166 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 188; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 964. — Frutex vel arbor 

 parva; ramuli crassiusculi, breviter stellato-puberuli. Folia alterna; petiolus S — 15 cm 

 longus, ochraceo-puberulus ; limbus 9 — 20 cm longus et fere totidem latus, orbiculari- 

 ovatus vel rhombeo- vel triangulari-ovatus, acuminatus, indivisus vel rarius subtrilobus, 

 lobis brevibus, integer vel parce repando-denticulatus, basi truncato- obtusus vel breviter 

 cordatus, angustissime peltatus, membranaceus, 3-nervius, supra glaber, subtus pilis 

 stellatis dh dense vestitus, albidus vel ochraceo-albidus vel fulvus, subaureo- vel auran- 

 tiaco-granuloso-glandulosus, supra basi biglandulosus ; subtus reticulato-venosus; costae 

 secundax-iae praeter basales utrinque 4 — 5; stipulae 3 — 4 mm longae, subulatae. Flores 

 dioici. Inflorescentiae robustae, terminales, dense ochraceo-tomentellae; q? 10 — 27, 

 Q ad 25 cm longae, fructigerae 30 cm attingentes, densae; rhachis 4 — 5 mm crassa, 

 angulosa; bracteae lanceolato-subulatae, q 1 pluriflorae; pedicelli brevissimi, 1 — 1 \ >' 2 mm 

 longi. Sepala tf 4, oblonga, subacuta, extus tomentosa, extus et intus granuloso- 

 glandulosa, reflexa, 3 mm longa; stamina circ. 100; connectivum latum; receptaculum 

 centrale disciforme, rugulosum vel tuberculatum. Sepala Q 6, basi connata, lanceolata, 

 acuminata, tomentosa, 3 mm longa; ovarium echinis mollibus stellato-pilosis dense 

 tectum; styli 3, liberi, 3 mm longi, plumosi. Capsula subglobosa, 10 — 12 mm dia- 

 metiens, ochraceo-floccosa et echinis mollibus, nigricanti-brunneis, glabrescentibus, fili- 

 formibus tecta. Semina subglobosa, 3 mm diametientia, nigra, puncticulato-aspera. 



Osthimalaya und Yünnan. 



Var. a. ochraceo-albidus Müll. Arg. 1. c. (sub M. oreophilo). — Folia subtus 

 indumento densissimo ochraceo-albicante tecta. 



Osthimalaya: Nepal (Wallich!); Sikkim (Hooker!); Darjeeling (Meebold 

 n. 16251!). Yünnan: Mengtze (Henry n. 10925!, 13697!). 



Var. ß. floccosus Müll. Arg. 1. c. (sub M. oreophilo). — Folia subtus secus 

 nervös stellato-floccosa, intra costulas glabra. 



Khasia (Hooker!). Yünnan: Szemao (Henry n. 13060!). 



32. M. cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. cochinch. II. (1790) 635; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. (1887) 430; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXVI. (1894) 439; 

 Hayata in Journ. Coli. sc. Tokyo XX. (1904) 45, t. 3, f. J\ J. J. Smith in Mededeel. 

 Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 413; Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 49 1. — 

 Echinus trisulcus Lour. Fl. cochinch. II. (1790) 633. — Croton paniculatus Lam. 

 Encycl. II. (1786) 207. — Trewia tricuspidata Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 835. — 

 Rottlera paniculata Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) 33; Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 607; Beichb. f. 

 et Zoll, in Verh. natuurk. Ver. Nederl. Ind. I. (1.856) 14; in Linnaea XXVIII. (1856) 

 315; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 2. (1889) 395. — Mappa cochinchinensis Spreng. Syst. III. 

 (1826) 878. — Lasipana tricuspis Bafinesque, Sylv. Tellur. (1838) 22. — Rottlera 

 paniculata Benth. Fl. Hongkong. (1861) 307. — Mallotus paniculatus Müll. Arg. in 

 Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 189; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (f866) 965; Kurz, Forest Fl. IL 

 (1877) 383; Benth. in Benth. et F. Müll. Fl. Austr. VI. (1873) 140; Merrill in Philipp. 

 Journ. sc. VII. C. (1912) 400. — Mallotus chinensis Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 965. — Croton appendiculatus Eimer in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. I. (1908) 312. — 

 Arbor 10 — 20 m alta; ramuli satis graciles, angulosi, cinnamomeo vel badio-stellato- 

 flocculoso-tomentosi. Folia alterna, suprema hinc inde 2 — 3-verticillata; petiolus 2 — 

 18 cm longus, more ramulorum tomentosus; limbus 5 — 25 cm longus, 3 — 20 cm latus, 

 ovatus, deltoideus vel rhombeus, longe cuspidatus, saepe trilobus, lobis triangularibus, 

 acuminatis, lateralibus intermedio minoribus, basi plerumque late cuneatus, breviter con- 

 tractus, rarius obtusus, subinteger vel dentatus, evolulus supra glaber, opacus, subtus 

 pilis stellatis satis brevibus albido- vel cinnamomeo -tomentosus, glandulis granulosis 

 sub indumento occultis, supra basi obsolete subpeltata glandulis 2 maculiformibus or- 

 natus, 5-nervius; costae secundariae utrinque 5 — 10, subtus prominentes, supra cum 

 costulis impressae; stipulae obsoletae. Flores monoici vel dioici; inflorescentiae saepe 

 bisexuales. Inflorescentiae terminales, amplae, cinnamomeo -tomentosae, paniculato- 

 ramosae, ramis patentibus, elongatis, q? 6 — 26 cm longae, pedunculo 2 — 5 cm longo 





