hongkong vulgaris (Seemann! Willford n. 79! in hb. Hook.). 
Croton paniculatus Lam. Encycl. vol. 2. p. 207 (1786) ; Willd. Spec. pl. vol. 4. 
p. 541. Mallotus Chinensis Lour. Flor. cochinch. ed. Willd. 2. p. 780. Echinus 
trisulcus Lour. Flor. cochinch. p. 778 (exclus. syn. Rumph.). Mappa Cochin- 
chinensis Spreng. Syst. veg. vol. 3. p. 878. Trewia tricuspidata Willd. Spec. 
pl. vol. 4. p. 834. Rottlera paniculata Adr. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. p. 33; Bl. 
Bijdrag. p. 607; Decaisne Herb. timor. in Nouv. Annal. Mus. paris. vol. 3. 
p. 487; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 212; heichenb. f. et Zolling. Over 
Soort. van Rott'era p. 14, et in Linnza, vol. 28. p. 315; Miq. Flor. Ind. bat. 
vol. 1. part. 2. p. 395 ; Benth. Flor. Hongkong. p. 307. Ramuli vulgo unisexua- 
les. Folia longe petiolata. Limbus foliorum rhombeo-ovatus, acute cuspidatus. 
interdum lobato-tricuspidatus, basi abrupte acutatus et epeltatus, basi biglan- 
dulosus, margine subinteger, subtus densissime et breviter stellato-tomen- 
