Malloins.'] EuphorHacecB. 67 



5. TSl. fuscescens, Muell. Arg. in Linti. xxxiv. 195 (1865). 

 Rotilera fuscescens, Thw. Enum. 273. Fl. Zeyl. n. 432 (Nelughas), 



Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 978. C. P. 2105. 

 FL B. Ind. V. 441. 



A small tree; young parts glabrous but glandular; 1. 

 3-5 in., opp. or alt., oval or oblong-oval, acute or slightly- 

 rounded at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, entire, glabrous, 

 rather thick; male fl. shortly stalked, minute, crowded in 

 numerous short rufous-pubescent axillary and terminal spikes; 

 fern, on longer ped. in more lax racemes; styles rather long, 

 recurved; capsule \ in., glabrous, but somewhat glandular. 



Moist region to 2000 ft. ; rather common. Galle ; Mawarelle, 

 S. Prov. ; Kalutara ; Ambagamuwa. 



Fl. Feb., March. ; pale green. 



Endemic. 



Hermann's specimens are clearly this, but were not named by Linuceus.. 

 It was also collected by Thunberg. 



Very near to M. rJiamnifolius ; and there is some mixture of these 

 two under C. P. 2105. 



6. in. distans, Muell. Arg. in Linn, xxxiv. 194 (1865). 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 441. 



A shrub; branches scurfily stellate- tomentose; 1. 6-10 in., 

 opp. in distant pairs, ovate or oblong, very variable, long 

 petioled, acuminate, entire or obscurely sinuate, base connate, 

 rounded, or cordate, thin, or the older coriaceous, glabrous 

 above, stellate-tomentose without glands beneath; racemes 

 axillary, male short, fem. few, elongate in fr. ; capsule \ in., 

 unarmed, densely stellate-tomentose, yellow. 



Dry region ; very rare. Trincomalie (Rottlerj. 

 Also in S. India. 



Rottler's specimens are labelled '^Croton distans, Nob.' No one else 

 seems to have collected it in Ceylon. The description is from Fl. B. Ind, 



7. IMC. repandus, Muell, Arg. in Linn, xxxiv. 197 (1865). 



Croton rhombi/olius, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 555 ; Moon, Cat. 65. Rottlera 

 rhoinbifolia, Thw. Enum. 272. C. P. 21 15. 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 442. 



A large shrub or small tree; twigs numerous, slender, 

 finely stellate-pubescent; 1. numerous, alt, 2-4 in., broadly 

 deltoid or rhomboid-ovate, very slightly peltate at base, 

 acuminate, subacute, coarsely dentate-sinuate, with scattered 

 minute stellate scales above, thinly velvety, with pale 

 scattered glands beneath; petiole \\-2 in., stiff, slender, 

 pubescent, thickened at base; stip. minute; male fl. globose 

 in bud, on short stalks, arranged in lax elongated terminal 

 panicles; bracts shorter than ped., acute; per.-segm. acute. 



