Macaranga.] cx) *. kuPHoRBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 449 
of stout nerves; petiole 4-7 in.; stipules broad. Male panicles longer than the 
leaves ; bracts 4—4 in. long, broadly ovate, finely rusty-tomentose ; flowers 3, in. diam. ; 
sepals 3, membre ‘ous, papiliose; filament stout; anther 4-locellate. Fem. panicles 
shorter ; calyx cupular, toothed; ovary glabrous; styles subulate. Capsule } in. 
diam., rather depressed. Seeds imy€-ssed-punctate.— Mueller describes the fem. fl. 
as sometimes dianarous, no doubt ajbOV'ersight for the male. Ihave not seen the 
stipules, which are deciduous in my sel aens, 
mal 
ll. M. megalophylls, JM "4. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 995; 
branches petioles leaves beneath imd panicles densely rusty pubescent or 
tomentose, leaves very large and có.iaceous broadly peltate orbicular-ovate 
obtusely 3-lobed rugose and reticulately nerved beneath, lobes short rounded or 
obsolete, male and fem. panicles much branched peduncled, floral bracts of 
male broad pectinately toothed, stamens 1-3, ovary 2-celled, styles very short 
united at the base, capsules didymous glandular. M. rugosa, Muell. l. c. 
Mappa megalophylla & rugosa, Muell. Arg. in Flora 1864, 467. Tragia 
rugosa, Wall. Cat. 7807. 
Matacca, Griffith. PERAK, at Goping, King's Collector.—D18TRIB. Borneo. 
A tree, 40 ft. in Goping; branches woody but with large pith, puberulous. 
Leaves 12-18 in. long, above pubescent when young, when old glabrous except the 
Dérves, truncate or cordate at the eglandular base above, beneath dark brown with 
pairs of strong nerves cross-nervules and close deep reticulations concealing the 
glands; lobes entire, toothed or sinuately lobulate; petiole 1-2 ft., hoary, very stout ; 
Stipules very large, oblong, erect. Male panicles 6-10 in., braaches rather slender ; 
floral bracts à in., rhomboid, eglandular; flowers jj in. diam., tomentose ; sepals 
3, ovate; stamens short; anthers 4-locellate. Fem. panicles broad; sepals 4. 
Capsules X in. diam. ; cocci globose, crustaceous, puberulous, and glandular, Seeds 
subcompressed globose, testa uneven thick.— Probably this does not differ from the 
- gigantea, Muell., of Sumatra. 
12. M. Maingayi, Hook. f.; branches glaucous and petioles and 
main branches of panicles glabrous, leaves broadly peltate very coriaceous 
rounded or broader than long in outline 3-lobed to or above the middle 
neath rusty-tomentose and closely deeply reticulate, lobes short divergent 
acuminate, male panicles subsessile much branched, floral bracts brown- 
tomentose broadly ovate acuminate deeply serrate, sepals 2-4 concave 
ensely tomentose, stamens 2. 
Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1891). PERAK, King's Collector, —— 
d E tree, 30-40 ft. in Perak ; branches glabrous to the tips. Leaves 5-7 in. diam., 
the brown when dry and glabrous, when young rustily hoary above and eglandular at 
à € rounded concave base; lobes broad, entire or obscurely toothed, beneath finely 
ensely tomentose on the nerves and nervules which are so close that the glands are 
obliterated ; petiole 3-4 in.; stipules very broad, membranous, spreading, not 
recurved, deciduous. Male panicles 6 in. long and almost as broad, branches 
*"Preading and rachis slender; floral bracts 44j—1 in. long, 9-6.fld., those at the axils 
on . . j z . . 
t ger more acute entire; flowers gy in. diam. ; sepals rounded, glandular aud 
Omentose, 
13. M. Hosei, King in Herb Caleutt.; branches glaucous and petioles 
and branches of panicle glabrous, leaves peltate or deeply cordate at the 
ase coriaceous broader than long 3-lobed to or below the middle puberulous 
eneath and hairy on the nerves, lobes broad divergent cuspidate, male 
Panicle very long-peduncled, bracts tomentose pectinately-toothed, fem. 
very db much Shorter, bracts entire, ovary 1-2-celled waxy glabrous, styles 
Malacca, Grigith. Purax, King's Collector, Scortechini. - 
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