184 F- P ax - — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



ellipticus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi acutus, minute denticulatus, 

 chartaceus, basi breviter 3-nervius, supra nervis exceptis glaber, subtus flavo-granuloso- 

 glandulosus et in costis et costulis pilis simplicibus et stellatis paucioribus villosus, basi 

 supra maculari-biglandulosus, subtus reticulato-venosus ; costae secundariae praeter basales 

 5 — 8 ; stipulae 2 mm longae, lineares. Flores dioici. Spicae utriusque sexus termi- 

 nales, simplices, multiflorae, a basi fere florigerae, q^ 6 — 30 cm, Q 6 — 15 cm longae; 

 rhachis angulosa, tomentosa; bracteae q 1 parvae, multiflorae, Q truncatae, apiculatae, 

 basi incrassatae, uniflorae. Calyx q? ovoideus, dense tomentosus; stamina 40 — 50", 

 connectivum latum, truncatum. Sepala Q sub fructu 2 — 3, ovata, acuta, 2 mm longa, 

 extus tomentosa; ovarium triloculare; styli in fructu liberi, lacerato-plumosi, 2 mm longi. 

 Capsula pedicello 3 mm longo suffulta, 3-cocca, tomentosa et flavo-granuloso-glandulosa, 

 8 — 9 mm lata. Semina 3 mm diametientia, globosa, nigra, ventre linea alba tincta. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Tenasserim, King's Island im Mergui Archipel 

 (Helfer n. 4729!); Tavoy, Wagon (Meebold n. 15126!, 15131!), Bowachaung (Mee- 

 bold n. 14258!). 



57. M. philippinensis (Lam.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 196; in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 980; Benth. et F. Müll. Fl. austr. VI. (1873) 141; Kurz, Forest 

 Fl. II. (1887) 381; Bentl. et Trim. Med. PI. IV. t. 2 36; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 

 442", Forb. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXVI. (1894) 440 ex parte; Meyer 

 u. K. Schum. AU. offic. Pfl. II. (1896) 104, t. 88; K. Schum. et Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. 

 Schutzgeb. Südsee (1901) 395; Hayata in Journ. Coli. sc. Tokyo XX. (1904) 43, t. 3H; 

 Banks et Solander, Illustr. Austr. pl. (1905) 89, t. 293; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. 

 Landbouw 10. (1910) 450; Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 490. — Croton philip- 

 pinensis Lam. Encycl. meth. II. (1786) 206. — Croton punctatus Hetz, Observ. V. (1789) 

 30; Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 546. — Croton coccineus Vahl, Symb. II. (1791) 97; 

 Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 544. — Rottlera tinetoria Roxb. PI. Coromandel II. (1798) 

 36, t. 168; Fl. ind. III. (1832) 827; Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 832; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. (1860) 454; Benth. Fl. Hongkong. (1861) 307. — Croton montanus Willd. Spec. pl. 

 IV. (1 805) 547. — Croton cascarilloides Rausch, ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2. 1. (1 840) 446. — 

 Rottlera aurantiaca Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) 270. — Rottlera affinis 

 Hassk. in Flora 1844, Beibl. 2. 41; Reichb. f. et Zoll, in Verh. natuurk. Ver. Nederl. Ind. I. 

 (1856) 17; in Linnaea XXVIII. (1856) 318. — Mappa stricta Reichb. et Zoll, in Verh. 

 natuurk. Ver. Nederl. Ind. I. (1856) 31; in Linnaea XXVIII. (1856) 310. — Macaranga 

 stricta Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1004. — Echinus philippinensis Baill. 

 Adansonia VI. (1866) 314. — Rottlera philippinensis Scbeff. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. IV. (1868 — 69) 12 4. — Mallotus reticulatus Dünn in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVIII. 

 (1908) 365. — Croton distans Wall. Cat. 7792. — Rottlera mollis Wall. Cat. 7839. — 

 Rottlera montana Wall. Cat. 7833. — Rottlera manilensis Klotzsch in Sched. — 

 Arbor mediocris; ramuli teretes, sulcati, fulvo-stellato-tomentosi, rarius breviter villo- 

 siusculi, glandulis granulosis coccineis adspersi. Folia alterna, passim subopposita; 

 petiolus 1 — 7 cm longus, tenuis, breviter tomentosus vel rarius breviter villosiusculus; 

 limbus 5 — 23 cm longus, 2 — 9 1 /^ cm latus, ovatus, oblongus vel lanceolatus, obtuse 

 acuminatus, basi rotundatus, obtusus vel cuneatus, integer vel repandus vel in turionibus 

 interdum dentatus, saepe dr undulatus, juvenilis stellato-tomentosus, evolutus supra 

 glabrescens, subtus brevissime stellato-tomentosus, saepe in nervis pilis longioribus vil- 

 losulus, glandulis coccineis granulosis adspersus, supra basi maculari-biglandulosus, basi 

 trinervius, subtus reticulato-venosus, supra nitidulus, subtus opacus, glaucescens; costae 

 secundariae praeter basales 4 — 11; stipulae obsoletae. Inflorescentiae utriusque sexus 

 terminales vel axillares, saepe ad apicem ramulorum fasciculatae, multiflorae, stellato- 

 tomentosae et granuloso-glandulosae, q 1 2V2 — *0 cm longae, racemosae, Q 2V2 — 

 1 4 cm longae, racemosae vel spiciformes, breviter pedunculatae ; rhachis inflorescentiae 

 Q sulcata; bracteae utriusque sexus trianguläres, ± 1 mm longae, breviter acuminatae, 

 concavae, q^ 1 — 3-, Q 1-florae; pedicelli (j 1 2 — 3V2 mm longi, basi articulati, Q 

 7a — 1 mm longi. Flores q^ 3 — 4 mm lati; sepala 3 — 4, oblonga, acuta, reflexa, 



