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



60. M. stönanthus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 191; in DC. Prodr. XV. 

 2. (1866) 972; in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 437. — Croton muricatum Wall. 

 Cat. 775 1 A. — Claoxylon muricatum Wight in Sched. — Arbor parva; ramuli com- 

 pressi, pilis simplicibus et fasciculatis paucioribus puberuli, mox glabrati vel glabri. 

 Flioa opposita, in quoque nodo inaequimagna; petiolus 5 — 14 mm longus, puberulus, 

 mox glabratus ; limbus 8 — 14 cm longus, 2Y2 — ^ x li cm latus, lanceolatus, acuminatus, 

 basi acutus vel angustissime obtusus, integer vel repando-dentatus, subcoriaceus, glaber, 

 subtus flavo-granuloso-glandulosus, prope basin supra maculari-2 — 6-glandulosus, subtus 

 reticulato-venosus ; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 7, arcuato-adscendentes. Spicae q? 

 axillares, tenellae, 1 1 / 2 — 3 cm longae, micranthae, simplices, pubescentes vel fere glabrae, 

 granuloso-glandulosae ; bracteae trianguläres, acutae, rigidae, patentes, 1 y 2 mm longae, 

 ± 4-florae. Flores q? fere sessiles; calyx q^ aperiens ellipsoideus, extus et intus 

 granuloso-glandulosus; lobi 3, anguste elliptici; stamina 18 — 23; connectivum dorso 

 incrassatum ; antherae apice bilobae; glandula intrastaminalis unica. Flores Q (a nobis 

 non visi) ex Hooker in axillis bractearum solitarii. Sepala 3, lanceolata. Capsula 

 8 mm lata, tridyma, flavo-granuloso-glandulosa, dissite tuberculato-echinata. Semina 

 globosa, laevia, nitida. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Concan (Stocks 

 u. Law!), Matheran (Meebold n. 4885!); Canara, Tulliwally (Ritchie), Jellapore 

 (Talbot). 



61. M. muricatus (Wight) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 191; in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 972; K. Schum. et Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee 

 (1901) 395 ex parte; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 428; 

 Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (19 12) 492. — Axenfeldia intermedia Baill. Etud. 

 gen. Euphorb. (1858) 419. — Rottlera muricata Thwait. Enum. pl. zeyl. (1864) 273. — 

 Mallotus dispar var. psiloneurus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 191. — Croton 

 muricatus Heyne in Wall. Cat. 7751. — Arbuscula, ad 9 m alta; ramuli compressi, 

 juveniles parce puberuli, mox glabrati vel glabri, flavo-granuloso-glandulosi. Folia op- 

 posita, in quoque nodo inaequimagna; petiolus 3 — 13 mm longus, puberulus vel glaber, 

 glandulosus; limbus 5 — 21 cm longus, 2 — 8 cm latus, ellipticus vel oblongo-ellipticus 

 vel rhombeo-obovatus, obtuse acuminatus, basin versus cuneato-angustatus, ima basi 

 obtusus, basi excepta repando-dentatus, glaber, juvenilis supra sparse flavo-glandulosus, 

 mox denudatus, subtus dense flavo-granuloso-glandulosus, prope basin supra maculari- 

 2 — 4-glandulosus, reticulatus, penninervius, chartaceus; costae secundariae utrinque 

 8 — 14, patentes; stipulae caducae, oblongae, obtusae, 2'/ 2 — 3 mm longae. Inflores- 

 centiae utriusque sexus terminales, mox pseudolaterales, racemosae, ± puberulae vel 

 glabratae, granuloso-glandulosae, tf 1 — 2, interdum ad 9 cm longae, Q |*/j — 5 cm, 

 fructigerae 11 cm longae, laxiflorae; bracteae triangulari-ovatae, acutae, q? 3 — 4- vel 

 pluriflorae, I '/ 2 mm longae, Q orbiculares, 1 mm longae, 1-florae, basi incrassatae; 

 pedicelli tf 3 — 3y 2 mm, Q 1 — 1 y 2 mm longi. Flores tf 2 ! / 2 mm lati, sepala 3 — 4, 

 reflexa, ovato-elliptica, acuta, puberula, utrinque flavo-glandulosa; stamina 30 — 45; 

 connectivum angustum, breve; glandula centralis unica. Sepala Q 5, lanceolata, vix 

 puberula, extus et intus granuloso-glandulosa, 2 y 2 mm longa; ovarium echinis mo libus 

 parce pilosis vel glabris dr dense tectum, dense flavo-glandulosum, parce puberulum, 

 3-loculare; styli 2y 2 — 4 mm longi, basi breviter connati, plumosi. Capsula depresso- 

 3-dyma, dense flavo-granuloso-glandulosa, ± molliter echinata, 12 mm lata, S 1 /^ mm 

 longa, intus stellato-pilosa. Semina subglobosa, 5 — ö 1 /^ mm diametientia, brunnea. 



Von der Malabarküste bis zu den Philippinen und Neu-Guinea. 



Var. a. Walkerae (Hook, f.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — 31. Walkerae Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. (1887) 437 incl. var. laxiflorus. — M. andamanicus Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 V. (1887) 439. — Ovarium echinis tenuibus, longis dr dense tectum. 



Ceylon (Thwaites n. 2108!, Walker!). 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Andamanen (King!, King's Collector!, 

 Kurz!). 



