133] Euphorbiaceae. 143 



Mücaranga ovalifolia Kidl. 1. c. p. U.S. — Dutch New Guinea. 



M. grandifolia Turrill in Journ. Linn. Snc. London XLIII (1015) p. 38. — 



Xanda rivatu (im Tluirn n. 134). 

 M. (§ Caladiifoliae) insignis Merr. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. ('. Bot. XI (1916) 



p. 65». Sarawak (Native coUeetor n. 169. 171. 1156. 1509). 

 M. (§ InermesJ Robinsonii Merr. 1. c. p. 284. — Amboina (Robinson n. 1721). 

 Megalostylis S. I\"oore gen. nov. in Journ. of Bot. LIV (1916) p. 250. 



E subtribu Pluckenetieariim. This genvis differs froni Pluckenetia 



in tlie involufi'ate inflorescences, tlie trimerous male flowers witli few 



stamens on a slender column, didymous not tetradymous antliers and 



the entire style. Angostylis, witli a trimerous calyx to its male flowers 



and didjanous anthers, has exinvolucrate flowers, the males witli 



numerous stamens, tlie females witli a well-developed stigma. 

 M. Poeppigii S. oore 1. c. p. 250. — Peru or Brazil (Poeppig sine iio.). 

 Moultonianthus Merr. gen. nov. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. C. Bot. XI (1916) 



p. 70. 



A very characteristic genus and species. dedicated to J. ('. 



Moulton Esq., director of the Sarawak Museum. The genus is probably 



best placed in the Clutieae-Cliitiinae near Trigonostemon and Schizo- 



stigma. The only other genus placed here that has its anthers in two 



verticels is Trigonoplciira, but Trigonopleura and Moultonianthus are 



entirely dissimilar and not closely allied. 

 M. borneensis Merr. 1. c. p. 70. — Sarawak (Xative collector n. 412. 464. 



510. 563). 

 Omphalea (§ Penninerviae) malayana Merr. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. C. Bot. 



XI (1916) p. 71. - Sarawak (Hose n. 44, Xative collector n. 405); 



Luzon (Valderrama in For. Bur. n. 21 116, Escritor Bur. Sei. n. 21 130). 

 Ostodes fauciflorus Merr. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. C. Bot. XI (1916) p. 72. — 



Sarawak (Hose n. 244). 

 Pedilanthus tehuacanas Brandeg. in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. VI (1914) p. 55. — 



Mexiko (Purpus n. 7065). 

 P. campester Brandeg. 1. c. p. 56. — Mexiko (Purpus n. 6885). 

 Phyllanthns Purpusii Brandeg. in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. VI (1914) p. 55. — 



Mexiko (Purpus n. 6960). 

 Pimeleodendron acuminatum Merr. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. C. Bot. XI (1916) 



p. 74. — Sarawak (Hose n. 240). 

 Poranthera triandra Black in Trans, a. Proc. E. Soe. S. Austr. XL (1916) p. 66. 



pl.Vll. — Süd-Australien. 

 Scortechinia arborea (Elm.) Merr. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. (\ Bot. XI (1916) 



p. 75 (= Alcliornea arborea VAu\. = Alcinaeantluis arboreus Pax et 



K. Hoffm. = A. pliilippinensis Merr.). 

 5c. parvifolia (Merr.) Merr. 1. c. p. 76 (= Alcinaeanthus parvifolius Merr.). — 



Philippines. 

 Stillingia propria Brandeg. in Univ. Calif. Pub]. Bot. Vi (1915) p. 185. — 



(hiapas (Purpus n. 7343). 

 Trigonopleura borneensis Merr. in Philipp. Journ. Sei. C. Bot. XI ( 1916) p. 76. — 



Sarawak (Hose n. 676). 

 T. dubia (Elm.) Merr. 1. c. p. 77 (= Alsodeia dubia Elm. = Trigonopleura 



philippinensis ]\Ierr.). — Mindanao (Fllmer n. 13 956); Sainar (Ranios 



in Bur. Sei. n. 17 457); Leyte (Wenzel n. 709. 854. 935). 



