452 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACER. (J.D. Hooker.) [Macaranga. 
of nerves on the midlobe, cross-nervules slender ; petiole 12 in., stout, soft, terete, 
swollen at the fleshy base which is much contracted when dry ; stipules on the stem 
free, 1 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed, and with the margins recurved, 
Capsules shortly pedicelled, forming a head 1} in. diam., at the end of a very ston 
smooth axillary peduncle 1-1} in. long; each capsule j in. diam., very obscure y 
tubercled and with 2 glandular patches on each carpel; styles persistent, ¢ 1. long, 
pericarp very thin. Seeds subglobose, compressed laterally towards the hilum, pale 
brown, opaque, nearly smooth ; testa thin, crustaceous.—A very remarkable species. 
19. M. Griffithiana, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 993; quite 
glabrous except the panicles, leayes broadly peltate palmatinerved orbicular 
or obovate from a rounded base quite glabrous subglaucous beneath shortly 
3-lobed above the middle, lobes triangular acute, male panicles long. 
peduncled, floral bracts short concave cuspidate entire or obscurely toothe 
rusty tomentose, sepals tomentose and glandular, stamens 3—4, fem. panicles 
shorter flowers 3-nate, styles short stout connate into a short tumid crown. 
Mappa triloba, Muell. Arg. in Flora 1864, 466. 
Matacca, Griffith. PERAK, Scortechini ; Goping, King’s Collector. 
A medium-sized tree in Perak; branches smooth, terete, fistular, glauco 
glabrous to the tips. Leaves 6-10 by 5-9 in., usually narrowed at the rounce 
eglandular base, thinly coriaceous, yellowish when dry, smooth on both surface 
above obscurely glandular, beneath with 6-7 pairs of nerves above the basal p» 
faint cross-nervules, Jobes suberect, entire or remotely denticulate, sinus rouu he 
Male panicles 6-10 in. ; peduncle and branches glabrous or tomentose ; bracts rdi ds 
axils } in., lanceolate, caducous ; floral bracts closely imbricating, forming ovoid hen h 
iin. long; flowers y in. diam. ; sepals orbicular, glandular. Fem. panicles mus 
stouter, more tomentose, with the flowers usually at the ends of the branches "he 
sessile; calyx cupular 3-lobed, ovary 3-5 celled, carpels glandular towards 
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base; styles thick, subulate, erect or recurved, forming a tumid crown to th 
ovary. 
20. M. triloba, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 989; leaves large 
deeply peltate palmatinerved 3-lobed from a broad rounded base glandu " 
toothed, lobes oblong-ovate acuminate lateral ascending midlobe longee» 
retienlate above beneath obscurely glandular and puberulous on the ne 
male panicles subsessile, bracts small concave, fem. fl. few capitate or te 
short axillary very stout peduncle, ovary 5-celled, styles 5 short erect aou t 
combined below into a tumid crown, capsule depressed, cocci produce M 
the back into blunt cones. Pachystemon trilobus, Blume Bijd. 626 ; Wig 
Te. t. 1949, f. 5; Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. t. 20, f. 38-41 ; Muell. Arg. 
in Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genev, xvii. ii. 454 with analysis. Ricinu 
trilobus, Reinw. in Blume Cat. 108.— Wall. Cat. 7809. 
PrNawG, Wallich. Perak and Gornona, Scortechini, King's Collector. 
SINGAPORE, Cantley.—DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. . sther 
Branches as thick as the little finger, terete, smooth. Leaves 8-12 in. el the 
way, or narrower than broad, margin rather waved, glands large terminating obe 
short teeth, above opaque not smooth, beneath brownish, nearly glabrous; m'i les 
with often 16-20 pairs of nerves; petiole 6 in., stout, terete, puberulous ; SO Ped 
much broader than long, recurved or revolute. Male panicles stoutly pedune als 
branches tomentose; flowering bracts i in. long; flowers 5 in. diam. ; Ale; 
obcuneate, papillose. Fem. peduncle 1} in., with the scar of a bract at the m! tose ; 
flowers 6-10, quite sessile (bracts all fallen away); calyx 4-lobed, tomas ^ 
ovary tomentose at the base, above it covered with yellow waxy glands. Ce 
7 . . it 
(unripe) j in. diam., crown nearly flat.—I have seen only two leaves and young fru 
of this fine species. 
21. M. Hullettii, King in Herb. Calcutt. ; glabrous, leaves oblong- 9* 
