123. EUPHORBIACE®. 443 
longus, basi atque apice leviter incrassatus ; stipule parv, 
acuminate, citissimo deciduæ. Panicule dense, axillares, quam 
petioli breviores, bracteis bracteolisque minutis. Flores d 
sessiles, conferti; perianthium ante anthesin globosum, vix semi- 
lineam diametro, ferrugineo-tomentosum, per anthesin valvatim 
2-3-partitum, lobis fere hemisph:ericis ; stamina circiter 10. 
Flores 9 ignoti. Capsula tenuis, didyma, primum glanduloso- 
papillosa, demum nuda, lobis ovoideis circiter 2 lineas longis; 
semina spheroidea, testa crustacea. 
Harxaw (4. Henry, 19! B. C. Henry, 10!). Herb. Kew. 
Very similar in foliage to M. indica, Wight, but wanting the 
long petioles, large stipules, glaucous hue of the branches, zig- 
zag branching of the inflorescence, and large glandular bracts. 
2. Macaranga Sampsoni, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1871, p. 134. 
Kwanatune: in a wood near the road above the monastery of 
Tingushan (Sampson!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
3. Macaranga sinensis, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, 
p. 1001. 
Mappa sinensis, Baill. Etude Gén. Euphorb. p. 430. 
Cursa (Calléry, n. 9, in hb. Paris, ex Mueller). 
4. Macaranga Tanarius, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, 
p. 997; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 447. 
Mappa Tanaria, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 878; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 304. 
Mappa tomentosa, Blume, Bijdr. p. 624. 
Formosa (Oldham, 4741); Kwanerune (Swinhoe!) ; Hoxa- 
KONG (Wright! Hance, 5197!) ; Lucnv ARCHIPELAGO (Wright !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Malay peninsula and archipelago. 
1. Ricinus communis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1007 ; Muell. 
Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1017; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 
p. 457; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 307 ; Bretschn. Early Hes. p. 173. 
Ricinus inermis, Mill., var. manchuriensis, Daniell, in Journ. $ Trans. 
Pharm. Soc. Lond. 2nd series, vol. iii. p. 15. 
Curna: cultivated and more or less naturalized in the southern 
provinces. Supposed to be a native of Africa. 
1. Homonoia riparia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 637 ; Muell. Arg. 
in DO. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1023; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 455. 
