NOTES ON PHILIPPINE EUPHORBIACEAE. 401 
MALLOTUS MOLUCCANUS (L.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 958, 
DC. Prodr. 15* (1866) 958. 
Croton moluccanus L. Sp. PL (1753) 1005. 
This species is very common in the Philippines, extending from northern 
Luzon to southern Mindanao, being one of the characteristic trees of the 
settled areas, second growth woodlands, etc. Its known extra-Philippine 
range is from Formosa southward through the Malay Archipelago lo 
Sumatra, and New Guinea, with a variety in the Marianne Islands. 
There is some doubt as to the type of the species, for Linnaeus in the 
original description of the species cites first FL zeyl. 5^6, and second 
Burnt, zeyl. 170, giving the range of the species as Ceylon and the Mo- 
luccas. Now the species does not occur in Ceylon, and Trimen " states that 
the specimens in Hermann's herbarium to which Linnaeus had access are 
only leaves and almost certainly belong to Givotia rottleriformis GrifF. 
MuelL-Arg.," however, indicates that he has seen the specimen in the 
Linnean herbarium and cites it with certainty as being Mallotus moluc^ 
canus; there is no indication, however, that the specimen in Linnaeus* her- 
barium is the type. Unless the reference to Burmann is in part Mallotus 
moluccanus, then it would seem that the specific name would have to be 
transferred to Givotia, and a new one adopted to designate the plant that 
is usually known as Mallotv^ moluccanus Muell.-Arg. 
Our Philippine material is somewhat variable, and most of the speci- 
mens have very densely tomentose capsules; a form from Mindanao has 
capsules glabrous or nearly so, and is indicated as follows: 
Var. PENDULUS var. nov. 
Inflorescentiis quam in typo longioribus, pendulis, usque ad 
60 cm longis, capsulis glabris vel subglabris, baud dense to- 
mentosis. 
Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Veruela, Weber 1104, July 3, 1911: 
District of Zamboanga, Basagan River, Merrill 8305, November, 1911: 
District of Cotabato, Bur, Sci. 11552 Robinson, June, 1910- 
MALLOTUS RAMOSII sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 4 m alta, inflorescentiis parcissime 
hirsutis exceptis glabra; foliis altemis, chartaceis, ellipticis vel 
ovato-ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm longis, eglandulosis, penninerviis, 
basi rotundatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, margine crenato-ser- 
ratis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, distinctis; inflorescentiis $ axil- 
laribus, spicatis, 12 ad 20 cm longis, floribus numerosis, ad nodos 
fasciculatis. 
A small tree, glabrous except the very slightly hirsute in- 
florescence, about 4 m high. Branches grayish, terete, glabrous. 
Leaves alternate, chartaceous, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, sometimes 
"FL Ceyl. 4 (1898) 51. "DC. Prodr. 15* (1862) 958. 
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