238 MERRILL. 
MACARANGA Thou. 
MACARANGA PORTEANA E. Andr6 in Rev. Hort. 60 (1888) 176, /. 36; 
Hook. f. in Curtiss' Bot. Mag. (1895) t 7^07, 
Croton grandifolium Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 753, ed. 2 (1845) 518, 
non Macaranga grandifolia Muell.-Arg. 
Macaranga mappa F.-Vill. Noviss. App. (1880) 195; Vid. Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) t. 8U, /, I?, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 246; Merr, in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 80, non Muell.-Arg. 
This species is fairly well distributed in Luzon, and seems to be suffi- 
ciently distinct from Macaranga, mappa Muell.-Arg., to which Philippine 
material has been referred by various authors. It was first described by 
Blanco, but his specific name is invalid in Macaranga. 
Endemic. 
MALLOTUS Lour. 
MALLOTUS PAPILLARIS (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Adelia papillaris Blanco FL Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 562 {pappilaris), ed. 
Mallotus zollingeri F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 195, non Muell.-Arg. 
Frutex erectus 2 ad 3 m altus, omnibus partibus densissime 
molliter stellato-puberulis vel stellato-pubescentibus ; foliis op- 
positis, late ovatis vel orbiculari-ovatis, basi late subtruncatis 
vel leviter cordatis, apice acuminatis, margine subintegris vel 
obscure repandis, usque ad 16 cm longis, basi triplinerviis ; 
racemis $ axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 18 cm longis; stami- 
nibus circiter 60; capsulis dense stellato-pubescentibus, proces- 
sibus paucis, mollibus, brevibus instructis. 
An erect shrub 2 to 3 m high, all parts more or less densely 
covered with a pale or somewhat yellowish indumentum com- 
posed of short, stellate hairs. Older branches terete, dark- 
colored, nearly glabrous. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate to 
orbicular-ovate, chartaceous, 5 to 16 cm long, nearly as wide, the 
base broad, subtruncate, sometimes slightly cordate, the apex 
rather abruptly and often sharply acuminate, the margins sub- 
entire or slightly repand, the lower surface with numerous, pale, 
waxy glands scattered through the indumentum, the indumentum 
on the upper surface much less dense than on the lower surface; 
basal nerves three, the lateral pair prominent, reaching to the 
middle of the leaf or above, the primary ones above the basal 
pair about 4 on each side of the midrib, prominent, straight or 
slightly curved, the reticulations distinct, subparallel; petioles 
2.5 to 6 cm long. Staminate inflorescence in the upper axils, 
racemose, solitary, 6 to 18 cm long, densely stellate-pubescent, 
the flowers 5 to 10 in each fascicle, ebracteolate, their pedicels 
