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m our living collections; and we were so much struck with these. qualities, that Mrs. Smythe made a 
coloured drawing of the plant on the spot, which, together with my dried specimens, served as the basis 
of the plate published in the * Bonplandia,’ and also in this work. : 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXII., representing Antiaris Bennettii, Seem.—Fig. 1 and 2, receptacle 
of male flowers ; 3, longitudinal section of the same; 4,a male flower; 5, perigonal leaf; 6, stamens ; 7, ripe 
fruit, cut longitudinally :—all, with exception of Fig. 7, magnified. 
XVII. Caturus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 612, non Linn. Flores dioici. Fl. d in spicas oo- 
floras bracteatas dispositis. Perigonium 3-phyllum. Stamina 3, szestivatione induplicata ; filamenta 
brevissima; antherz ovate, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium abortivum. Stigma 
.2.lamellatum. Fl. 9 in capitulas globosas v. oblongas arcte aggregatis, aliis fertilibus, aliis abortivis. 
Perigonium urceolatum, apice dentatum ovarium includens. Ovarium superum, l-loculare, 1-ovu- 
latum, ovulo pendulo. Stylus 1, terminalis; stigmata 2, filiformia. Fructus drupaceus, Semen 1; 
embryo curvatus, cotyledonibus conduplicatis inzequalibus, radicula supera.—F'rutices arborescentes, 
scandentes, lactiferi, ramis sepius verrucosis, foliis alternis ovatis v. oblongis integerrimis v. dentatis 
penninerviis, stipulis axillaribus 2; floribus axillaribus solitariis binis v. ternis; masculis spicatis, 
femineis capitatis.— Malaisia, Blanco, Flor. Filip. (1837) p. 789; Endl. Gen. n. 1880-1. p. 1376. 
Dumartroya, Gaud. Bonit. t. 97. 
Loureiro's genus Caturus (Caturus of Linneus being a synonym of Acalypha) has been referred by 
Dr. Mueller-Arg. (DC. Prodr. vol. xv. p. 906) to Alchornea amongst Euphorbiaceae. Dr. Mueller exa- 
mined Loureiro's authentie specimen at the British Museum, but it should be added that there are male 
flowers only, and that he was unacquainted with the large synonymy of the plant. The genus is identical 
with Malaisia, of the generic character of which Endlicher, in his first Supplement, p. 1376, has given a 
somewhat incorrect Latin version, and also with Gaudichaud’s * Dumartroya,' of which a plate, but no descrip- 
tion, was published in the ‘ Botany of the Bonite’s Voyage.’ Endlicher ranged the genus amongst the genuine 
Urticeæ, near Elatostema, but Gaudichaud, more correctly, with Antiaridee. Indeed, it is closely allied to 
Antiaris itself. Trécul, in his ‘Monograph,’ has quite overlooked it, though there are several species, 
nine of which are known to me, and more will probably turn up in herbaria and. scattered publications, 
if a proper search, which I have not the time to make just now, is instituted. These species are the fol- 
lowing, viz. :— 
1. C. torulosus, Seem.— M. tortuosa, Blanco, Fl. de Filipinas (1837), p. 789. Nomen vernac. Philip- 
pinense, “ Malaisis," fide Blanco.— Philippine Islands (Cuming! n. 1314; Blanco), where a decoction of 
the plant is given medicinally to women at childbirth. 
2. C. scandens, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 612.—Zrophis scandens, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 214. 
Alchornea scandens, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. p. 906. Malaisia scandens, Planch. in Herb. Hook. 
Cudrania Javanensis, Wight, Icon. t. 1960, non Tréeul. Morus scandens, Hort. Caleut.; Wall. Cat. n. 
4652; foliis obovato-oblongis abrupte acuminatis basi obtusis integerrimis.—Macao and Canton, South 
China (Millet! Hance!), Cochinchina (Loureiro! in Mus. Brit.). 
3. C. fagifolius, Seem.— Dumartroya fagifolia, Gaud. Bonit. tab. 97; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis 
basi cordatis dentatis.— Native country unknown to me. : 
4. C. oblongatus, (sp. nov.) Seem. ; Herb. Mus. Brit.; foliis alternis ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabris 
integerrimis penninerviis, venis primariis utrinque 12-14, supra atro-viridibus, subtus subalbidis; spicis 
d axillaribus solitariis, elongatis.—Tahiti (Capt. Cook! in Mus. Brit.; Bidwill! in Herb. Kew.).—Evi- 
dently an undescribed plant. According to Bidwill's notes, it is a tree twenty feet high, and very rare 
in the mountains behind Papeito, island of Tahiti. ; 
5. C. pelagicus, (sp. nov.) Seem.—From Viti (Seemann, 434 B) and New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray! in 
Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
6. C. Deplanchei, (sp. nov.) Seem.—New Caledonia (Deplanche! n. 103). 
7. O. virescens, Seem.— Malaisia virescens, Planch. mss. in Herb. Hook.—Brisbane, Queensland (Cun- 
ningham !). 
E DIU ER Seem.— Malaisia Cunninghami, Planch. mss. in Herb. Hook.— Brisbane, Queens- 
land (Cunningham! F. Mueller !). ; 
9. C. acuminatus, Seem.—Malaisia acuminata, Planch. mss. in Herb. Hook.— East coast of Australia 
(Backhouse! Oldfield !). 
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