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busque formato preedita. Flores dioici v. rarius monoici, racemosi v. spicati. Inflorescentiz præ- 
sertim specierum alternifoliarum terminales, szepeque autem evolutione ramulorum summorum axilla- 
rium spurie axillares fractæ.— Echinus, Lour.  Elateriospermum, Bl. Rottlera, Roxb. Hancea, Seem. 
1. M. tilizefolius, Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. p. 969; foliis longe petiolatis palmatinerviis ; racemis 
elongatis; bracteis ¢ sublinearibus elongatis 9 lanceolatis, laciniis calycis 9 lanceolatis; staminibus 
circ. 80-100; ovario 3-4-loculari tomentello ; capsulis parciuscule et breviuscule molliter echinulatis 
fulvo-tomentellis.— Croton tiliefolius, B. aromaticus, Lam. Encycl. vol. ii. p. 206 (non C. aromaticus, 
Linn.). Rotétlera tiliefolia, Bl. Bijdr. p. 607, non Decne. R. acuminata, Adr. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 
p. 33 (non Adisca acuminata, Bl.) ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. vol. i. pars ii. p. 395. Rottlera Blumei, 
Dene. Herb. Timor. in Nouv. Annal. Mus. Paris, vol. iii. p. 486. —Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 407 ; 
Milne!). Also collected in Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !) and Isle of Pines (M*Gillivray !). Dispersed 
over China, New Ireland (Barclay !), Java, the Moluccas, and Ceylon, 
XI. Cleidon, Bl. Bijdr. p. 612; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. p. 983.. Calyx d valvaris, 
9 imbricativus. Petala utriusque sexus 0. Discus utriusque sexus suppressus aut foemineus evo- 
lutus. Stamina in receptaculo conico inserta; verticilli accurate inter se alternantes, unde anthere 
in series verticales (ob connectiva aliter colorata) distinctissimas dispositee, Antherz juniores dorso 
circa medium oblique peltatim filamento inserte, intus loculos 4, utroque latere 2, distinctos, dein 
circa punctum insertioni oppositum subcruciatim aperientes et confluentes gerentes; dissepimenta 
loculorum persistentia. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Ovarii loculi 2-3, 1-ovulati, ante lacinias calycis 3- 
partiti siti, 1 anterior, bracteam spectans, v. in ovario 2-loculari laterales ante lacinias calycis (si 
calyx 4-partitus) exteriores siti. Fructus capsularis. Semina ecarunculata. Cotyledones ample, 
quam radicula multo longiores.—Frutices. Folia alterna, subulato-2-stipulata, varie petiolata, pen- 
ninervia, denticulata, subtus prope basin suburceolato-2-6-glandulosa. Indumentum partium sim- 
plex, parcum. Flores in iisdem ramis tantum unius sexus v. rarissime 2-sexuales. Flores aut inflo- 
rescentie axillares. Flores 9 in rhachi gracili recta, vulgo simpliciter laxe racemosi v. etiam in 
axilla foliorum solitarii et longe pedicellati, f interrupte glomerato-spicati v. fasciculato-racemosi v. 
paniculati. 
Besides the species enumerated below, there are three species of this genus in tropical Polynesia, viz. 
1. C. spathulatum, Baill. ; 2. C. verticillatum, Baill. ; and 3. C. claozyloides, Müll. Arg., all from New Caledonia. 
1. C, Vieillardi, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 985; floribus ¢ fasciculato-racemosis, 9 elon- 
gato-racemosis v. depauperato-paniculatis; inflorescentiis inferne longe nudis; filamentis basi non 
dilatatis; ovario pubescente; stylis basi breviter connatis ultra medium 2-fidis papillosis ; capsulis 
tridymis pachydermeis. 
—. Var. Vitiensis, Müll. l.c. p. 986; foliis spathulato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi angustata subbi- 
auriculato-retusis submembranaceis serratis glabris; racemis 9 gracillimis depauperatis 1—3-floris; 
ovario parcissime puberulo.—Macaranga leptostachya, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 1007.—Ovalau 
(Vieillard, n. 33, in Herb. Lenorm.; Harvey!; Seemann! n. 388). 
XII. Macaranga, Pet. Thours. Gen. Madag. p. 26, n. 88; Müll. Arg. in DC. 1. c. p. 987. Calyx 
d valvaris, 9 imbricativus. Petala utriusque sexus 0. Discus utriusque sexus 0. Stamina cen- 
tralia, in receptaculo convexo v. plano-convexo sita. Antheræ non regulariter in series verticales 
dispositæ, dorso subpeltatim fixe, 3—4-loculares ; connectivum incompletum, loculis brevius. Rudi- 
mentum ovarii 0; Ovarii loculi l-ovulati. Fructus capsularis. Semina non carunculata, albumi- 
nosa. Cotyledones late, radicula multo longiores.— Plante semper lignose. Folia vulgo alterna, 
