EtJPHORBIACEAE. — MALLOTUS 525 



streams, May 1907 (No. 1990; shrub about 1 m. high); roadsides, 



May 1907 (No. 1991); June 1907 (No. 1992); September 1907 (No. 

 1992). 



MALLOTUS Lour. 



XXXIV 



XXVI 



De Candolle, Prodr. XV. pt. 2, 963 (1866). — Hance in Jour. Linn. 



Soc. XIII, 122 (1873). 



(1894). 



Ricinus Apdla Loureiro, Ft Cochin. b^5 (1790). 



Croton chinensis Geiseler, Croton Monogr. 24 (1807). 



Rotilera canioniensis Sprengel, Syst. III. 878 (1828). — Hooker & Araott, BoL 



Voy. Beechey, 212 (1836). — Bentham, Fl. Hmigk. 306 (1861). 

 Malloltis Paxii Pampanini in Nuov.Giom, Bot. ItaLn. ser. XVII. 414 (1910). 



Kiangsi : Ruling, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., July 1907 (Nos. 1644, 

 1645; bush 1.5-3 m.). Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, sides of 

 streams, alt. 300-800 m., May 1907 (No. 3283; bush 3 m.); Fang 

 Hsien, roadsides, alt. 1000 m., June and September 1907 (Nos. 3284, 

 3287; bush 2-3 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 June and September 1907 (Nos. 3285, 3286; bush 2-3 m.). 



This is a very common shrub particularly in warm rocky valleys and on cliffs. 

 The leaves vary considerably in size and shape and the inflorescence varies much in 

 length. These differences depend largely upon the vigor of the shoots. 



4 E.H.W. 



Mallotus tenuifolius Pax in BoL Jahrh. XXIX. 429 (1900). — Pam- 

 panini in Nuov.Giarn, Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 104 (1910); XVIII. 172 

 (1911). 



Mallotus japonicus Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc, XXVI. 440 (pro parte, non 

 Muller Arg.) (1894). — Pax in BoL Jahrh. XXIX. 428 (1900). — Uveill6, 

 Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 165 (1914). 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, roadside thickets, alt. 600- 



1000 m., June and September 1907 (No. 3289; bush 4 m.) ; Changyang 



Hsien, thickets, alt. 300-1000 m., May, June and July 1907 (Nos. 3291, 



3292, 3292*; bush, 2-3 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000 m., 



June 1907 (No. 3293; bush 2-3 m.); FangHsien, thickets, alt. 1000 m., 



June 4, 1907 (No. 3290; slender fiat-topped tree 5 m. tall); " Ma-pan- 



Bcian," alt. 1000 m.. May 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1302). Eastern 



Szech'uan : Wushan Hsien south, A. Henry (No. 5742*^). Western 



Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5169; bush 

 3 m.). 



