102 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
in Safford’s work, but simply appears under Rumpf’s name Arbor excoecans 
with the additional statement: “Dioica triandra tricocca.” 
° GLOCHIDION Forster 
be GLOCHIDION MARIANUM Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 65; Safford 
Tse eer + 
Big was > 
SE a ae 
a 283. 
: Phyllanthus gaudichaudii Muell.-Arg. var marianus Muell.-Arg. in DC. 
& Prodr. 15° (1866) 300. 
McGregor 459, 447, G. E. S. 35, 480, locally known as chosga. 
Originally described from specimens collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, 
reported also from Tonga by Mueller, with a variety from Samoa. 
JATROPHA Linnaeus 
JATROPHA CURCAS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 1006; Safford 301, pl. 55. 
RS McGregor 531. 
A native of tropical America, now in all tropical countries. 
JATROPHA MULTIFIDA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 1006; Safford 301. 
G. E. S. 282, locally known as Santa Ana. 
Distribution of the preceding. 
MACARANGA Thouars 
: MACARANGA THOMPSONI! sp. nov. § Dimorphanthera. 
= Frutex vel arbor, partibus vetustioribus glabra vel subglabra; 
= ramulis teretibus, laevis, circiter 1 cm diametro, partibus ju- 
nioribus adpresse villosis; foliis alternis, late rotundato-ob- 
ey, ovatis ad suborbicularibus, usque ad 20 cm diametro, integris, 
apice brevissime abrupte acuminatis, basi late rotundatis vel 
a subtruncatis, alte peltatis, palmatim 9- vel 10-nerviis, supra 
glabris, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, glandulosis; inflorescentiis 
é axillaribus, paniculatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, ebracteatis, 
pubescentibus; floribus numerosis, glomeratis, sessilibus vel 
subsessilibus, staminibus circiter 5. 
A shrub or small tree, in age nearly glabrous. Branchlets 
2 terete, smooth, glabrous, reddish-brown, about 1 cm in diameter, 
marked with prominent petiolar scars and the scars of fallen 
stipules, about 5 mm apart, the tips rather densely appressed- 
a pubescent. Leaves more or less crowded at the ends of the 
a: branchlets, alternate, broadly peltate, subcoriaceous, broadly 
obovate to suborbicular, 15 to 20 cm in diameter, entire, the 
apex shortly and abruptly acuminate, the base broadly rounded 
to subtruncate, palmately 9- or 10-nerved, the nerves prominent, 
the lateral nerves above the basal pair about 6 on each side of 
the midrib, the primary reticulations prominent, subparallel, 
the upper surface smooth, glabrous, shining, somewhat oliva- 
ceous-brown when dry, thé lower surface much paler, with 
