496 123. EUPHORBIACEX. 
2. Speranskia tuberculata, Baill. Etude Gén. Euphorb. p. 380. 
Croton tuberculatus, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 60. 
Argyrothamnia tuberculata, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 144, et in 
DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 734; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 263. 
CuruLr: neighboerhood of Peking (Bunge! Williams! 
Bullock !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Mongolia. 
l. Claoxylum indicum, Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Alt. p. 235 ; 
Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 782; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
y. p. 410. 
Claoxylum parviflorum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 212 (excl. 
syn.), et Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 305, non Juss. 
Kwanetune : Lofaushan (Ford!); Honexone (Wilford ! 
Wright! Hance, 1507!); Hatwaw (A. Henry, 8018, 8767 !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Widely spread in India and Malaya. 
1. Mercurialis leiocarpa, Sieb. et Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 
p. 87; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 795; Franch. et Savat. 
Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 425. l 
Hurren: Patung district and other localities (A. Henry, 3714, 
5229!); COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Wilford, 704! 
Oldham, 743!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
1. Acalypha acmophylla, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex (fide Henry), ramis ramulisque elongatis rectis gra- 
cilibus, primum parce puberulis, demum glabrescentibus. Folia 
tenuia, fere membranacea, longe graciliterque petiolata, ovata, 
absque petiolo, 2-4 poll. longa, longissime acuteque acuminata, 
grosse serrato-crenata, utrinque cito glabrescentia, minute cre- 
berrimeque pustulata, triplinervia; petiolus filiformis, usque ad 
2 poll. longus sed sepius brevior. Racemi (vel spice) axillares, 
solitarii, simplices, gracillimi, puberuli, petiolos ssepius paulo 
superantes, bracteolis minutis, prope basin flore solitario 9 
instructi. Flores d minutissimi, fasciculati, glabri, pedicellis 
brevibus hirsutis. Flos 9 intra bracteam oblique cupulatam 
inequaliter obtuse lobulatam subsessilis; perianthii segmenta 
minuta, linearia; ovarium hispidum, stylis multifidis. Capsula 
matura ignota. 
