144 CVIII. EUPHORBIACEJE. [ Macaranga. 
382. MACARANGA, Thou. 
(Mappa, A. pes 
ikes racemes or d pales Male fl.: Perianth globular and closed in 
t in 3 or 4 ee Apis dn o petals or glands 
Stamens inlefnite, usuall numerous, on a central iti without 
into a spath r 3-celled, wit vule in each cell. 
Styles free or MURUS uated at i the base, undivided, eS papillose 
or fringed with processes on the inner surface ' separating into 
uc i 
ee ves alternate, Me yani broad and often large, entire 
toothed or poem often peltate or 3- ore nerved at the insertion of 
e petiole but sometimes peniiveiied ithal lateral nerves. Male | 
flowers clustered along the rhachis or branches of the inflorescence, : 
sessile or very shortly pedicellate, with an entire toothed or 
bract under each cluster. Female flowers in fewer clusters and few in. 
the oleate" or west the bract usually Digor than in the male, and - 
often fringed or ciliate i 
S e Eas : 
part of East India d 8. China, the other T enne is lel = ) 
Mallotus, ripe most species mri in habit, uae some have a different fe wo 
perianth, or 'fewe r stamens, or the ovary reduced to is single sal and ovule, ‘but the only . 
constant be | is that of the det 
Leaves oblong elliptical or lanceolate, teo veter i scarcely 
jare at ehe s. racts very small and e 
orescences including the peduncle Agora 1 "E Oy. not ; 
a 2- ew Am nem 1. M. Dallachy. 
he d ith n a 
Female perianth bbs lanceolate, free . . 2. M. subdentata. ; 
t : 
inute scales. Female dier usually spathaceous 3. M. inamena. 
Tieni mure terea alminerve rel as long as or longer 
wee the rest : and toothe hed or frin 
eaves slig cd peltate. Stir ules belts: Ovary 1- or 2- : 
— oo r . 4, M. involucrat | 
tat l -i 
Lt eep y pe e. _ Stipules es broad. _ Ovary usually 5 5. M. Tamariut- 
1. M. Dallachyi, F. Muell. A shrub variously described as T 
and straggling or tall, glabrous except a small scaly tomentum ere 
inflorescence and young branches. aves elliptical or oblong, 8€" 
minate, penniveined, usually with a few depressed glands on the m 
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