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of upwards of forty species, is spread over Tropical Asia and Africa, and there are three 

 or four apparently endemic species in North-eastern Australia. An imperfect specimen of 

 what may be a second specimen of this genus was collected in Arrou. 



Acalypha grandis, Benth. 



Acahjpha grandis, Benth. in Hook. LonJ. Journ. Bot., 1843, p. 232; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 224; 

 MM. Arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, p. SOG. 



Ki. — This tree seems to be common in the Archipelago and Polynesia, but it does not 

 extend to Australia. There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium from the Philippines, the 

 Gilbert, Ellice, Fiji, and Navigator's groups ; also from the Admiralty Islands and New 

 Hebrides. Acalypha is a genus of upwards of 200 species, generally dispersed in warm 

 countries. 



Acalypha pancheriana, Baill. ? 



Acahjpha pancheriana, Baill.? Adansonia, ii. p. 225; DC., Prodr., xv. 2, p. 808. 



Ki. — It is very doubtful whether this is the same as the original New Caledonian 

 plant. Whatever it may be, the same species was also collected by Mr Moseley in Api, 

 New Hebrides. 



Acalypha indica, Linn. 



Acahjpha indica, Linn., Herb. Timor. Descr., p. 160 ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, p. 404 ; Mull. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, p. 868. 



Arrou ; Timor Laut ; Moa. — An annual, common in India, China, and the Loo Choo 

 Islands, southward to Timor, but not known to extend to Australia or Polynesia. It is 

 also in Tropical Africa, the Mauritius, and the Seychelles. 



Mallotus ricinoides, Midi. Arg. 



Mallotus ricinoides, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, p. 963; Bentli., Fl. Austr., vi. p. 139. 

 Eottlera zippelii, Hassk., et Eottlera peUata, Miq., excl. syn. in Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 2, pp. 394 et 395. 



Ki. — A tree ranging from the Philippines and China to the Moluccas and North- 

 eastern Australia. As now usually circumscribed, Mallotus consists of about seventy 

 species, spread over the warmer regions of the Old World, but least numerous in Africa. 



Mallotus philippinensis, Mull. Arg. 



Mallotus philippinensis, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, p. 980 ; Benth., FL Austr., vi. p. 141. 

 Eottlera tinctoria, Roxb., PI. Corom., ii. p. 36, t. 168. 



Lktti. — A common tree throughout Tropical India and China, southward to Australia, 

 but apparently not in Polynesia, where it is replaced by Mallotus tilicefolius. 



