MUdbrcedia.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 799 



"but in the female plant of MiIdbro;dia paniculata only tlie terminal flower of each 

 cymule is fully developed, the lateral ones being iiborted, the inflorescence then 

 resembling a panicle. 



Leaves 3-7-lobed or sometimes a few on each shoot un- 

 divided ; stamens 10 1. M.klaineaua. 



Leaves all undivided; stamens 15-20 (not known in 

 4, carpinifolia). 

 Young leaves sparingly setulose with simple or sub- 

 simple liairs on the upper surface (sometimes only 

 on the nerves), stellate-i)ubescent below, at length 



glabrous or nearly so ^ 2. M. paniculata. 



Young leaves pubescent with stellate hairs or nearly 

 glabrous above, rather densely and shortly stel- 

 late-pubescent below when mature. 

 Male peduncles 4-6 lin. long ; female peduncles 



2-2i in. long, few-flowered . . . .3, M.fallax. 



Male peduncles 1;J-2| in. long; female peduncles 



about 1 in. long, 1-3-flowered . . . .4. M. carpinifolia. 



1. M. klaineana, Hutchinson. A shrub; young branchlets stel- 

 late-puberulous or tomentellous. Leaves undivided and oblong-elliptic 

 or mostly 2-3- (rarely up to 7-) lobed to near the middle, acutely acumi- 

 nate, cordate at the base, 2-8 in. long, \\-^) in. broad, repand-dentate or 

 denticulate, rigidly membranous, setulose with simple hairs only on the 

 nerves above, shortly stellate-pubescent below, becoming nearly glabrous, 

 slightly glossy and strongly reticulate on the upper surface, duller 

 below, digitately 5-7-nerved from the base, nerves prominent on both 

 surfaces ; transverse nerves very distinct and subparallel ; petiole \-\}i 

 in. long, subterete, pubescent or puberulous ; stipules linear, 3J lin'. 

 long, tomentellous, soon falling off. Male inflorescence slightly supra- 

 axillary towards the apex of the shoots, very slender, up to 10 in. long, 

 puberulous ; bracts linear, 2-3 lin. long, puberulous. Sepals 5, broadly 

 ovate-elliptic, rounded at both ends, \\ lin. long, 1 lin. broad, mem- 

 branous, 1-3-nerved, sparingly stellate-pubescent outside, glabrous 

 within. Petals 5, suborbicular, 1 lin. in diam., glabrous. Disk-glands 

 5, opposite the sepals, rounded, fleshy, glabrous. Stamens 10, in two 

 series, inserted on a hairy receptacle ; filaments \\ lin. long, glabrous ; 

 anthers rounded. Female inflorescences slightly supra-axillary, long- 

 pedunculate, few-flowered, oJ-G J in. long ; rhachis and pedicels stellate- 

 tomentellous ; bracts subulate lanceolate, acute, up to | in. long, shortly 

 pubescent ; cymules about J in. long, about 3-flowered, only the terminal 

 flower developing into fruit; pedicels about li lin. loug. Sepals 

 lanceolate, subacute, about IJ lin. long and J lin. broad, tomentellous 

 outside, glabrous within. Petals ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, li lin. 

 long, 1 lin. broad, striate, glabrous. Disk deeply 5-lobed, glabrous; 

 lobes rounded. Ovary slightly trilobed, densely setose or tomentose ; 

 styles spreading, bi- or tripartite, about J lin. long, glabrous. Capsule 

 deeply trilobed, nearly \ in. across, loculicidal, finely muricate ; styles 

 subpersistent. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, 2J lin. long, mottled, smooth. — 

 Plesiatropha klaineana, Pierre MSS. and Icon. 



