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



Species nota unica, philippinensis. 



Nota. Genus Trewiae affine, sed distinctum staminibus paulo paucioribus et glandulis $ 

 evolutis, antheris supra loculos pendulos productis et ovario saepius carpidio unico formato. 

 Indumentum ovarii stellato-pilosum simulque lepidotum; a Malloto distat fructu indehiscente, 

 glandulis granulosis nullis. 



N. Cumingii (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Mallotus Cumingii Müll. Arg. in 

 Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 195; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 978. — Trewia ambigua 

 Merrill in Philipp. Journ. sc. I. Suppl. (1906) 79. — Mallotus pinnatinervius Eimer 

 in Sched. — Arbor 8 — 12 m alta; ramuli juveniles brunneo-puberuli, mox glabrati. 

 Petiolus 1 — 6 cm longus, puberulus vel glaber, apice tumidulus; limbus 9 — 23 cm 

 longus, 4*/a — lO 1 /^ 0111 latus, ovatus vel lanceolato-ovatus vel ellipticus, acuminatus, 

 basi acutus vel obtusus, subinteger vel repando-dentatus vel obscure crenulatus, charta- 

 ceus, demum glaber vel subtus in axillis nervorum barbulatus, basi supra maculoso- 

 biglandulosus, penninei'vius ; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 9; stipulae breviter squami- 

 formes. Inflorescentia Q 1 3 — 16 cm longa, laxe racemiformis, basi nuda, brunneo- 

 puberula; bracteae distantes, lineares, 2 mm longae, reflexae, ± 1 0-florae, caducae; 

 pedicelli 3 —5 mm attingentes; racemi Q 3 — 7 cm longi, basi longe nudi, multiflori; 

 bracteae parvae, 1 1/ 3 mm longae, trianguläres, acutae ; pedicelli 2 mm attingentes. 

 Sepala q? 3 mm longa, oblonga vel ovata, acuta, glabra; filamenta glabra. Calyx Q 

 glaber; ovarium stellato-tomentosum et lepidotum; Stylus ± 5 mm longus. Fructus 

 subglobosus, 1 1 / 2 cm longus, 1 2 mm latus, brunneus, crustaceus, styli basi indurata 

 coronatus. Semina 7 mm diametientia. 



Philippinen (Cuming n. 798!, Loher n. 6879!): Luzon (Loher n. 4813!), 

 Tayabas, Lucban (Eimer n. 7418!, 7534!, 9102!, 9123!, 9205!), Laguna, Los Banos 

 (Eimer n. 8295!, Tamesis n. 11948!), Tarlac, Camiling (Zschokke n. 15391!), 

 Bataan, Lamao Biver (Borden n. 623!, 125l!, Meyer n. 2798!), Bizal (Ahern's 

 Collector n. 2977!, 3180!, Merrill n. 227l!, Bamos n. 1025!), Camarines Prov. 

 (Aquilar n. 1 4275'). — Mindanao, Lake Lanas, Camp Keithley (M. Strong Clemens 

 n. 1024!), Davao (Eimer n. 11086!, 11155!). — Island of Negros (Eimer 

 n. 9489! 9928!, 10143!). 



29. Deuteromallotus Pax et K. Hoffm. 



Flores dioici, apetali. Discus nullus. Calyx Q 1 in alabastro globosus, per anthesin 

 valvatim tripartitus. Stamina circ. 1 50 ; filamenta receptaculo hemisphaerico inserta, 

 libera; antherae truncatae; loculi paralleli, longitudinaliter affixi; connectivum angustum 

 (in alabastro). Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q 5, linearia, libera, ovarium 

 multo superantia; ovarium 2-, rarius 3-loculare, molliter echinatum; Stylus brevis- 

 simus; stigma stylo haud latius, vix papillosum. Ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula 

 leptodermis, majuscula, longe echinata. — Arbores. Folia opposita, in quoque nodo 

 inaequimagna, petiolata, penninervia, ± lanceolata, longe caudato-acuminata, nee ma- 

 culari-glandulosa, nee granuloso-glandulosa. Flores (j* in racemos terminales dispositi, 

 Q in racemos unifloros, basi longe nudos, terminales dispositi. Indumentum simplex 

 et stellatum. 



Species unica madagascariensis. 



D. acuminatus (Baill.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Boutonia acuminata Baill. Etud. 

 gen. Euph. (1858) 401. — Cordemoya acuminata Baill. Adansonia I. (1861) 255. — 

 Mallotus Baillonianus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 186; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 961. — Echinus Baillonianus Baill. Hist. phys. nat. polit. Madagascar XXXIV. 

 (1890) t. 175. — Arbor 5 — 6 m alta; rami teretes, graciles; ramuli compressi, pilis 

 simplieibus et fasciculatis villoso-pubescentes. Petiolus 1 — 6 cm longus, basi et apice 

 incrassatus, villoso-pubescens; limbus 8 — 20 cm longus, 2 ! /a — 7 cm latus, lanceolatus 

 vel oblongo-lanceolatus, longissime cuspidato-acuminatus, basin versus angustatus, acutus, 



