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alte 4-5-lobum, lobis rotundatis. Fructus glaber, ovoideus, 
rugosus, circiter sesquilineam longus. 
SZECHUEN: Hokiang (Faber, 97!) Herb. Kew. 
Characterized by small, narrow, crowded leaves and short, 
dense racemes. 
1. Microdesmis casearimfolia, Planch. in Hook. Ic. Pl. ad 
t. 758 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1041; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. v. p. 380 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 38. 
Kwanetune: various localities (Reeves! Sampson! Ford!) ; 
Haran (A. Henry, 8550!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Tenasserim, Malacea, Perak, Borneo, and Cochinchina. 
[Jatropha Curcas, Linn., an American shrub or small tree, is 
naturalized in South China and Formosa.] 
1. Aleurites cordata, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, i. p. 49; 
Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 724; Bretschn. Early Res. 
pp. 34 et 172, et N. China Herald, Jan. 18, 1881; Flückiger 
§ Hanbury, Pharmacographia, p. 81, in footnote; Gard. Chron. 
Apr. 1, 1871, p. 412; Bull. de la Soc. d'Acclim. 1881, p. 617, et 
1888, p. 174. 
Elzococca cordata, Blume, Bijdr. p. 618; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. 
Jap. i. p. 425. 
Dryandra cordata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 267. 
Dryandra oleifera, Lam. Encycl. ii. p. 329. 
Vernicia montana, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 587. 
Dryandra Vernicia, Correa in Ann. Mus. Par. viii. p. 69, t. 32. 
Eleococea cordata, E. Vernicia, et E. verrucosa, 4. Juss. Euphorb. 
Tent. p. 88, t. 11, et Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 884. 
Aleurites Vernicia, Hassk. in Flora, xxv. Beibl. 2, p. 40. 
Aleurites japonica, Blume ex Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Dat. iv. 
p. 120. 
Aleurites verniciflua, Baill. Hist. de Pl. v. p. 116. 
Cuexiane: Ningpo (Everard! Hancock!); KrawGst: Lushan 
(Maries! Shearer! Bullock!); FokrEN: Amoy (Fortune, 33 ME 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 504!); Huren: Ichang, cultivated 
(A. Henry, 878!) ; Sz&cHvEN: South Wushan (4. Henry, 
5856, 5856 A!) ; Honexone: cultivated (Urquhart! Ford); 
HarwaN (A. Henry, 8639, 8756 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
This is the Tung shu of the Chinese, which yields the Wood- 
Oil (Tung yu) of China, sometimes called Ningpo Varnish. It is 
very extensively used for caulking, painting, and varnishing, and 
for preserving woodwork generally. 
