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



80. M. fuscescens (Thwait.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 195; in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 978; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 441. — Rottlera fuscescens 

 Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. (1859) 273. — Arbor parva; rami teretes; ramuli graciles, 

 compressi, glabri. Folia opposita; petiolus y 2 — 5 cm longus; limbus 6 — 9 cm longus, 

 nonnunquam ad 1 5 cm attingens, 4y 2 — ö 1 /^ cm latus, oblongus vel obovatus, obtuse 

 acuminatus vel acutus, basi cuneatus vel subacutus, ima basi obtusus, integer, sub- 

 coriaceus, fuscidulus, glaber, subtus in axillis nervorum barbulatus, utraque pagina 

 fuscescenti-glanduloso-punctatus et papillosus, basi supra maculari-2 — 4-glandulosus, 

 penninervius vel vix basi trinervius; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 8, subtus modice 

 prominentes; costulae vix prominulae. Spicae utriusque sexus 6 — 9 cm longae, simplices, 

 terminales vel in foliorum summorum axillis sitae, stellato-puberulae et glandulosae, q^ 

 densiflorae, Q strictae; bracteae trianguläres, brevissimae, vix 1 mm longae; pedicelli 

 Q fructigeri ad 1 l fa cm attingentes. Calyx q* aperiens ovoideus, acutus, vix 1 y 2 mm 

 latus; stamina 20 — 40. Sepala Q 4 — 6, lanceolata, acuta, glabra, granuloso-glandu- 

 losa, 1 mm fere longa, persistentia; ovarium glabrum, dense glandulosum; styli 3 — 4, 

 liberi, ovario adpressi, papillosi, 1 i / 2 mm longi. Capsula 9 — 10 mm lata, 5 — 6 mm 

 longa, profunde 3 — 4-dyma, inermis, glabra, punctato-glandulosa. Semina 4 — 5 mm 

 diametientia, nitida, laevia, fuscidula. 



Ceylon (Thwaites n. 2105!, Walker). 



81." M. polyadenus F. Müll. Fragm. VI. (1863—64) 184; Benth. et F. Müll. Fl. 

 Austr. VI. (1873) 142; Banks et Soland. Illustr. Austr. pl. (1905) 89, t. 294. — 

 M. Dallachyi F. Müll. Fragm. VI. (1863 — 64) 184. — Echinus Dallachyanus Baill. 

 Adansonia VI. (1866) 314. — Macaranga Dallachyi F. Müll, in Benlh. et F. Müll. 

 Fl. austr. VI. (1873) 144. — Trewia glabrata Banks et Soland. in Sched. — Frutex 

 vel arbuscula. Folia opposita et tum in quoque nodo inaequimagna vel alterna; petiolus 

 V2 — * V2 cm l° n gus; limbus 8 — 15 cm longus, k — 7 cm latus, ellipticus vel obovato- 

 ellipticus, breviter et obtuse acuminatus, basin versus angustatus, ima basi obtusus et 

 leviter cordatus, rarius basi rotundatus, integer, coriaceus, supra nitidulus, supra et 

 subtus, sed supra minus dense, glandulis granulosis rufescentibus vestitus, supra glaber, 

 subtus in axillis costarum barbatus, penninervius, basi supra maculari-2 -pluriglandulosus; 

 costae secundariae utrinque rfc 5. Flores dioici vel monoici. Inflorescentiae 2 1 . 2 — 

 1 cm longae, terminales vel laterales, breviter pubescentes, simplices, glandulis granu- 

 losis densis tectae. Bracteae triangulari-ovatae, breviter acuminatae, concavae, qj* 3- 

 florae, Q uniflorae. Pedicelli tf zh 2 mm longi, Q sub fructu 5 mm attingentes. 

 Flores (J 1 3 — 4 mm lati; sepala 3 — 4, ovata, acuta, glabra, extus et intus glandulosa, 

 rb 3 mm longa; stamina ± 60; connectivum apice dilatatum, thecas separans; discus 

 nullus. Sepala Q 4, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, extus et intus granuloso-glandulosa, fere 

 2 mm longa; ovarium 3-loculare, dense granuloso-glandulosum ; styli ovario arcte ad- 

 pressi, applanati, recurvi, intus breviter papillosi. Capsulae 6y 2 mm latae, 4 mm longae, 

 profunde tridymae, glabrae, granuloso-glandulosae. 



Araukarienprovinz. Ostaustralien: Queensland, Cape York (W. Hill), 

 Bockingham Bay (Dallachyi), Endeavour Biver (Banks u. Sol ander!). 



82. M. borneensis Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 980; Boerl. Handl. 

 Fl. Nederl. Ind. III. 1. (1900) 290. — Rottlera borneensis Scheff. in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd. Bat. IV. (1868 — 69) 125. — Arbor 6 — 8 m alta; rami pallide cinerascentes; 

 ramuli brevissime stellato-puberuli, mox glabrati. Folia alterna; petiolus 2V2 — 6 cm 

 longus, glaber; limbus 12 — 20 cm longus, 5 — 10 cm latus, lanceolato-obovatus vel 

 ellipticus, breviuscule abrupte acuminatus, basi angustata leviter cordatus vel rotundatus, 

 integer, subcoriaceus, basi supra maculari-glandulosus, supra et subtus demum sub- 

 glaber et fuscescenti-glandulosus, supra impresso-glandulosus, basi trinervius; costae 

 secundariae praeter basales 4 — 5, cum costulis subtus prominentes. Inflorescentiae Q* 

 terminales vel laterales, saepe ad apicem ramulorum congestae, breviter tomentellae, 

 5 — 12 cm longae, simplices; bracteae minutae, y 2 mm longae, trianguläres, acuminatae, 

 ± 3-florae; pedicelli 5 mm longi, basi articulati; racemi Q 5 — 15 cm longi, fere 



